On 9 June 2026, Luna Claire Moulton, Steward of Dovania, introduced an Act to Set Electoral Methods.

Section 1: Title

This Act shall be titled the Electoral Act of June 2026.

Section 2: Severability

Should any portion of this Act be found to be unconstitutional or otherwise illegal in a court of law, only that portion of the Act shall be struck out, and the remainder shall remain in effect.

Section 3: Effect

This Act shall enter into effect immediately upon its lawful passage.

Section 4: Findings

The United Provinces find:

  1. Article 1, Section 1(4), and Article 2, Section 1(4), of the Constitution of Dovania state that the methods of electing the General Assembly and the Steward shall be determined by law.
  2. The frequency of elections to both the General Assembly and the Stewardship makes the determination of their electoral methods an urgent issue.

Section 5: Ranked-Choice Voting; Generally

For any election which uses a ranked-choice method of voting:

  1. The portion of the ballot which concerns that election shall take the form of a multiple-choice grid, for which:
    1. A number of rankings equal to one more than the number of candidates shall be available by way of numbered columns; and
    2. All candidates, in addition to a write-in option, shall be listed by way of rows.
  2. Marking a cell shall be deemed a ranking equal to the number listed in the given column for the candidate in the given row, unless:
    1. A ranking of higher priority, denoted by lower numerical value, is empty, in which event the candidate who received the highest subsequent ranking shall be treated in all purposes as having received the empty ranking instead; or
    2. More than one candidate receives the same ranking, in which event those and all subsequent rankings are discarded with respect to that ballot.

Section 6: Alternative Vote

For any electoral procedures which implement Alternative Vote:

  1. The procedure described in Section 5 shall be implemented.
  2. Effective highest-priority ranking shall refer to any ranking of a candidate in an election where either no higher priority exists or all candidates of higher priority have been disqualified or eliminated.
  3. All candidates who are disqualified shall have their rankings vacated, with subsequent rankings being subject to Section 5(2), Clause(a).