| Important notice: This Act of Law, Royal Order or Territorial Order is no longer enforced within the State of Hokoria. |
Summary
The Act of Democracy states how democratic processes should take place and the restrictions and procedures that must take place.
Details
Date enacted:
Current version:
Approved by:
3rd May 2023
Not in force
Willow Cizdeizd I
Act of Law
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| This act of law of Hokoria is enforceable by the Central Government of Hokoria, as per the Declaration of Independence. |
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| The State of Hokoria must undergo democratic processes as ordered by the Head of State of the State of Hokoria. |
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| Democratic processes should be entirely overseen by the Head of State of the State of Hokoria. |
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| The two types of officialised democratic process are ‘general electoral processes’ and ‘referendums’. |
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| All electoral processes should span over a minimum of thirteen days. A public announcement regarding the process should be made eight days before the first day of voting. Five days should be allocated for voting. |
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| Only individuals with citizen status in the State of Hokoria should participate in general electoral processes. Any individual may participate in a referendum. |
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| All official ballots from electoral processes should be kept anonymised except for verification of eligibility to participate. |
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| The Head of State of the State of Hokoria may appoint citizens to assist with the management of electoral processes. |
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| Citizens should be granted six days from the public announcement being made in order to submit their application to run as a candidate in a general electoral process. |
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| All candidates in general electoral processes must be registered as the leader of a political party or as an independent candidate through the Central Government of Hokoria’s Office of the Head of State. |
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| The Head of State of the State of Hokoria may deny any individual’s application to run as a candidate in a general electoral process for any reason. In this case, reasoning must be released publicly. |
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| Individual citizens should be protected from any form of bribery during electoral processes. |
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| Candidates in a general electoral process should be allowed to freely and equally express their plans for their appointment to the position of Chancellor of the State of Hokoria. |
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| All submitted ballots should be counted by the Head of State of the State of Hokoria. All submitted ballots should be filled out correctly. Submitted ballots may be nullified should they not be at a correct standard. Ballots submitted after the end of the voting period should be nullified. |
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| Nullified ballots should not be counted when calculating statistics or the results of an electoral process. |
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| Results of electoral processes should not be released by the Head of State of the State of Hokoria until all ballots have been counted. |
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| The Head of State of the State of Hokoria should abide by the results of electoral processes. |
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| The results of general electoral processes become invalidated two months after the voting period ends. The results of referendums become invalidated six months after the voting period ends. |
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| If procedures have not been followed to the standard expected in this Act of Democracy, the electoral process may be repeated and any results invalidated with immediate effect. |