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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 08:30 PM
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Poll question: We need to amend the US Constitution to add votes of no confidence.
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Edited on Thu Jan-11-07 08:37 PM by originalpckelly
The Senate and the House should be able to call for a special election any time during the last three years during a President's second 4 year term, with a simple majority in both houses.

The special election will confirm whether or not the people wish to retain their President. To keep the President a double majority would be required, meaning that the President would have to be confirmed by an absolute majority of the US population, in order to continue in office.

If the President fails to stand in the vote of no confidence, the entire executive leadership will be removed from office, and the Speaker of the House shall lead a transitional government for a period of one year. During that year a full Presidential election will be held, and a new Vice President and President be elected. The Speaker of the House would be ineligible to stand in the Presidential election. The Senator(s) and/or Representative(s) who introduced the vote of no confidence in the Senate and/or the House will also be ineligible to stand for election. Any member of the administration which was removed in a successful vote of no confidence will also be ineligible to stand for Presidential election.

In addition to prevent abuse of this measure, no more than one vote of no confidence may be introduced per year.

The special election will occur at the soonest possible date, and no later than 6 months away from the vote of no confidence's passage of both house of Congress. Governors of the various states will be required to issue a report to Congress when their respective states are ready to participate in the vote of no confidence special election.

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Do you approve of the aforementioned proposal?

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