Update 2025/AMEND-2025-1: Proposal to Store the Constitution in an Online Repository.md

2025/AMEND-2025-1: Proposal to Store the Constitution in an Online Repository.md

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+Title: Proposal to Store the Constitution in an Online Repository 
+Amendment Number: AMEND-2025-1  
+Author: HM King Tyler I  
+Sponsors:  
+Enacted By: Parliament  
+Date Ratified: TBD  
+NAD Date: TBD  
+Status: Proposed  
+
+#### **A Bill to Amend the New Athens Constitution to Allow the Speaker of the People to Manage the Constitution in an Online Repository**
+
+#### **Purpose:**
+
+To establish a publicly accessible, version-controlled repository as the official source of the Constitution of the Free Nation of New Athens, ensuring transparency, integrity, and traceability of all constitutional amendments.
+
+#### **Section 1: Findings and Justification**
+
+1.1 The Constitution of the Free Nation of New Athens is the supreme law of the land and must be preserved and presented in a clear, accurate, and authoritative format.  
+
+1.2 Maintaining the Constitution in a version-controlled repository allows for public access, historical transparency, and integrity of all amendments and revisions.  
+
+1.3 A digital repository allows citizens to trace the history of constitutional development, verify the authenticity of changes, and uphold confidence in the legal foundations of the nation.  
+
+1.4 Aligning the Constitution's management practices with those of the Legal Code ensures consistency and improves administrative efficiency.  
+
+### **Section 2: Amendments to the Constitution**
+
+**Article IV of the Constitution of the Free Nation of New Athens shall be amended to have the following title:**  
+    "Article IV: Amendments to the Constitution and Legal Code of the Free Nation of New Athens"  
+
+**Article IV of the Constitution of the Free Nation of New Athens shall be completely replaced with the following text:**  
+    1. "All amendments to this Constitution or Legal Code shall be recorded and preserved by the Speaker of the People through a publicly accessible version-controlled repository, maintained by the Ministry of Technology.  
+    2. Each amendment, whether altering existing provisions or adding new articles, must be committed to the repository with a clear commit message referencing the purpose, scope, and authorizing vote in accordance with Article XV.  
+    3. Articles added to the Constitution or Legal Code shall be inserted into the main text in appropriate sequence and numbered accordingly.  
+    4. Repealed or replaced provisions shall be removed from the main text and their prior versions preserved in the repository's commit history, which shall serve as the authoritative record of all amendments and revisions."  
+
+#### **Section 3: Limitations and Clarifications**
+
+3.1 None
+
+#### **Section 4: Effective Date**
+
+This amendment shall take effect immediately upon passage in accordance with Article XV of the Constitution.

Constitution of the Free Nation of New Athens

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 1. The Speaker of the People will oversee all legislative meetings.
 2. All legislative meetings are public to all citizens.
-3. All parliamentary procedure will proceed in keeping with Robert's Rules of Order. \[See **Article XV \[VI\]\]**
+3. All parliamentary procedure will proceed in keeping with Robert’s Rules of Order. \[See **Article XV \[VI\]\]**
 4. All citizens of the Free Nation of New Athens may attend legislative meetings and maintain full voting powers.
 5. All citizens of the Free Nation of New Athens may propose legislation to be discussed, voted on, or both.
 6. All voting must proceed in keeping with Article XV.
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 **Article XV: Voting Procedure**
 
-1. Parliamentary voting of any kind must be overseen by the Speaker of the People and in keeping with Robert's Rules of Order to be valid. \[II\]\[VI\]
+1. Parliamentary voting of any kind must be overseen by the Speaker of the People and in keeping with Robert’s Rules of Order to be valid. \[II\]\[VI\]
 2. Only citizens of the Free Nation of New Athens may vote.
 3. For a vote to take place, quorum must be met.\[VI\]
     1. Quorum is defined as the minimum number of members of an assembly or society that must be present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings of that meeting valid.
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 3. Citizens who are unable to attend a scheduled parliamentary vote may submit an absentee vote to the Speaker of the People or presiding speaker that includes their vote regarding the matters to be voted on in the scheduled parliamentary meeting.
 4. Absentee voters will be counted as present for quorum of that vote.
 5. An absentee vote must be submitted before the conclusion of the vote to be valid.
-6. Parliamentary meetings and business may take place virtually. If a parliamentary meeting or parliamentary business is taking place virtually, deciding whether or not to adhere to Robert's Rules of Order will be decided by the presiding Speaker of the People. If a parliamentary meeting or parliamentary business is taking place virtually, quorum does not have to be met, but all citizens must be given reasonable notice of when and where the meeting or business will take place.
+6. Parliamentary meetings and business may take place virtually. If a parliamentary meeting or parliamentary business is taking place virtually, deciding whether or not to adhere to Robert’s Rules of Order will be decided by the presiding Speaker of the People. If a parliamentary meeting or parliamentary business is taking place virtually, quorum does not have to be met, but all citizens must be given reasonable notice of when and where the meeting or business will take place.
 7. To satisfy quorum in all voting procedures in the Free Nation of New Athens, greater than half of all citizens must be present.
 
 **Article XVI: Honorary Titles**

README.md

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 Each file contains a single constitutional amendment or addition and includes the following metadata:
 
-<pre>---
-Title: [Full Title of the Act]  
-Amendment Number: AMEND-YYYY-X  
-Sponsor: [Title and Name]  
-Cosponsors: [Title and Name(s)]  
-Enacted Through: Parliament  
+```markdown
+Title: [Amendment Title]  
+Amendment Number: AMEND-YYYY-XX    
+Enacted By: Parliament  
+Ratified By: Reigning Monarch
 Date Ratified: [Gregorian Date]
 NAD Date: [New Athenian Date]
----</pre>
+Status: [Active / Repealed]
+```
 
 The body of each file contains the full text of the amendment, along with a summary and any explanatory notes if applicable.