Election of Religious Leader
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Religious Leader Election
This procedure - appliable to every religion - must be used to appoint a new Church Leader if he's been dishartened or the role is vacant (the character dies or renounces the role).
How such a procedure can be opened?
The procedure is opened and managed by the Camerlengo/Marshal with a public post in the forum. The two roles will be driven by ME Administration/Staff.
Who may apply for the role?
Every player whose character has a religiuos role that matches these requirements:
- Charisma >= 18
- Game Seniority >= 120 days
Who will be able to vote?
Every player who detains a Religious Role in the specific Church.
Notes:
- Character must arrive/be in the region where's the headquarter before the deadline specified by the Camerlengo/Marshal
- Character can freely enjoy the stay in the region where's the headquarter until the procedure is finished but they can't leave the region
- Character can't show publicly or privately any content of the procedure to external characters
- Character can't modify the Religious Hierarchy after the opening of phase I
The vote will be secret and non-changeable and weighted in the following way:
- Cleric/Basileus: 1
- Bishop/Prior: Vote weight is directly related to the number of active Clerics/Basileus below him (if the bishop manage 3 churches, his vote has a weight of 3)
- Cardinal/High Priest: Vote weight is the sum of the vote weights of the Bishops/Priors below him.
Schedule
Phase I: Contact
Start: Time 0, End: Time 0 + 2 days
The Camerlengo/Marshal open the procedure with a public post in the forum. Every player that want to candidate his character can contact the Camerlengo/Marshal sending a PM or a message IG with a screenshot of his stats and age. Characters out of requirements will be ignored; uncertain situations will be judged by the Camerlengo, in every phase.
If there won't be any candidates after this phase, the Camerlegno/Marshal will reduce the requirements as specified in the paragraph "Who may apply for the role?" and the phase will be extended of 24 hours. This will be repeated until a suitable candidate will be found.
Phase II: Reaching the headquarter
Start: Time 0 + 2 days, End: Time 0 + 5 days
All suitable voters will be able to access a private board on the RP Forum. It will be their duty to ask the access (to the forum Administrator) and prove they are in the Religious headquarter.
Voters can quibble about the future election of the Leader, the candidates and the future of the church in the private board or by private letters. In both cases the content of their dissertation, even paraphrased, is considered part of "the election procedure".
Phase III: Voting
Start: Time 0 + 5 days, End: time 0 + 7 days
After the meeting all the religious characters that could express a vote will be able to send their preferences for a candidate. To express the preference, they must send a private message to Camerlengo/Marshall expressly mentioning both the name and surname of the selected candidate.
At the end of this phase the scores are cumulated. The preference can not be changed, once properly expressed.
The Camerlengo/Marshal is not required to report privately any preferences labeled as void for formal defect. The candidate who has earned a score higher than 50% of the total score of who have right in voting, is elected Leader.
If no candidate wins more than 50% of the total score of who have the right to vote, it will proceed to a further 24 hours of ballotage between the top two. The ballotage is won by the person who accumulates the highest score.
The winner of the ballotage is elected Leader. Once Elected the Leader, every rule in force during the election procedure will no longer be applicable. The Camerlengo/Marshal will leave his role.
