Official Removal Process

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Should office fitness of a Top Branch Official ever be in question, there are several paths available for immediate removal.

Path 1: Death, Loss of Mental Facilities, Missing Person, etc.

  1. The two remaining Top Branch Officials must be in agreement and then present their request to the Enforcement Agency of the Justice Branch.
  2. The Enforcement Agency of the Justice Branch will provide an Independent Investigation of the situation.
  3. Based on the evidence gathered from the investigation, the three Top Justice Branch Officials will vote, with a simple majority deciding.
    1. This assumes the official to be removed does not belong to the Justice Branch.
    2. For the removal of a Top Justice Branch Official, a simple majority vote by the Executive Group, based on the evidence gathered from the investigation, will decide the outcome.

Path 2: Office Misuse, Criminal Activity, etc.

  1. Anyone within the branch or with information regarding official misconduct of one or more Top Branch Officials may present their concern to the Enforcement Agency of the Justice Branch (anonymously, if desired).
  2. The Enforcement Agency of the Justice Branch will provide an Independent Investigation of the allegations.
  3. Based on the evidence gathered from the investigation, the Justice Branch will hold a General Branch Vote using a simple majority, independently evaluating each indicted Top Branch Official. If a Top Justice Branch Official is the target of the investigation, then the Top Branch Officials of the Justice Branch will recuse themselves of the branch vote and the Executive Group will vote in their place.

Path 3: Department No-Confidence

The Departments of a Branch with three or more Permanent or Temporary Departments can propose the removal of one or more Top Branch Officials through the process called a No-Confidence Vote.

Top Branch Official No-Confidence Vote. A Department that votes in favor of proposing a Top Branch Official No-Confidence Vote are a Charging Department, and their affirmative votes result in a Proposed No-Confidence Vote.

  1. The Department Heads of two or more Departments within the same Branch must vote in favor of holding a No-Confidence Vote.
    1. Each Department voting in favor of holding a No-Confidence Vote are called a Charging Department.
    2. It is permissible and expected for Department Heads to communicate for this action.
  2. All Charging Departments must present the following documentation to the Justice Branch within 30 days of the conclusion of the successful vote in favor of holding a No-Confidence Vote:
    1. Identify which Top Branch Officials are being indicted.
    2. Charging Documentation - compiled relevant evidence for the basis of holding a No-Confidence Vote.
      1. This documentation should not include any information that identifies the Charging Departments.
      2. This documentation should not include any information that directly or indirectly identifies any personnel, outside the indicted Top Branch Officials.
    3. The Decision Basis from each Department Head behind the Proposed No-Confidence Vote.
  3. The Justice Branch will ensure the following before moving on to the next step:
    1. The indicted Top Branch Official(s) have been clearly identified.
    2. The Charging Documentation is anonymized.
    3. All three Department Heads of all Charging Departments have voted affirmative for holding a No-Confidence Vote, with clear and valid reasons within their Decision Basis.
    4. The Justice Branch will have 30 days to review the documentation, but should work as quickly as possible to present it to the indicted Top Branch Officials.
  4. The Justice Branch will present the indicted Top Branch Official(s) with the Charging Documentation only.
    1. No Top Branch Officials within the affected Branch, whether indicted or not, shall be made aware of which Departments are bringing the indictment.
    2. There will be no further interviews or communication regarding this matter between any personnel, Department Heads or Top Brach Officials within this window.
  5. Each indicted Top Branch Official will have 30 days to compile evidence and respond to the provided Charging Documentation.
  6. A No-Confidence Vote will be held no later than 30 days from the Charging Documentation being presented to the indicted Top Branch Official(s).
    1. The Charging Documentation and the response(s) of the Top Branch Official(s) will be put in a Informed Vote Archive for review by all Department Heads prior to the vote.
    2. All Departments Heads within that Branch will decide the outcome of each indicted Top Branch Official using the Aggregated Vote method.
    3. Each affirmative vote will result in the immediate removal of that Top Branch Official.

Path 4: Defiance of Guidance

The Executive Group can only recommend the removal of Top Branch Officials for unlawfully defying guidance, therefore this method does not apply to Independent Branches, such as the Justice Branch.

  1. The first step requires at least four members of the Executive Group to vote in favor of removing the Top Branch Officials from a Branch.
    1. They may only remove all Top Branch Officials at the same time.
    2. The Executive Group may not single out specific Top Branch Officials to remove.
  2. Upon a successful vote by the Executive Group, the Enforcement Agency of the Justice Branch is tasked with investigating the matter in a neutral way. They must determine the following parts to continue:
    1. There was one or more specific directions by the Executive Group that were not followed.
    2. The directions of the Executive Group were lawful, clear, possible, and should have been able to be followed by the Top Branch Officials.
    3. The directions of the Executive Group were not carried out, either intentionally, by inaction, not in spirit, or otherwise in such a way as to circumvent the express directions of the Executive Group - the Top Branch Officials are solely responsible for ensuring their Branch follows the directions of the Executive Group.
  3. If all parts are true:
    1. The Enforcement Agency of the Justice Branch next investigates the actions and Decision Basis of each of the indicted Top Branch Officials.
    2. They will also interview the Top Branch Officials and compile additional evidence to support the justification of the Top Branch Officials actions or inactions.
  4. Following the completion of these steps, all information compiled by the Enforcement Agency of the Justice Branch will be made available to the Top Branch Officials of all Branches, along with entirety of the Executive Group's indictment through a Informed Vote Archive.
    1. The Top Branch Officials of each Branch will have 30 days to review all the information, independently ask any additional questions of the Executive Group or the indicted Top Branch Officials, though the indicted Top Branch Officials are forbidden from discussing amongst themselves, with the Executive Group, or via any linked personnel.
    2. At the conclusion of the 30 days, all Top Branch Officials, excluding those of the indicted Branch, will cast their votes using the Aggregated Vote method to determine what actions, if any, will take place.
      1. A vote in favor of removal will cause those Top Branch Officials to immediately lose their seats.
      2. Per standard procedure, all Top Branch Officials will provide the Decision Basis for their votes.

Path 5: Impeachment

The normal branch election cycle is not only used to elect a new Top Branch Official, but also an opportunity to grade all the existing Top Branch Officials on their performance thus far, and impeach if necessary. All existing Top Branch Officials are graded in this way, including the outgoing senior Top Branch Official.

While it may seem counterintuitive to potentially impeach the outgoing senior Top Branch Official, there is a year or more prior to the newly elected candidate actual filling the seat, so it may be in the best interest of the Branch personnel to still remove someone early. Additionally, this means there is no place for a lame duck official in the Liminal State, and this system encourages all officials to finish the final years in their seats just as actively as their first.

To calculate the grade each Top Branch Official receives every 5 years, divide the the number of votes against impeachment to the number of votes for. The greater the number, the better that official is doing. If they receive a number less than one, then they lose their seat. 

Example 1: Out of 5000 votes cast, 1000 votes are against impeachment and 250 are for. That means 1000 / 250 = 4 (the seat of this Top Branch Official is safe).

Example 2: Out of 5000 votes cast, 250 votes are against impeachment and 1000 are for. That means 250 / 1000 = 0.25 (this Top Branch Official has lost their seat).

This method is used because it's not good enough to just do okay in this position. If a Top Branch Official is only getting by and isn't actively engaging with personnel within their branch and generating good will during their tenure, then they will likely get few people to vote against impeachment. That means that even a low number of votes in favor of impeachment can unseat a mediocre official.

On the other hand, an exceptional Top Branch Official will not only be doing a great job, but the staff of their Branch will know it and be supportive of their continued term.

In the Liminal State it's not just enough to get to the top. Those with power are expected to do great things with that power, not just hoard it. In the Liminal State only exceptional individuals that are exceptional leaders will make it to the top and stay at the top, and that's good for the entire nation.

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