A. Citizenship Eligibility and Application

i. To fulfill the prerequisites for gaining citizenship, one must do all of the following:

a. Own or rent property in a region of Mount Augusta.

b. Not be a convicted fugitive from the law of Mount Augusta.

c. Have either substantially contributed to Mount Augusta, or be substantially or primarily active in Mount Augusta.

d. Meet the requirements to gain citizenship in any region in which residence is held.

ii. To gain citizenship, one must do all of the following in order:

a. Fulfill the prerequisites set out in i.

b. Post a comment in the latest active [Registration] thread on r/MtAugusta, pledging to follow the law of Mount Augusta, and linking a photograph of yourself in front of an eligibility sign image (§I.C.i).

1. Or, another may do this on one's behalf. The applicant shall state their authorization explicitly, the date, and their intent to register in a message, and have their middleman post it on their behalf.

2. If one applies again within 28 days from the date of the submission of another application which went on to be rejected, then the moderators may cancel that application as spam by removing the comment - informing the applicant of such, or may leave it up for the application to proceed.

c. Have no valid objections from a current citizen against oneself for 7 days.

1. When an objection is made, within no later than 2 days after the end of this 7 day period, judges may vote on whether it is frivolous or unjustifiable via sub-comment. As soon as a majority (>50%) of all judges vote that the objection is unjustifiable etc., it is invalidated. An abstain is assumed as a vote to uphold the objection.

2. In the 48 hours following an invalidation: the matter shall be voted on by registered voters, in a special process, whereby all votes are cast as a sub-comment on the application in the 48 hours following the start of this process. If two thirds or more of the votes cast are against the applicant, then their application fails - if not, it succeeds, and the applicant immediately becomes a citizen, as long as they meet all requirements.

iii. Upon the request of the governor of where the player applies from, the Mayor, in conjunction with one Judge, may expedite, or deny, a citizenship application, in which case after 3 days a person automatically becomes a citizen notwithstanding §I.A.c,

iv. A citizen automatically terminates and withdraws their own citizenship upon holding citizenship in a foreign nation.

B. Voting Registration

i. Requirements for voter registration

a. Must be a resident or citizen of Mount Augusta.

c. Must be active, defined by posting an image of at an official voter eligibility sign showing a date within the last two (2) weeks §I.C.i;

d. Must not be a convicted fugitive from the law of Mount Augusta;

e. Must not be banned from all of the servers on which Mount Augusta maintains a presence.

ii. Gaining voter registration

a. Any citizen who is not registered to vote, but meets all voter eligibility requirements §I.B.i, shall gain voter registration three (3) days after posting eligibility sign image in an active voter registration thread.

1. Or, another may do this on one's behalf. The applicant shall state their authorization explicitly, the date, and their intent to register in a message, and have their middleman post it on their behalf.

b. A player is immediately registered to vote upon naturalization.

iii. Survivability of voter registration

a. A voter registration shall expire 28 days after being gained.

b. When a voter who continues to meet the criteria re-registers within 7 days before the expiration of their registration, 28 days shall be added to the end of their period of registration.

1. If one re-registers

C. Maintenance of Citizenship and Voter Registration System

i. Public record of registrations

a. An active registration thread must always be present. The thread title must begin with "[Registration]".

b. A Judge must confirm the registration thread as official in comments within 48 hours of posting. The thread is closed after a new registration thread is confirmed after 28 days.

c. A public record must be maintained in the registration thread body containing for each citizen the corresponding:

1. In-game name;

2. Reddit account (if applicable);

3. The duration or status of their voter registration;

4. The regions of Mount Augusta in which they own property.

d. All official voter registration sign(s) must be publicly and easily viewable. It is the responsibility of the Mayor and Judges that the official sign(s) contain the current date, updated no less than every 28 days.

1. The sign location(s) must be posted in the registration thread.

2. While there must always be one easily accessible official voter registration sign, further official signs may be added or dismantled at the discretion of the Lord Mayor.

e. Should the State of Mount Augusta fail in its duty to appropriately update the aforementioned sign(s) or registration post, registrations shall continue in the interim, just as if both were properly updated on time.

Civ Universe Voter Registration Sign 2050, 92, 2100