Talk:Widow

From Inselkampf

Discussion of Emerging Politics at Widow

Article by Sumikoska of [WIDOW]

(Originally written in response to questions at the Inselkampf Forums - edited for conciseness and relevance)

At this time, specific ballot measures regarding the governance of BlackWidow that are not posted are only for discussion amongst the members of [WIDOW] and shall remain so until such time as they are ratified into law and posted sometime after March 23.

DESIRED ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS

Enough internal harmony to build a strong alliance. And an agreed upon process for handing over the reins that can be repeated overtime without constantly disrupting the alliance whenever there is a change of power.

Once elected, an official will be expected to perform the duties of office until such a time as the term is over, and on his or her honor, not abdicate his or her position for any reason until the next President (the President-elect) takes office, after the election. The President-elect has time to learn the job, and isn't forced to take it over immediately upon completion of the election.

Policies are based upon a combination of learning from experience (positive and negative) as well as careful planning.

In a democracy, a majority should be able to set forth policies of governance that have enough support from the group to be inacted, but there is always room for dissention. However, what is law is law. The current administration should not be "pushed out" by external forces, or replaced before the term of office is completed unless there is a dire reason for some sort of impeachment, which should then be done through some sort of judicial process.

The goal is for the people of WIDOW to be able to say it if they have a disagreement with leadership, and for leadership to know that the people of WIDOW have the ability to oust them at the next election, and the leadership ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS with a job to do.

It is to discourage the leadership of WIDOW from abdicating and leaving thier post at the throw of a hat, and to enact policies that will discourage outside parties from telling us who our leadership should be.

one of the measures on the ballot right now is the length of terms of office. They would be actual set terms off office, with regularly scheduled elections. We don't have term limits, so people could keep running for office, but they'd have to be re-elected after the end of each term.

TERMS OF OFFICE

As of this writing, proposed terms of either 3, 6, 9, or 12 months are on the ballot.

A lot of specific measures about what the powers of the Office of President (Admin), Office of Diplomat (Diplomat), and even one about the Office of Admiral (Admiral) should be - are on the ballot. They have to do with what decisions each office can make with or without the consent of other offices or the voters, how long the decision making process can be in a crisis situation or when an emergency vote is called, etc.

With only 4 members, at this time anyone can propose a ballot measure without any formal process. All of the measures proposed by all of our members have thus far been very sensible, and all four members have been active in making proposals.

(responses to questions posted at http://z10.invisionfree.com/IKC by Squinty and Kirby)