05-30-2018, 12:53 AM
Grosseschnauzer post_id=17179 time=1527631237 user_id=4 Wrote:The IDU has used three months, four months, and six months as well as a year.I am open to changing it to 6 months between elections.
Six months seems best to me, with a two consecutive terms limit. I've served as Delegate under such a system and had no concerns with that. A one year term as it is now does increase the likelihood of a mid-term vacancy and that's affects continuity.
As to the succession, taking from something Sanct has suggested in a different context, we should also include former Delegates in any line of succession past the Vice Delegate. They would be familar with the ingame Delegacy, would most likely maintained an appropriate level of endorsements and make transitions easier. Using Cabinet members raises a concern about endorsement levels, as there's been no requirement that any Cabinet official maintained any particular endo count to hold office. We don't want to make the endotarting issue burdensome and complicated. Especially if the interim Delegate has a short tenure.
We should have some sort of expedited process to replace a Vice Delegate so any vacancy there is as short lived as possible, and reduce the need to even worry about any succession past that point.
I can take a think about term limits and how I'd incorporate it into this bill. Also with the line of succession; it might be better if that's a separate bill, and I can just make reference of that in this bill.

