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'''Only the proposer of the referendum and Election Committee members may modify this page. Substantive modifications by the proposer after the referendum has been formally proposed at '[[CZ:Election July-August 2013/Referenda|July-August 2013 Referenda]]' will invalidate the signatures of any current supporters, and require them to sign again. Comments should be placed on the Talk page.'''


This page contains a proposed referendum question, the existing Charter article(s) or rule(s) which the proposer and any supporters of the referendum wish to change, and the proposed new text. A further section elaborates on the proposal.
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==Calling of Elections==
''Proposed by the [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]]''
A proposed referendum on part of the [[CZ:Charter|Charter]] follows. If it is voted on, Citizens can support or oppose the question by indicating 'Yes' or 'No'. Under Article 37, a two-thirds majority is required to modify the Charter.
==Elaboration==
The procedure for conducting Citizendium elections is unnecessarily bureaucratic because it requires the [[CZ:Management Council|Management Council]] to organise it via its own voting rules. This involves proposing a motion, supporting it, discussing it, and voting on it. Only then can an [[CZ:Election Committee|election committee]] be convened and the vote take place. If time is running out for an election to be conducted in good order, the process would benefit from allowing the [[CZ:Managing Editor|Managing Editor]] to call an election and appoint a committee to carry it out. A period of less than 60 days prior to a term of office commencing, or 30 days after a seat becomes vacant, is one in which the Managing Editor could call an election but in which the Council might have trouble passing the appropriate legislation.
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