34RZ25 - The Remove the King from the Citizenship Process Act

Whereas, the integrity and impartiality of the King have been attacked through implications that the King enjoys an "unfair advantage" due to his ability to grant (and, by implication, to deny) clemency and thus restore citizenship to former Talossans who lost their citizenship due to protracted non-voting, and

Whereas, the King seeks to eliminate any possibility of any public official abusing this power,

Therefore, the Ziu hereby approves the following Amendment to the Organic Law, and transmits the same to the Talossan people for their verdict in a referendum to be held concurrent with the September/October 2005 General Election:

1. Article XVIII:Section 10 of the Organic Law is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

2. "Article XVIII:Section 10. Talossans may also lose their citizenship through long-term non-participation. This is defined as failure to vote in three consecutive elections. If a citizen wishes (for reasons of conscience) not to vote, he shall notify the Secretary of State indicating his intent, and this shall count as a 'vote' for purposes of this article. Any Talossan who loses his citizenship by not voting may recover his citizenship at any time by notifying the Secretary of State of his intent to return to citizenship, or making a public declaration to that effect.

Uréu q'estadra så,
Ben Madison (King of Talossa)