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How these bylaws may be amended

The bylaw amendment process is initiated when the Legislature adopts an amendment, as if it were adopting an Act, except by a 2/3s vote threshold.

Two electoral cycles with respect to the amendment are defined as follows: the first cycle begins at the time that the amendment is voted upon, and ends after one electoral cycle duration has elapsed since that time. The second cycle begins at the end of the first cycle, and lasts for one electoral cycle duration past that time.

The amendment succeeds if, in the second cycle, the amendment is re-adopted in the same fashion.

Lower threshold

If the seniormost Chair, and the seniormost Parliamentarian, and the seniormost Judge all concur and act jointly, then the threshold for adoption shall be 60%, as for an ordinary measure. These three individuals, acting together, may also propose an amendment, which is then automatically put on the agenda of the Legislature. The amendment must still be adopted twice in two different cycles. In the second cycle, if the (new) seniormost Chair, Parliamentarian, and Judge all concur and act jointly, they may again place the amendment on the agenda, and may again lower the threshold to 60%.

Making an exception

By passing an Act with a vote threshold of 2/3, the legislature may make a single, specific exception to the Bylaws. This exception cannot have the effect of making it easier to amend or to make an exception to the bylaws. An exception is not counted towards the text quota. The exception expires one electoral cycle duration after it was made.