WHEREAS a new amendment is proposed on this clark to modify the Organic law to allow provincial government
WHEREAS this amendment requires a law to clarify how to conduct elections to the provincial government
THEREFORE the ZIU adopts the following Provincial Election law
This law will only be in effect upon the ratification of the The provincial reform amendement.
This bill is intended to legislate the electoral process for provincial legislative assemblies.
Section 1 : Elections for the provincial assemblies are managed by the Secretary of State office.
The Secretary of State may at his discretion delegate an official to supervise a particuliar provincial election if he desires so.
Section 2 : Rules for the provincial legislative election are the same as for the Cosâ general election except when specifically modified in this bill or in the rules announced by the Secretary of State prior to the election.
Section 3 : There are 2 types of provincial elections : "Cover" and "Distinct". In a "Cover" election type, the Cosâ election vote is used to determine the vote for the provincial election. In a Distinct election type, citizen may vote differently in the provincial election than in the Cosâ election.
Section 4 : Provincial parties in the Distinct election must be registered to the SoS to receive seats. However, parties registered in the Cosâ election do not need to register in every province, unless they want to officially elect a provincial party leader.
Section 5 : A provincial assemblie may propose to the Secretary of State that all elections should be held as a cover or as a distinct election, or specify other rules for the determination of the type of election as long as the Secretary of State can announce at least 10 days prior to the election the type that has been selected.
Section 6 : Notwithstanding section 5, If province has less than 5 citizens during a provincial election, the Secretary of State must always conduct a "cover" election for that province.
Section 7 : During a "Distinct" election, every citizen in a province must vote in 2 seperate election: the General Cosâ election,
and the local provincial election. Under a Disctinct election, there is the same number of seats in the provincial assembly than the seat factor for that province in the General election. The seats are distributed in the same manner as in a normal Cosâ election taking into account the result of the local election. Citizens that failed to vote in the provincial election, will have their Cosâ vote used to determine their provincial vote.
Section 8 : During a "Cover" election, every citizen in a province may only vote once, for both the General Cosâ election and the local provincial election. Results from the general cosâ election for that province determine who many seats each party will win, but the seats may only be distributed to citizens of the province, and may differ from the Cosâ seat distribution.
Ureu q'estadra så,
Sir Martì-Páir Furxhéir (Secretary of State)