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URA Recommendation: Vote AGAINST "Promoting Democratic Stability Act"


URA World Assembly Recommendation

Promoting Democratic Stability Act
The World Assembly,

Recognizing the late repeal of GA#130,

Believing that promoting democratic transitions is a noble goal and one that should continue to be a priority, hereby:

  1. The following terms are defined for the purpose of this Act:

    1. ”Ballot” as any national vote held specifically to determine what policy or policies a Government is to adopt.

    2. “Election” as any vote held for the purposes of electing an individual into a legislative or executive office.

  2. Member states are bound to the following policies in the conduct of all local, regional, and national ballots and elections:

    1. No person shall, under penalty or cover of law, be forced to disclose for whom or what position they voted or be discriminated against on those grounds.

    2. All persons shall have the opportunity to cast their vote in private and without interference from outside parties.

    3. No person shall be discriminated against in casting their vote by virtue of how they choose to cast their vote or for not casting a vote.

    4. No person shall be disallowed from casting a vote due to some immutable characteristic such as race, biological sex, gender, disability, or any other class which may be protected under national or international law.

  3. Member states are encouraged to monitor for, and prosecute, fraudulent or dishonest practices relating to elections or ballots held in their state.

  4. The Office of Electoral Administration (hereinafter the OEA) will only enter a member state to assist with or monitor an election or ballot if that member state requests it.

  5. However, individual member states are reserved the right to set all further regulations pertaining to elections.

  6. OEA officials must investigate allegations of voter intimidation, voter fraud, and other fraudulent or dishonest practices relating to elections in which they have been invited to serve as a monitoring party and must report any and all violations of the practices found in (2) to the World Assembly Compliance Commission for consideration of further sanction.

This General Assembly resolution was written by Hulldom to promote democratic stability. You can find the drafting thread on the forums here.

The United Regions Alliance recommends that you vote AGAINST the resolution

This resolution requires that member states respect the privacy of voters when casting ballots, allow voters to vote without interference, fear of repercussion, or discrimination based on immutable characteristics. The Alliance is unsatisfied with clause six, which requires the Office of Electoral Administration to investigate all "allegations of voter intimidation, voter fraud, and other fraudulent or dishonest practices relating to elections" that they oversee. A malicious actor could easily allege fraud in every single ballot -- even with no evidence -- requiring the OEA to undergo a pointless and tedious exercise in recounting millions of valid ballots. Additionally the vague phrase "dishonest practices retaining to elections" does not necessarily limit itself to electoral fraud. If a candidate makes a misleading claim, would that be a dishonest electoral practice? Would the OEA have to review the statements and platforms of political candidates, something should be entirely outside its mandate? For these reasons, the URA cannot support "Promoting Democratic Stability Act".


The following comments were given during discussion on the LinkURA Discord server:

Conch Kingdom resident Kursibar wrote,

Kursibar wrote:Opposed: Clause six sucks and is bad, and you should feel bad for thinking it's a good clause.

St Abbaddon voting member Draganisia wrote,

Draganisia wrote:They are still trying to force democracy on everyone. This one might not be doing it directly but it's a step towards that. I am against it.

Mariner Trench voting member Calamari lands wrote,

Calamari lands wrote:Agreed with Kurs and Draganisia, clause six bad and in general it doesn't necessarily force democracy on everyone but it does enforce certain requirements on existing democracies that I think are unnecessary.


This document was authored by Scalizagasti on behalf of the United Regions Alliance. Please do not reproduce it without permission.

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