TITULIA/President’s legislature proposal

TITULIA CITY | President McVicker introduced his three proposals for a legislature,which are currently undergoing voting:

Proposal 1:
Structure
The legislature would consist of two houses.
The lower house would consist of the entire citizenry (as now) and would be the place where any new propositions were introduced. Any citizen would be able to submit a proposition to this house, including the President, cabinet members and members of Congress. Propositions would reach substantive status based upon whatever proposition legislation exists at that point, whether it be as now, or amended. Nomination and budget propositions would only require a simple affirmative majority in this house, in order to pass. As now, nomination and budget propositions would not be required to pass to substantive status and both of these forms of proposition would be active for 5 days only. All other original propositions would be active for 7 days only.
The upper house would consist of those members elected to Congress by the citizens and would act as an amending and revising body. It would receive any propositions that had reached substantive status in the lower house. It would discuss the proposition and apply any amendments or revisions that it thought were necessary. A substantive proposition would be active for 3 days, after which voting (by Congress) would close.
Without substantial* amendment a simple affirmative majority** would be required to pass the proposition, at which point it would be put forward for implementation (either by admin, or by the executive).
If substantial* amendment (to the proposition) has been instituted and passed, (voting rules as outlined previously) then the proposition returns to the lower house, where a simple affirmative majority (over 3 days) is required to pass the proposition, at which point it would be put forward for implementation, as already outlined above. If the amended proposition is rejected by the lower house, then it returns to the upper house for further amendment or revision (or to return to it's original form). The process would proceed as previously, with the legislation either being passed without substantial* amendment (as per the original proposition) and forwarded for implementation, or it being returned to the lower house for a further vote, with the same rules applying as before.
If amended propositions are rejected by the lower house on two occasions then the upper house must vote on the un-amended propostion, (as per the original proposition) with the same voting rules as outlined (for the upper house) previously. At this stage the proposition would either be passed or rejected.
*(substantial is taken to mean any revision or amendment to the original proposition that would change its effect in practice, or the intent of the original proposer).
** 60% (3/5) of Congress must vote in order for any vote to be legal. Any tied vote would go to the casting vote of the VP.
Electoral Process & Organisation (for Congress)
For the purposes of congressional elections, Titulia would be divided into five regions/states/counties/constituencies. They would consist of Central, Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Titulia. These regions would correspond to the map of Titulia and their precise areas would be agreed upon by proposition, after submission by the executive. I would propose that the 'Central' area be slighly smaller than the other areas, as this is, at present, the heart of Titulia and thus has more 'weight' than the outlying areas of Titulia.
All citizens would be required to register for one, and only one of these areas. Thus if a citizen registers themselves in Southern Titulia, they may only vote for congressional candidates that are standing for the seat of Southern Titulia.
Similarly, those who wish to stand for Congress, may only stand in whichever region they are registered in.
Citizens may change their registration during the one week period immediately after Congressional elections have taken place in the area they wish to change their registration to. This will allow freedom of movement without electoral manipulation. For similar reasons citizens may only change their registration a maximum of 3 times in a calendar year and there must be a 2 month interval between changes of registration.
Any citizen registered in a particualr area may stand for that seat.
The candidate receiving the most votes will be elected to Congress for that region. In the event of a tie, a run-off election consisting of the tied candidates only, shall take place. A sitting member of Congress will remain in place until the electoral process has been resolved.
Elections shall take place over 5 days. Run-off elections shall take place over 3 days. There will be no gap between elections and any run-off elections.
Nationally, congressional elections shall take place each week in one of the 5 regions. This shall occur on a rotational basis. Thus one week Central shall hold elections, the following week Northern, then Eastern etc, until all have held elections and the process returns to Central. I'd suggest the rotation follow this structure: Central/Northern/Eastern/Southern/Western.
Proposal 2:
Anybody may nominate themselves for Congress, the candidates who recieve the top 5 votes are awarded the 5 seats of Congress. If there is a tie involving any candidate within the top 5 vote getters, and if all of the candidates in the tie are not within the top 5, then a runoff will be held for all tied candidates.
2 of these seats will be up for re-election during the Presidential election, while the other 3 will be up at the midpoint of a Presidential term. With the Presidential election takign up alot of interest it seems logical to only have two during that time span, with the other three coming in the middle of the Presidential term.
There will be checks and balances instituted between the President, and both houses of the legislature. If a proposition passes in substantive status it will be sent to the "House of Representatives"(working title used for the sake of this proposal) where it will be taken up and voted upon. If the legislature is to vote it down, it will be sent back to the people in proposition form where, if it is approved by at least 70 percent of the voting citizenry, it will overide the House's rejection and be sent directly to the President. In a separate scenario, If the President is to veto a bill, then it will be sent back down to the people in proposition phase where it must again get at least 70 percent approval. If it does, it will be sent back to the Legislature, where if it is approved by a simple majority the President's veto is overriden.
Legislation still must be introduced through proposition form, and veto power will be pretty much equal between the public and the House.
Proposal 3:
Initially there will be five (5) representatives, with two (2) additional representatives being added once the active population reached two hundred (200) citizens. Two (2) additional representatives would then be added for each additional one hundred (100) active citizens added.
Representatives would be elected for a term of twenty-eight (28) days with half being elected every two (2) weeks. The first election would be held one week after the first presidential campaign after implementation of the legislature.
Any citizen is eligible to run, all they need to do is put their name on the ballot. The nomination period will begin seven (7) days prior to the election, and will end two (2) days prior to the beginning of voting leaving two (2) days for the official campaigning period and five (5) days for the nomination period. Elections shall be called automatically for the vacant seats at noon GMT of the appointed day. The voting will consist of an open-list format with each citizen being able to vote for the number of candidates on the ballot, with voting lasting for a period of three (3) days. In the result of a tie that would result in more than the necessary number of candidates needed being elected, a run-off would be initiated that would include all candidates effected by the tie.
The legislature with handle all cabinet confirmations, General Court confirmations, and the government budget, with only the budget needing ratification by the people.
The legislature must ratify all propositions passed by the people by a simple majority for them to become law. Legislation introduced in the legislature must still be passed by a simple majority of the people.
The President would be able to veto any legislation that does not pass as a proposition by a two-thirds (2/3) majority, any legislation that is veto will then be given the opportunity to be passed by the people with a two-thirds (2/3) majority. Vetoed propositions will remain open for three (3) days
Once the legislature is installed propositions will automatically close after seven (7) days of introduction regardless of the number of votes cast. Legislation passed first in the legislation will be marked as "A Bill of Ratification" and will also close for voting after seven (7) days. Any legislation passed first as a proposition must be scheduled for a vote by the legislature within three (3) days of the vote closing with a simple (affirmative) majority. Voting in the legislature will remain open for three (3) days.
Constitutional amendments must pass both the legislature and as a proposition with a two-thirds majority. All constitutional amendments must be first introduced in the legislature.