Grand Assembly of Phoenexium

Capital Territory,

The **Grand Assembly of Phoenexium**, or the "Congress of Phoenexium", is the sole legislative body of the Federal Republic of Phoenexium. It is elected by ranked-choice popular vote every month from the 15th to the 17th during the aptly named Grand Assembly Elections.

The number of seats in the Grand Assembly is *"equal to three times the cube root of the number of surveyed and naturalized citizens" - Article III, Section I, Clause 2 of the Constitution of Phoenexium.* Seats are divided amongst double-member districts depending on the size of the republic, meaning the number of seats must always be odd; however, due to lack of broad interest, seats are currently determined on a federal-level ranked-choice system, with individuals running; not parties.

## Elections

Elections are held from the 15th day of every month, until the 17th of that month.

### System of Voting

Elections for the Grand Assembly are decided by a modified ranked-choice method of voting, where all of a candidates' votes are counted and added up from each previous round and the current round of counting, warranted that candidate made it above the threshold-- which is calculated by the equation ***(.50/n) \* s***, where n = the amount of candidates and s = the number of seats up for grabs in that given election.

## Current Composition

### Vacancies

Vacancies are filled either within 2 weeks of going vacant-- warranted there is enough interest. Otherwise, vacancies are filled by elections once proper interest is shown, and a date is set within a week of said interest.

## Legislative Process

The Legislative Process of the Grand Assembly is the focus of ***Article III, Section IV of the Constitution.***

## History

### 1st Grand Assembly

The 1st Grand Assembly was the first official legislative body of Phoenexium, and was established on July 30th, 2019. Unlike the Grand Assembly of today, however, the Grand Assembly had very few actual expressed powers (and neither did any of the other governmental bodies of the time). On top of this, the 1st Grand Assembly was entirely appointed directly by Ruggum due to the lack of broad interest, server membership, and a functioning election system. Eventually, after the First Influx of server members, Grand Assembly Movement #0001 was passed on November 16th 2020, dissolving the 1st Grand Assembly officially on the 18th of November. A special election was held, determining the 2nd Grand Assembly by 11/21/2020.

### 2nd Grand Assembly

The 2nd Grand Assembly was the least active and shortest lived Grand Assembly (due to starting after a special election), lasting for only about a month from 11/21/2020 until 12/22/2020. Only one piece of legislature was passed: GA Movement #0002...

### 3rd Grand Assembly

The 3rd Grand Assembly was the first fairly-elected Congress to have an official Speaker of the Assembly and fulfill its full, legal term. The 3rd Grand Assembly passed a record **13** pieces of legislature, making it the most active Congress to date. This Congress passed important pieces of legislature such as: the VPA, CCA, Equality Act and the charters for the Department of State and Department of Treasury.

### 4th Grand Assembly

The 4th Grand Assembly was the most active Congress, holding a record 29 votes, more than any before or after it. It created Amendments One through Four of the Constitution of the First Republic. It was the final Congress of the first Republic, dissolving to make way for the 5th Grand Assembly (1st Federal Council)- whose elections were highly contested and Controversial and led to the "Great Purge"