Proposed Constitutional Amendment : Chancellor Veto

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Claude Desmoulins
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Proposed Constitutional Amendment : Chancellor Veto

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I believe the constitutional change passed at the last RA meeting included an unfortunate oversight. As written, it allows a chancellor to veto any bill at any time, including, perhaps, bills passed before his appointment. Accordingly I propose the following amendment to the chancellor section of the constitution:

If a Chancellor intends to veto an act of the RA, he or she must make a public declaration of the veto in the wiki or forums no later than 48 hours after the posting of the text of the passed action.

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Re: Proposed Constitutional Amendment : Chancellor Veto

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[quote="Claude Desmoulins":13a99ixa]I believe the constitutional change passed at the last RA meeting included an unfortunate oversight. As written, it allows a chancellor to veto any bill at any time, including, perhaps, bills passed before his appointment. Accordingly I propose the following amendment to the chancellor section of the constitution:

If a Chancellor intends to veto an act of the RA, he or she must make a public declaration of the veto in the wiki or forums no later than 48 hours after the posting of the text of the passed action.[/quote:13a99ixa]

Might I suggest a slightly different wording? Something like:

[quote:13a99ixa]In order to exercise the power of veto, the Chancellor shall post a public declaration of her or his intention to exercise that power, together with the name of the the Act in respect of which he or she seeks so to exercise, and the reasons for exercising it in respect of that Act, on the Neufreistadt [Confederation of Democratic Simulators] web forums or wiki within 48 hours of the passage of the Act in respect of which he or she seeks to exercise that power. [/quote:13a99ixa]

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