I.B.ii.e. Election Thread - At the conclusion of the debate period, another thread shall be posted with "[Election]" in the title. The thread body must include: an explanation of the position with its associated powers and responsibilities and a list of candidates with Reddit usernames and in-game names. All persons who applied for eligibility to vote no less than 7 days prior to the posting of the [Election] thread now have 48 hours to choose their candidate by posting a reply to the election thread, including a vote for any one candidate. Voters may change or withdraw their vote at any time before the election ends, provided it is announced clearly in the same fashion as the original vote. New candidates may also be announced at any time before the election ends and must be added as quickly as possible to the list of candidates on the election thread.

V.B. The Mayor's Powers

i. The Mayor will have the responsibility of adding bills that have passed to the Constitution and keeping it up to date during their term.

ii. The Mayor will function as the highest ranking arbitrator.

a. Any parties in conflict can name any third party as their arbitrator, however any and all appeals go to the Mayor.

b. If a plaintiff or defendant in a case in the Augustan court feels the law has been misinterpreted by their Judge, they may appeal the case to the Mayor, who will issue a final and binding decision.

c. If the Mayor is a party in any arbitration or judgment appeal, they cannot act as their own final arbitrator. Both parties, in this case alone, may agree to a third party to act as final arbitrator, waiving their rights to further appeal. If neither party can agree to a third party arbitrator after 7 days, the Judges must appoint by unanimous decision a third party arbitrator, and both party's right to further appeal is waived.

iii. The Mayor is in charge of foreign policy.

a. The Mayor is responsible for nominating a Diplomat. If a Diplomat is elected by the people, this supersedes the Mayor’s decision.

b. The Mayor may delegate decision-making powers on matters of foreign policy to the Diplomat on a case-by-case basis when faced with international issues.

c. No treaties or agreements made with any foreign entity shall violate this constitution or the Bill of Rights.

iv. The Mayor's term of office shall be three months long. Beyond its natural expiration, the Mayor’s term can be terminated by either the Mayor's resignation or by a recall vote on /r/MtAugusta where two-thirds or more of the eligible votes being 'Aye' is needed for recall.

v. No person shall hold more than two terms (or 6 months) as Mayor within a 8 month period.

vi. Citizens may hold more than two terms total, so long as no more than two terms are served consecutively.

III.B. Court Structure

i. The Augustan Court consists of three Judges.

ii. The position of Judge shall be an elected position, term set to three months.

a. The Judge will have no power except the powers outlined in this Constitution.

b. The Judge will keep a detailed account of the trial, and run all court cases through /r/mtaugustajustice following the procedure outlined under Article III Subsection C. If a case in handled in-game, a record must be posted on /r/mtaugustajustice.

c. The Judge will maintain composure, will be committed to impartiality, and will remove themselves from positions of official power in any foreign organization, nation, or other entity composed of multiple individuals.

d. A Judge may resign by posting their resignation publicly on /r/MtAugusta. The process to elect a new judge to fill the gap as described by Article I, Part B must begin with 14 days of a resignation post. The replacement will serve the remainder of the former Judge’s term.

e. A Judge must be a citizen of Mount Augusta, as described by Article I, Part A, subpart iii, clause a. or as otherwise defined by law.

f. Judicial elections will occur once every month on the first of that month, with the three-month terms of each Judge being staggered. Mount Augusta’s first judicial election on any iteration of the map will be for all three Judges. The Judge with the highest amount of votes will maintain their term for three months, the next highest voted Judge will maintain their position for two months, and the third highest voted Judge will maintain their position for one month.

iii. Limitations of positions

a. The Judges are subject to the approval of the citizenry, and are therefore open to immediate recall upon a 2/3rds vote of the public held on the /r/mtaugusta subreddit.

b. Judges cannot preside over trials in which they are either a defendant or plaintiff.

c. Judges must declare potential conflicts of interest. If the court, through /r/mtaugustajustice is petitioned by the defendant or the plaintiff, it is the responsibility of the other judges to determine if any potential conflict of interest is sufficient to remove impartiality of the presiding Judge, and any ruling of 2 or more Judges that a Judge cannot preside over a case due to conflict of interest is sufficient cause to prevent that Judge from presiding over the case.

d. In the case that all Judges are simultaneously either defendants, plaintiffs, or have a conflict of interest, it shall be the duty of the Mayor to adjudicate the trial. As highest arbitrator, there can be no appeal to such a trial, unless it should be declared a mistrial as per the process laid out in Article III, Part D, subpart ii.

e. Should the mayor and the judges all be plaintiffs, defendants, or have a conflict of interest in a trial, a temporary, impartial third party Judge must be voted in by two-thirds popular vote (following the rules outlined in Article I, section B, part i), with the duty to preside over the trial only, after which they will cease to act as Judge.

f. As an exception to the above, if all members of Mt. Augusta are either Plaintiff or Defendant (such as People vs. defendant cases) then the current Judges may preside as normal, subject to these limitations.

Candidates (Alphabetically)

Mayoral Candidates

• ShaolinPaladin (Newman)
• SirGrettir

Judicial Candidates

• Njordomir
• SerraNova
• The_Man_of_Ass (Assman)

State your IGN and /u/ Select up to 1 Candidate for Mayor Select up to 3 Candidates for Judge (positions will be assigned in order with the highest votes getting the longest term)