First Amendment

The **First Amendment** (**Amendment I**), also known as the **Fair Voting Act**, was the first amendment to The Republic Constitution. The amendment was passed by the Council of Co-Leaders on July 7, 2020 and passed in the Council of Elders on July 12, 2020. The First Amendment lays out abstention rules when voting in both councils and clan wide votes.

## Text

"During a vote in the Council of Co-Leaders, the Council of Elders, or a Class I of Class II Clan Wide Vote: if thirty percent of eligible voters have voted and three days time has eclipsed from the first vote made then the remaining votes that have yet to be used are dropped. The percentage is calculated out of those who did vote."

## Background

On July 2, 2020, the first day Chris took office, he called upon the Council of Co-Leaders to pass his first act that he had dubbed "The Great Cleansing ". According to Chris The Cleansing would involve "the removal of static accounts and the acquisition of loyal and active members." The cleansing was passed by the Council of Co-Leaders and went into motion. Phase I of the cleansing was a success. On July 6, 2020, Phase II of "The Great Cleansing" began. After the completion of Phase II Chris mentioned demoting billinidaho and D2AK3 for inactivity which sparked debate among both councils.

During the debate Elder /name.loading/, brought up that if the two elders remained inactive the Council of Elders could face issues with voting. This was immediately seen as a serious issue by most everyone involved. Captain Magma proposed creating some sort of abstention rule when it came to voting and drafted the amendent.

## Proposal and Ratification

The amendment was proposed by Captain Magma to the Council of Co-Leaders on July 7, 2020 and was quickly passed with 3/4 (75%) in favor on July 8, 2020. The amendment then moved to the Council of Elders in which it took a total of five days to pass. Since two members of the Elder Council were inactive every active member had to vote yes for the amendment to pass. BigTony013 would be the last person to vote passing the amendment with 7/9 (77.8%) in the Council of Elders.

### Council of Co-Leaders

* Captain Magma - Proposed the amendment - July 7, 2020
* Chris - Yes - July 8, 2020
* Jake The Snake - Yes - July 8, 2020
* mikeRob22 - vote not used

### Council of Elders

* /name.loading/ - Yes - July 8, 2020
* Joe - Yes - July 8, 2020
* WickedSpyder - Yes - July 8, 2020
* James - Yes - July 8, 2020
* Nate - Yes - July 9, 2020
* Uncle Sam - Yes - July 10, 2020
* BigTony013 - Yes - July 12, 2020
* billinidaho - vote not used
* D2AK3 - vote not used

## Impact

During the proposal process of the amendment Chris brought up a person filibustering the chat during voting so a persons vote may go missed, BigTony013 brought up the possibility of setting up a clan discord. The clan discord would set up by Chris on July 8, 2020. This would bring a better form of communication to the entire clan.

Everyone that voted on this amendment, voted in favor of it. The amendment would fix what could've been a major issue if members of the councils fell dormant and motions could never be passed. It set up a much more organized form of voting within the councils. Once it was passed, previous discussions about inactivity resumed.