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It’s the 20th of July and the voting period for the SimExit referendum issued by President Thyme has just been closed; the President has already announced the results.
The total number of ballots cast in favour of leaving the League of Servers was 29, whereas 32 ballots were cast in favour of remaining. This means only 47.5% of active SimDem users support SimExit.
The President has taken this as a clear sign of the people’s opinion on the matter, having decided to not do anything until further notice, thus having SimDem remain a memberstate of the League of Servers. She has also implored the Senate to do the same.
The question of whether the Senate even can do anything about this is a very complex one, with one side arguing that the Senate could simply repeal EO 122-04 issued by former President Hazzy, which made SimDem join the League, as the Executive Act 2023 expressly gives the Senate the authority to repeal Executive Orders. On the other hand though, there also are people who argue that the Senate repealing this EO would be an implicit cannibalization of the President’s primacy over foreign relations policy, thus being unconstitutional.
That this issue will at some point land before the Supreme Court already is clear, with some Senatorial candidates of the Liberal Democratic Party already having announced they would attempt to repeal the Executive Order in question through an Act of Senate, thus forcing the court to provide a ruling on the matter.
The following is a quote from Notcom, who is running in the Senatorial Election for the Liberal Democratic Party:
I plege[sic] to try my best to get us out of the league
As explored in the last two paragraphs, these referendum results cannot be taken as guarantee that SimDem will remain in the League, with there being the possibility of the next Senate, which will be elected in about a day, having a completely different opinion and potentially even being able to overpower the President’s decision. Furthermore, the referendum could simply be overruled by a future President, as it was expressly designated as a non-binding one.
For a more detailed perspective on what the League of Servers even is, or what it does, which is a topic I sadly couldn't fit into this article, I'd recommend this article ("SimDem discusses whether to leave League of Servers") which discusses the League's merits and potential flaws in much more detail.