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Constituencies & the Vote

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In NewVistas, every body is confirmed by those it serves — and every adult belongs to exactly one floor, one village, one district, and the community. No adult is without a vote, and no office answers to people it does not serve.

Who confirms whom

  • A floor captain is confirmed by the Unit he or she serves — the ten households of one residential floor.
  • A village presidency is confirmed by its village.
  • A district presidency is confirmed by its district.
  • The bureau presidencies, which serve the whole community, are confirmed by all adults.

This one rule maps all 1,920 governing presidents and all 3,840 floor captains to definite constituencies. Because every adult is either an Enterprise Owner or the dependent of one, every adult stands inside a Unit, a village, a district, and the community. Adult dependents hold the same vote as Enterprise Owners.

Confirmation

No one campaigns for office. A president is chosen from qualified applicants by narrowing and a random draw, and only then put to those served for confirmation: a secret ballot within one week, requiring more than half. If the vote falls short, the process simply begins again.

Removal by those served

Failure of duty is ordinarily disciplined within the president’s own council, which may remove a member by supermajority. But the people a president serves hold the last word: they may remove that president by a sixty-six per cent negative vote, by secret ballot in which all who are served take part.

The same constituencies decide amendments

The constituency rule also governs constitutional change. An amendment needs at least sixty per cent of all 1,920 governing presidents, then more than half of all adult participants for a trial year, then more than half again to make it permanent. Every vote is digital, private, authenticated, and secret, cast in the community app, YES or NO only, with no abstention; each threshold is measured against everyone eligible, not just those who voted. Anyone who cannot use the app is helped by a person of his or her own choosing. (See Amending the Constitution.)

Constitution, §5.5, §5.10, §5.12, and Chapter 9.