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Article I. Voting

B. Conduct of Popular Vote

a. Where an election for an official state position is concerned; after the end of that position's term, the resignation of the holder of that position, the recall of the holder of that position, a post on the Mt. Augusta subreddit publicizing any of these events, or calling for an election for a position currently empty, shall begin the election process for that position.

c. Campaign Thread - A thread must be posted on the subreddit with "[Campaign]" in the title. The position's title must also be included in the thread title. Once this thread is posted, Candidates have 24 hours to submit their own candidacy and may campaign their policy in that thread. If the campaign thread is replacing a position that did not serve out its full natural term length, the time to submit candidacy is 48 hours. Should no candidates show up within those 24 / 48 hours, an additional 48 hours are given for campaigning. Candidacy is locked once the campaign thread is complete. All Candidates must be registered voters OR have been a registered voter at one point. All Candidates must be registered voters OR have been a registered voter at one point. All Candidates must be eligible to vote, as defined in Article I, Section A part iii. An exception to eligibility will be made if a candidate is eligible except for having recently received a criminal sentence that they could not possibly finish serving until after the END of this campaign thread. Candidates must have begun serving their sentence and must have begun within 24 hours after sentencing in order to take advantage of this exception.

Article III. Enforcement of Augustan Law

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, Section E or as otherwise defined by law.

f. Judicial elections will occur once every 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 passing recall vote

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.