Constitutional Enactment, Amendment, and Extension
The constitution of a particular unit of state is the parent
constitution of the constitutions of the largest units of state
contained by the instant unit of state. All child constitutions
contain the complete parent constitution, and may contain an
addendum peculiar to the unit of state corresponding to the child
constitution.
Voting on an amendment must be open for exactly one week, and the
total voting tally must be published at the end of each day, or any
higher frequency.
The portion of the constitution of a unit of state particular to that
unit of state can be amended with two referendums separated by exactly
one and one half years, in each of which at least 75% of eligible
voters affirm the amendment.
Through the amendment process, a unit of state can enact or modify an
addendum to its constitution consistent with and constrained by this
document, and containing sections whose role is similar to that of the
sections in this document.
A nation with a constitution that is not a descendent of this
document, and which meets the standard for secession enumerated in
§ On Aggregation and Secession, can enact this constitution as sovereign
law with a single referendum, in which at least 75% of those over 15
years of age and not mentally incompetent or violent criminals affirm
the revolution.
Lawful amendment to a constitution automatically and immediately
results in the corresponding amendment of the parent-defined portion
of each child constitution. Any time lawful amendment to a parent
constitution results in an inconsistency with the addendum to a child
constitution, that portion of the child constitution is void until
further lawful amendment to the addendum restores consistency.
The constitutional amendment that is the subject of a constitutional
referendum can specify alterations, deletions, or additions, of
arbitrarily many sections or chapters, except that sections within the
constitution of the national unit of state marked as insusceptible to
removal or alteration by amendment are thusly insusceptible, and no
section can be added by amendment to any constitution or addendum that
is thusly insusceptible. Applicable to a particular constitution,
voting can be open for only one amendment at a time. In particular,
voting cannot be open for an amendment to a lower constitution if
voting is open for an amendment to a higher constitution inherited by
the lower constitution. At least one week must elapse after voting
closes on an amendment applicable to a particular constitution, before
voting can open on another amendment applicable to that constitution.
If the first vote on an amendment to a higher and inherited
constitution occurs after the first vote but before the second vote on
an amendment to a lower, inheriting constitution, the second and final
vote on the amendment to the lower constitution is postponed until one
week after the close of the second and final vote on the amendment to
the higher, inherited constitution. If more than one vote must be
rescheduled to follow the close of a higher final vote, they are
rescheduled preserving the chronological order in which the referenda
were approved, with a one week interval between the close of one vote
and the opening of the next vote. If any constitutional referenda
were already scheduled for the above postponed voting intervals or the
weeks separating them, they are rescheduled similarly, preserving
their initial chronological order of approval, opening one week
following the close of voting for the last of the above postponed
referenda, with opening of voting for a particular rescheduled
referendum following closing of voting for the previous refendum by
one week.
A constitutional referendum is approved and scheduled by the
legislature constrained by the subject constitution according to the
process specified in § Creation of Legislation, or by a collection of
the supporting signatures of least 25% of those who would be eligible
to vote in the referendum. The first vote on a constitutional
referendum for town or smaller units of state takes place one month
after approval of the referendum. For units of state larger than
towns but not larger than counties, the interval is two months. For
units of state larger than counties but not larger than provinces, the
interval is three months. For units of state larger than provinces
and smaller than the nation, the interval is four months. For a
national constitutional referendum, the interval is six months.
Contained units of state are constrained by the referenda schedule of
containing units of state.
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