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26 lines
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# Wellspring: Suffrage
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## Eligibility to vote
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Eligibility to vote is not linked to citizenship. Citizenship is a different mechanism with a different purpose. Non-citizens who are resident or domiciled may vote, if eligible.
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Eligibility to vote is purpose-specific. Indepagents may be eligible to vote for one thing while being ineligible to vote for another.
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Eligibility to vote is based on:
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1. Being fully paid up on taxes (i.e, no outstanding balance).
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2. Having been a net positive and non-zero taxpayer for some specified fraction of the previous term of the office or decision being voted on.
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The government shall provide receipts for taxes upon request. The government may use its records of taxation to validate eligibility.
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### Agency
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Only indepagents may vote. Fictagents shall not be able to cast votes. Government shall have no authority to impose penalties for not voting.
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### Termed offices
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An indepagent shall be eligible to vote for a particular termed office if they have fully paid taxes on their income over at least 75% of the duration of the previous term of that office. The stints of earning need not be contiguous.
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### Constitutional amendments
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An indepagent shall be eligible to vote on a constitutional amendment if they have fully paid taxes on their income over at least 15 out of the last 25 years; the stints of earning need not be contiguous.
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