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Universal Suffrage Act
An Actionary Complement to GA #130

ACKNOWLEDGING that the legitimacy of the government of each and every member state is determined by the will of all of its constituents citizens,

FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGING that an acknowledgement of such will is largely only possible through elections - of which results are determined by the votes of all of its citizens,

The World Assembly,

MANDATES that all citizens are allowed to vote in elections held in their respective states provided that the said citizen has:
a) not been certified to be mentally incompetent to give any form of informed consent,
b) attained the minimum age of voting,
c) not been disenfranchised due to conviction of a criminal offence, and;

CLARIFIES that,
a) nothing in this resolution forces member nations to hold elections where no elections are held,
b) nothing in this resolution disallows member nations to extend suffrage to citizens and inhabitants not covered under this resolution, and,
c) nothing in this resolution forcibly sets a minimum age of voting on member states, which are free to set one as the respective member states deem fit.

This is a truly awfully written proposal... Universal suffrage isn't something that can or should try to be dictated by the WA, somewhat unfortunately. I don't expect many seriously expect this to pass good and proper. Blah, Natsov protection. Blah, Freedom of nations. And honestly, I hate being on the NatSov side but... Against.

Against

Feels good being on the NatSov side, doesn't it?

Against

Definitely : Against