Part II. Questions Concerning Individual Institutions 0f The Government of Our Voivodeship
Question 9: How is our Voivodeship Senate elected and how does it work?
9.1. The Voivodship Senate, which together with the Diet is our Voivodeship's legislative authority, consists of the Voivodeship Senators, who are all Mayors of all communes and cities that are part of our Voivodeship. Voivodeship Senators shall be subject to the provisions of Section 8.2. relating to Voivodeship Representatives.
9.2 Unless otherwise provided in this Charter or Voivodeship Basic Resolutions, the Voivodeship Senate shall make decisions, including pass Voivodeship Resolutions, and shall appoint and dismiss the Speaker and Vice-Speakers of the Voivodeship Senate by a majority of weighted votes of the full Voivodeship Senate. The votes in the Voivodeship Senate are weighted in such a way that each Voivodeship Senator has one vote for each 1,000 inhabitants of the commune or city they represent. The number of votes held by each Senator in a given year is stated in a resolution of the National Election Commission on the basis of data provided by the Central Statistical Office. The Voivodeship Senator may not divide the votes they hold.
9.3 The work of the Voivodeship Senate is organized by its Presidium, which consists of the Speaker together with the Vice-Speakers in the number not exceeding five. The candidate for the Speaker of the Senate of the Voivodeship is proposed by a group of at least 15 Voivodeship Senators. Each Voivodeship Senator may only support one candidate. The candidate who received the highest number of weighted votes in a confidential electronic vote is elected Speaker, while the the candidates who received the next highest numbers of weighted votes are elected Vice-Speakers.
9.4 The provisions of Sections 5.4.-5.5. concerning the use of demokracja.gov.pl portal in resolutions and votes of commune councils shall apply accordingly to resolutions and votes of the Voivodeship Senate.
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