06-09-2006, 02:47 AM
IDU Charter: Choosing the UN Delegate.
For a full history of the charter with previous versions, see Library > Documents and Treaties
1. In the IDU, there shall be bi-monthly elections to elect the UN Delegate. The elections are to be held in the first week of the period (january, march, may, july, september, november). Times and dates in GMT.
2. The elections are supervised by an election commission consisting of the current delegate, the founder, and an independent (preferable non-UN-member or non-candidate) nation, to ensure fair proceedings. The independent member is chosen by the founder and current delegate (everyone is welcome to offer their services).
3. Any UN member in the IDU who has been in the IDU for more than 2 weeks may announce their candidacy and can be voted on. However, no UN delegate is allowed to be the delegate for more than 2 consecutative periods and no more than 4 periods in total per year. There is no limit for Vice Delegate
4. From one week before the election process up until the end of the election process (midnight on the 7th of the month), nations can announce their candidacy and campaign.
5. Campaining can be done in the Important Discussions forum.
6. Each IDU nation who is a UN member has one vote. Non-UN nations are not allowed to vote. The voting procedure is as follows: Each UN members sends his or her vote by Telegram to every member of the election commission. At the end of the voting period, they will each post the results in the form of Candidate: # of votes. In no case shall any result be made public before the end of the elections, on the 7th day of the month 11.59pm GMT.
7. If there is no winner, a second round is held with only the 2 most voted on nations, for a period of 3 days.
8. After the election period has ended, all UN member nations must endorse the winner. The second nation will become the Vice Delegate and should have one endorsement less, preferably not endorsed by the new delegate. That way, the Vice Delegate and UN delegate can easily swap if the UN delegate is temporarily unable to fulfill his duty. All other UN members should have at least one endorsement less than the Vice Delegate, and two less than the UN delegate.
If there is no single candidate second in number of votes, the VD is selected by the elected UN delegate from the UN members who came second. If no other candidates exist, the VD is selected from all UN members.
9. In case of suspected unfair proceedings, misbehaviour by the UN delegate or other good reasons, a call for new elections can be made in the election forum. The last election commission (Founder, previous UN delegate and impartial member) can then at their discretion start a new procedure. In that case, a temporary delegate should be endorsed. In order of preference, this should be either the Vice Delegate, the Founder, the previous UN delegate or the impartial member. In case of mid-term elections, the Election Commission can decide to keep the temporary delegate in place until the time for new elections has come. This doesn't count as a period for rule 3.
10. All important announces, such as the members of the election commission, campaining start, election start and stop and election result should be posted on the IDU regional board and in the IDU forum by one of the members of the election commission, either the Founder, the current UN delegate or the impartial member.
For a full history of the charter with previous versions, see Library > Documents and Treaties
1. In the IDU, there shall be bi-monthly elections to elect the UN Delegate. The elections are to be held in the first week of the period (january, march, may, july, september, november). Times and dates in GMT.
2. The elections are supervised by an election commission consisting of the current delegate, the founder, and an independent (preferable non-UN-member or non-candidate) nation, to ensure fair proceedings. The independent member is chosen by the founder and current delegate (everyone is welcome to offer their services).
3. Any UN member in the IDU who has been in the IDU for more than 2 weeks may announce their candidacy and can be voted on. However, no UN delegate is allowed to be the delegate for more than 2 consecutative periods and no more than 4 periods in total per year. There is no limit for Vice Delegate
4. From one week before the election process up until the end of the election process (midnight on the 7th of the month), nations can announce their candidacy and campaign.
5. Campaining can be done in the Important Discussions forum.
6. Each IDU nation who is a UN member has one vote. Non-UN nations are not allowed to vote. The voting procedure is as follows: Each UN members sends his or her vote by Telegram to every member of the election commission. At the end of the voting period, they will each post the results in the form of Candidate: # of votes. In no case shall any result be made public before the end of the elections, on the 7th day of the month 11.59pm GMT.
7. If there is no winner, a second round is held with only the 2 most voted on nations, for a period of 3 days.
8. After the election period has ended, all UN member nations must endorse the winner. The second nation will become the Vice Delegate and should have one endorsement less, preferably not endorsed by the new delegate. That way, the Vice Delegate and UN delegate can easily swap if the UN delegate is temporarily unable to fulfill his duty. All other UN members should have at least one endorsement less than the Vice Delegate, and two less than the UN delegate.
If there is no single candidate second in number of votes, the VD is selected by the elected UN delegate from the UN members who came second. If no other candidates exist, the VD is selected from all UN members.
9. In case of suspected unfair proceedings, misbehaviour by the UN delegate or other good reasons, a call for new elections can be made in the election forum. The last election commission (Founder, previous UN delegate and impartial member) can then at their discretion start a new procedure. In that case, a temporary delegate should be endorsed. In order of preference, this should be either the Vice Delegate, the Founder, the previous UN delegate or the impartial member. In case of mid-term elections, the Election Commission can decide to keep the temporary delegate in place until the time for new elections has come. This doesn't count as a period for rule 3.
10. All important announces, such as the members of the election commission, campaining start, election start and stop and election result should be posted on the IDU regional board and in the IDU forum by one of the members of the election commission, either the Founder, the current UN delegate or the impartial member.