Activites

• 2013/01/16 Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
  • T7-0015/2013
• 2012/12/11 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A7-0412/2012 summary

    The Committee on Constitutional Affairs adopted the report by Carlo CASINI (EPP, IT) on the amendment of Rule 15(2) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure on the order of precedence of Vice-Presidents elected by acclamation. At present, the Rules of Procedure state that where Vice-Presidents are not elected by secret ballot, the order in which their names are read out to the House by the President shall determine the order of precedence. The committee proposes that where they are elected by acclamation, a secret ballot shall be held to determine the order of precedence.

• 2012/11/27 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2012/11/15 Amendments tabled in committee
  • PE498.144
• 2012/10/25 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2012/07/04 Committee draft report
  • PE492.597

Documents

• Committee draft report: PE492.597
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0015/2013
• Amendments tabled in committee: PE498.144
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0412/2012

Amendments

Dossier

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2012/2020(REG) 2012/11/15 AFCO 6 amendments... Amendment 2 # Andrew DUFF Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 13 Nominations and general provisionElection of officers 1. The President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors shall be elected by secret ballot, in accordance with Rule 169. The elections shall be conducted under the Single Transferable Vote (STV) procedure, as laid down in Annex XXIa to these Rules of Procedure. Nominations shall be with consent. They may only be made by a political group or by at least 40 Members. However, if the number of nominations does not exceed the number of seats to be filled, the candidates may be elected by acclamation. If a Vice-President is to be replaced and there is only one candidate, he or she may be elected by acclamation. The President is empowered to decide, at his discretion, whether the election is to take place by acclamation or by a secret ballot. The candidate elected takes the place of his or her predecessor in the order of precedence. 2. In the election of the President, Vice- Presidents and Quaestoofficers, account should be taken of the need to ensure an overall fair representation of Member Statnationalities and political views. Amendment 3 # Andrew DUFF Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 14 – paragraph 1 1. The President shall be elected first. Nominations shall be handed before eachthe ballot to the Member provisionally in the chair by virtue of Rule 12, who shall announce them to Parliament. If after three ballots no candidate has obtained an absolute majority of the votes cast, the fourth ballot shall be confined to the two Members who have obtained the highest number of votes in the third ballot. In the event of a tie the older candidate shall be declared elected. Amendment 4 # Andrew DUFF Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 15 1. The Vice-Presidents shall then be elected on a single ballot paper. Those who on the first ballot, up to the number of 14, secure an absolute majority of the votes cast shall be declared elected in order of the number of votes obtained. If the number of candidates elected is less than the number of seats to be filled, a second ballot shall be held under the same conditions to fill the remaining seats. Should a third ballot be necessary, a relative majority shall suffice for election to the remaining seats. In the event of a tie the oldest candidates shall be declared elected. Although this Rule, unlike Rule 14(1), does not expressly provide for new nominations to be introduced between ballots during the election of Vice- Presidents, such action is permissible because Parliament, being a sovereign body, must be able to consider all possible candidates, especially since the absence of such an option might impede the smooth running of the election. In the event of a tie the oldest candidates shall be declared elected. 2. Subject to the provisions of Rule 18(1), the Vice-Presidents shall take precedence in the order in which they were elected and, in the event of a tie, by age. Where they are not elected by secret ballot, the order in which their names are read out to the House by the President shall determine the order of precedence. Amendment 5 # Rainer WIELAND Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 15 – paragraph 1 The Vice-Presidents shall then be elected on a single ballot paper. To be valid, the ballot paper must show that more than half the available votes have been used. Those who on the first ballot, up to the number of 14, secure an absolute majority of the votes cast shall be declared elected in order of the number of votes obtained. If the number of candidates elected is less than the number of seats to be filled, a second ballot shall be held under the same conditions to fill the remaining seats. Should a third ballot be necessary, a relative majority shall suffice for election to the remaining seats. In the event of a tie the oldest candidates shall be declared elected. Amendment 6 # Andrew DUFF Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 16 – paragraph 2 The Quaestors shall be delected by the same procedure as the Vice-Presidents. Amendment 7 # Andrew DUFF Parliament's Rules of Procedure Annex XXIa (new) ANNEX XXIa The Single Transferable Vote (STV) Under the STV system, voters vote by listing the candidates in order of preference. In order to be elected, a candidate needs to fulfil a quota, which is the number of votes validly cast divided by one more than the number of candidates to be elected. Ballot papers are sorted according to voters’ first preferences. Candidates who fulfil the quota are declared elected in order of precedence. Surplus votes cast in favour of successful candidates – that is to say, the number of votes cast in their favour which exceeds the quota – are then transferred at a weighted value to the second or subsequent preferences of those who voted for the successful candidate as their first preference. If not enough candidates have been elected, the candidate with the lowest number of votes is eliminated and the second preferences of those votes are transferred to the other (unelected) candidates. The transfer of surplus votes and the elimination of candidates continue until the required number of candidates has been elected. source: PE-498.144

History

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