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  
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+#### **A Bill to Amend the New Athens Constitution to Allow the Speaker of the People to Manage the Constitution in an Online Repository**
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+#### **Purpose:**
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+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.
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+#### **Section 1: Findings and Justification**
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+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.  
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+1.2 Maintaining the Constitution in a version-controlled repository allows for public access, historical transparency, and integrity of all amendments and revisions.  
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+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.  
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+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"  
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+**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."  
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+#### **Section 3: Limitations and Clarifications**
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+3.1 None
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+#### **Section 4: Effective Date**
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+This amendment shall take effect immediately upon passage in accordance with Article XV of the Constitution.

2025/AMEND-2025-4: Proposal to Eliminate Compulsory Voting.md

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-Title: Proposal to Eliminate Compulsory Voting  
-Amendment Number: AMEND-2025-4  
-Author: HM King Tyler I  
-Sponsors:  
-Enacted By: Parliament  
-Date Ratified: TBD  
-NAD Date: TBD  
-Status: Proposed 
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-#### **A Bill to Amend the New Athens Constitution to Eliminate Compulsory Voting**
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-#### **Purpose:**
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-To affirm that voting in elections and on legislation within the Free Nation of New Athens is a civic right, not a legal obligation, by removing compulsory voting language from the Constitution.
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-#### **Section 1: Findings and Justification**
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-1.1 Participation in elections and legislative decisions is a fundamental democratic right, but it must remain voluntary to be meaningful and inclusive.
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-1.2 The current constitutional requirement that citizens must vote in all elections for office is unrealistic and burdensome, particularly for those who may be disinterested, unavailable, or otherwise unable to participate at the time of voting.
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-1.3 A system that respects the right to abstain encourages more thoughtful and intentional participation, rather than compliance driven by obligation.
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-1.4 Voluntary voting upholds personal liberty while preserving the legitimacy of democratic outcomes, as those who choose to vote do so with purpose and awareness.
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-1.5 The removal of mandatory voting provisions ensures that citizens retain autonomy over their level of political engagement without fear of violating the Constitution.
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-1.6 This amendment modernizes the nation's civic expectations, aligning its democratic values with principles of freedom, accessibility, and respect for individual choice.
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-#### **Section 2: Amendments to the Constitution**
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-**Article XV of the Constitution of the Free Nation of New Athens shall be amended to remove the following statement:**
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-1. "Citizens may not abstain from voting in elections for office."
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-#### **Section 3: Limitations and Clarifications**
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-3.1 None
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-#### **Section 4: Effective Date**
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-This amendment shall take effect immediately upon passage in accordance with Article XV of the Constitution.