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Document initial elections in general
Since "initial election" is a concept which may occur more than once, lets make that the primary focus of the first SC election, and let's make the very first election extra procedure (which no longer applies anyways) a subsection within it.
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In any election where seats with different end-of-term dates are available, winning candidates with higher final election rankings are appointed to the longer terms.
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#### Special considerations for the first SC election
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#### Initial Elections
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- To stagger the terms, the first election will appoint half the members rounded up with 2-year terms and the remaining members with 1-year terms.
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An initial election of the entire SC must appoint half the members rounded up with 2-year terms and the remaining members with 1-year terms.
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This occurs with the first SC election, and also may occur in the event the SC is [dissolved](#full-reelections).
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Additionally, the following rules apply to the very first election:
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- The EC for the first election will be the members of the [Nix Constitutional Assembly (NCA)](https://github.com/nixos/nix-constitutional-assembly?tab=readme-ov-file#members), which are thus ineligible to be elected for the first SC
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- All nominees become candidates for the first election, because there's no existing SC that would decide over disqualifying candidates.
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- And to help the first elected SC establish itself, members of the NCA are integrated into the SC as non-voting members for 6 months after the appointment.
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Furthermore, there is a hard maximum of two members with the same CoI at any time.
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If this condition is suspected to be violated because of job changes, acquisitions, or other events, all non-involved currently serving SC members will have a simple majority decision over whether there is a violation.
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In case it is deemed a violation, sufficient members of the committee must resign until the max representation limit is achieved.
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If it is impossible to find sufficient members to resign, all members with that same CoI will be removed and a new special election shall be held.
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If it is impossible to find sufficient members to resign, all members with that same CoI will be removed and a new [special election] shall be held.
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#### Special Elections
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#### Full Reelections
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A simple majority within the SC may call a reelection of the entire SC based on perceived loss of confidence.
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In this case, it also has to be decided whether this election is considered a special election for the remainders of all the corresponding terms, or an initial election for full 2-year terms for half of the seats rounded up and 1-year half-terms for the remaining seats.
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In this case, it also has to be decided whether this election is considered a [special election] for the remainders of all the corresponding terms, or an [initial election] for full 2-year terms for half of the seats rounded up and 1-year half-terms for the remaining seats.
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Vacant seats vote in favour of reelection, and between initial election and special election they count towards special election.
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### Removal for conduct
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The SC is explicitly expected to be held to higher standards than applied to project communication in general.
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The removal can be justification for a special election where the removed person is not eligible to be a candidate.
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[special election]: #special-elections
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[initial election]: #special-elections

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