A few of us found it necessary to further clarify Article I of the constitution. The term "eligibility" is used repeatedly and in my opinion eroniously. Eligibility is defined as "the state of having the right to do or obtain something through satisfaction of the appropriate conditions." Tons of people are eligible to become voters in the US, but they are not voters because they haven't registered to vote. A Mount Augustan may be eligible to vote, but pursuant to I.A.iv.a does not "possess" "eligibility." This double use of the term "eligibility" is unclear. How can you be eligible, but not possess eligibility? In order to further clarify this distinction I've changed the inappropriate uses of "eligibility" to "registration" while maintaining the mentions of eligibility that refer to the actual eligibility to become a voter. This distinction was first codified in 2.0 Augusta when we had issues with people brigading our elections by signing up a ton of people to vote at the last minute. The 7 day waiting period was implemented to prevent this, but unclear language was used in its codification. By making voter registration dependent on the 7 day waiting period, we guaranteed that the massive press around contentious elections could not influence a hostile nation or group to brigade our elections with last minute signups. Ask an oldfriend; this is important. I think it's important to clarify this distinction in statute, rather than have it go to the judges in a situation where the decision will impact actual people rather than theoretical people as it does when we clarify it preemptively. I've copied the text of the amendment, as it stands, below. My edits are as follows:

strikethroughs indicate terminology that will be removed from the text bold text indicates additions that will be made to the text

Additionally, I fixed one misspelling and changed the term Civcraft to a more generic reference that reflects the death of the server and our subsequent move to Devoted.

All following text is my proposed clarifications to the statute. VOTE AYE OR NAY. Be it enacted by the citizens of Mount Augusta, the following revisions shall be made to the constitution:

Article I. Voting

A. Voting Eligibility and Registration

i. Public record of voting eligibility registration

a. Prior to any election, or when called for by any citizen, a voter eligibility registration thread shall be posted on the subreddit. The thread title must begin with [Voter Eligibility Registration].

b. An elected Judge must confirm the thread as being an official eligibility voter registration thread within forty-eight (48) hours; an elected Judge must also close registration after one hundred sixty-eight (168) hours of confirming the thread.

c. Judges are responsible for investigating and deciding on eligibility. Should an individual judge’s decision be called into question, a majority vote of standing judges suffices to decide the matter. Should a majority be unreachable, the Mayor, acting as final arbiter, will issue a binding resolution without opportunity for appeal.

d. The public record shall consist of, for each eligible voter, their in-game name, their Reddit account, the date on which the period of eligibility registration of an individual began or begins, and the date on which it ends. This record shall be contained within the most recent [Voter Eligibility Registration] thread, as copied from the previous most recent thread.

e.To assist in verifying voter eligibility, a publicly accessible sign must be maintained, reinforced, placed on a reinforced block, accessible for modification only by the Mayor and the current Judges, and shall contain the current date, updated no less than weekly. The location of this sign must be posted within each Voter Eligibility thread, and once set should not be moved unless absolutely necessary.

ii. Survivability of voter eligibility registration

a. For a citizen, once voting eligibility is confirmed, and registration is confirmed, it shall survive for thirty (30) days following confirmation. During that period, reconfirmation is unnecessary, even if additional [Voter Eligibility Registration] threads are posted.

b. Citizens holding voter eligibility registration and meeting voter eligibility requirements may re-confirm their eligibility registration in a [Voter Eligibility Registration] thread. The renewal comes into effect immediately upon re-confirmation.

c. After thirty (30) days, a citizen’s voting eligibility registration ends.

iii. Requirements for voter eligibility

a. Must own or rent a renovated piece of land, building, or shop within the borders of Mt. Augusta. Fulfilling this requirement is sufficient to gain citizenship in Mount Augusta.

b. Must not have outstanding (convicted but unserved or unpearled) criminal convictions made by the Mt. Augusta justice system.

c. Must be able to attest to online activity by posting a screenshot of the eligibility sign showing a date within the last two (2) weeks.

d. Must not be currently banned from Civcraft Mount Augusta's current host server.

iv. Gaining voter eligibility registration

a. An individual who meets the requirements for voter eligibility, but does not possess it, will gain voter eligibility registration seven (7) days after posting proof of activity on an active [Voter Eligibility Registration] thread, as outlined by Article I Section A iii. c. a. The individual must fulfil fulfill the requirements outlined by Article I Section A iii. for the entire period of seven (7) days for voter eligibility registration to be granted.

v. Mayor as final arbiter in voter eligibility

a. In all disputes concerning voter eligibility that cannot be resolved by the judges, the Mayor is the final arbiter, with no opportunity for further appeal

b. If there are no Judges current appointed, the Mayor shall assume all duties of Judge as defined in Article I, Section A until Judges are appointed.