Electoral Law of the Republic

**PREAMBLE**

*A Codex to ensure Free, Fair and Democratic Elections.*

*Is hereby approved by the Parliament of the Republic:*

## 1. General Provisions

**1.1** This Law shall be considered a Law Related to the Constitution.

**1.2** By enactment of this Law, any other law regulating the elections shall be repealed.

**1.3** All elections, referendums or other direct votings in the Republic of Nyrmod shall follow this Law.

**1.4** Elections, referendums or other direct votings which will seriously violate this Law shall be considered null and void.

## 2. Definitions

**2.1** All times in this Law shall be considered as times in UTC+1 time-zone.

**2.2** By “elections”, this Law means any elections, referendums or other direct votings, on all levels.

**2.3** For alphabetical sorting, non-English characters shall be considered the very last characters of the alphabet

## 3. Electoral Tripartite

**3.1** Elections are held, organized and oversighted by the Electoral Tripartite.

**3.2** Electoral Tripartite shall consist of the Moderation Team, Economics and Events Council and Supreme Court.

**3.3** Electoral Tripartite shall divide its responsibilities as:

**3.3.1 The Moderation Team shall:**

* Share the ballot inside and outside the Server;
* Open and close the ballot at according times;
* Run the NEVS together with the Economics and Events Council;
* Announce the results of the elections.

**3.3.2 The Economics and Events Council shall:**

* Manage, distribute, update and publish Electoral Questions;
* Run the NEVS together with the Moderation Team;
* Choose the electoral theme of the General Elections.

**3.3.3 The Supreme Court shall:**

* Review the fairness and unbiasedness of the work of the Moderation Team and the EEC;
* Review the electoral results if such a request is submitted to it.

## 4. Ballot Regulation

**4.1** Ballot for the General Election and for the Presidential Election shall consist of two parts:

**4.1.1 The Presentation Ballot**

**4.1.1.1** The Presentation Ballot for General Elections shall be in a form of Instagram post, with following features:

**General Election Ballot**

* Name and logo of each Party or Coalition;
* Up to two electoral ideologies of each Party or Coalition;
* European Parliament Group affliction of each Party or Coalition;
* Answers of Parties and Coalitions to the Electoral Questions.

**Presidential Election Ballot**

* Name and picture of each Candidates Pair;
* Party Affiliation of the Pair’s members;
* Up to two electoral ideologies of each Pair;
* Form of support for the Pair and all parties or constitutionally empowered bodies supporting the Pair;
* Answers of Pairs to the Electoral Questions.

**4.1.1.2** All Parties, Coalitions or Pairs shall be represented equally on the Presentation Ballot.

**4.1.1.3** Parties, Coalitions and Pairs on the Presentation Ballot shall be sorted in an alphabetical order.

**4.1.1.2** The Presentation Ballot shall be always shared with the Voting Ballot.

**4.1.2 The Voting Ballot**

**4.1.2.1** The Voting Ballot for the General Elections shall be in form of Google Forms, with following features, in following order:

* The Presentation Ballot;
* Paragraph with Names and Electoral Ideologies of each Party and Coalition, together with links to their Manifesto;
* Name and Logo of each Party and Coalition, next to the option to vote for them.

**4.2 Name, Logo and Picture**

**4.2.1** Name or names of each Party, Coalition or Pair shall be in a Latin script, and it shall not promote hate nor violence against a group nor an individual and it shall not intentionally bring confusion to the elections.

**4.2.2** Logo of each Party or Coalition shall be presented in an equal manner and it shall not contain hateful symbols.

**4.2.3** Pictures of each Pair shall be presented in an equal manner and it shall not contain hateful symbols.

**4.3 Electoral Questions**

**4.3.1** Electoral Questions shall be created and unanimously approved by the Economics and Events Council and by the Head Moderator.

**4.3.2** Electoral Questions shall be the same for all Parties, Coalitions or Pairs.

**4.3.3** All Electoral Questions shall be either Questions or Statements, but not both.

**4.3.4** Electoral Questions shall be answered by following answers:

* Strongly Agree;
* Agree;
* Neutral;
* Disagree;
* Strongly Disagree.

**4.3.4 General Election Electoral Questions**

**4.3.5.1** There shall be fifteen Electoral Questions for the General Election

**4.3.5.2** Electoral Questions shall be divided into five thematic groups by three Questions each. The groups shall be:

* Economy and Budget;
* Foreign Policy, Defense and Trade;
* Social Policy;
* State Arrangement and Constitution;
* Actual Topics and Miscellaneous.

**4.3.5 Presidential Election Electoral Questions**

**4.3.5.1** There shall be ten Electoral Questions for the General Election

**4.3.5.2** Electoral Questions shall be divided into three thematic groups by three Questions each, and one extra question. The groups shall be:

* Foreign Policy, Defense and Trade;
* Presidential Powers;
* State Arrangement and Constitution.

**4.3.5.3** The Extra Question shall be used for Actual Topics or Miscellaneous.

**4.3.6** If Party, Coalition or Pair does not answer the Electoral Questions, all their answers shall be considered as “Neutral”.

**4.4** If a Party, Coalition or Pair does not provide some or all of Ballot Features, they shall not be displayed on the ballot for them and they shall lose their right to equal ballot representation as described by the article 4.1.1.2 of this bill.

## 5. Party Lists Regulations

**5.1** Federal List of a Party or Coalition shall be submitted into a channel designated by the Electoral Tripartite in a deadline set up by the Constitution.

**5.1.1** Federal List can be modified after its submission, provided that the deadline has not passed yet. Any modifications done after the deadline passing shall not be considered valid.

**5.2** If there are members of more than one Party on the Federal List, the submitting Party or Parties shall specify if they are contesting as a single Party or a Coalition.

**5.2.1** Number of other Parties’ Candidates, excluding Independents, on the Federal Lists of Single Parties shall not exceed 20% of the total List Candidates.

**5.3** If there are members of more than one Party on the Federal List, the submitting Party or Parties shall clearly indicate Party affiliation of each of the Candidates on the List.

## 6. Presidential Submission Regulations

**6.1** Presidential Submission of a Pair shall be submitted into a channel designated by the Electoral Tripartite in a deadline set up by the Constitution.

**6.2** Each Pair shall specify based on whom’s support they are contesting the Election. In case of Citizens’ support, they shall include the petition in their submission.

**6.2.1** The Electoral Tripartite may verify the signatures on the petition. Any signature which fails to be verified shall be removed from the petition. If the number of unverifiable signatures is higher than 10% of the petition’s signatures, the Pair shall not be admitted into the Election.

**6.3** If a Party supports a Pair while holding the constitutionally required seats in the National Assembly shall lose these seats, their support shall no longer be viewed as valid.

## 7. Electoral Theme

**7.1** In case of a Regular General Election, the Economics and Events Council shall create an Electoral Theme.

**7.1.1** The Electoral Theme shall be approved by two-thirds majority of the Economic and Events Council, and with approval of at least one member from every fraction in the Economics and Events Council.

**7.2** Electoral Theme shall be relatively equally accessible and reactable by all contesting parties.

**7.3** Electoral Theme shall be announced ten days before the General Election.

## 9. Certification and Appeals

**9.1** After the deadline for Federal List or Presidential Submissions ends, the Electoral Tripartite shall announce which Parties, Coalitions or Pairs are admitted to the Election.

**9.1.1** Submiters of non-admitted Federal Lists or Presidential Submissions can appeal within 24 hours to the Supreme Court.

**9.1.2** If nobody appeals or the Supreme Court dismisses all appeals, the Electoral List shall be considered final.

**9.2** Results of General or Presidential Elections shall be announced the next day at 9:00.

**9.2.1** Anybody can contest the results at the Supreme Court.

**9.2.1** If nobody appeals or the Supreme Court dismisses all appeals, the results of the Election shall be considered certified.