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RA By-election, what does the RA do? You could do this too.

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We just celebrated the start of the 34th Term of CDS government. It was festive and fun with Brooke's transformations of the ballroom and Calli's lively music making us feel we had been transported to Marrakech. Thank you to Chancellor Kyoko and her team for orchestrating this great party.

The Inaugural Ball to celebrate our democracy was one of the many events we enjoy because of our Executive volunteer team. The Chancellor keeps the regions running smoothly on a day to day basis while organizing many kinds of community events.

The RA has a very important function in our democracy. The RA sets the tone and direction of our community and passes semi-annual revenue bills to support the envisioned activities. The Constitution says we shall have 5 RA members. Currently we have 3 and therefore this by-election. 3, the majority of representative seats, is the minimum number of votes necessary for the RA to pass any bill. So voting in 2 more members is pretty important. If you think you would contribute to our community in this way please let me (Delia Lake, Dean of the SC) know right away.

You may have already seen that Tor declared his candidacy for the RA in this by-election. Who else among you will do this?

Here's what our CDS Constitution says about our RA.

ARTICLE I – The Representative Branch

Section 1 – The Representative Assembly

The Representative Assembly (RA) is a body of democratically elected legislators which represent the views of CDS citizens. Its governmental role is to pass laws and its service role is to promote the city and perform long-term planning.

Section 2 – The Representative Assembly Body

Representative seats are chosen by popular election, from among those candidates who qualify under the rules set forth here. Any citizen who is eligible to vote, at the time of nomination, may become a candidate by declaring themselves by a message to the Dean of the Scientific Council, within the time set by the Scientific Council for such nominations.
The number of representative seats in the RA is equal to five.

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If you're interested, now is the time. The deadline for declaring is midnight tonight, December 7.

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