Article IV: Roll Call, Elections and House Organization

Section 1. Roll Call
a. Roll Call shall occur the first seven days of May and November. All members shall sign into Roll Call by posting their name, state, district (where applicable), party and position in the Roll Call thread. Failure to sign into Roll Call shall be construed as a resignation or sign out by that member.
b. Only members who have signed into the simulation prior to the commencement of Roll Call will be eligible to respond to Roll Call.
c. Only members responding as Representatives shall count toward a party's membership.
d. The Clerk of the House shall tabulate the total number of eligible Representatives for each party, which will serve both as a basis for organizing a House Majority and for determining the number of seats for each committee.

Section 2. Elections

a. President and Vice President
1) The President and Vice President shall be elected through a simulation of the electoral campaign process as outlined in Article II, Section 1( B ) of the AGS Rules.
2) Candidates for the presidential nominee of their parties shall participate in a primary campaign run by the AB.
3) Candidates must formally declare their intent to run in the Elections Commission before deadlines specified by the AB.
4) Nominees for Vice President are chosen according to a party's rules, or for independent campaigns, by the choice of the presidential candidate.

b. Senators and Governors
1) Senators and Governors shall be elected through a simulation of statewide campaign process as outlined in Article II, Sections 10 and 11 of the AGS Rules.
2) Candidates must formally declare their intent to run in the Elections Commission before deadlines specified by the AB.

c. Speaker
1) The House Majority shall designate an individual to supervise an election for Speaker.
2) Only members of the House Majority may vote for Speaker.
3) A signature consisting of the member's name, state and district will be required for an eligible vote.
4) A majority of votes is required to be elected Speaker. If necessary, a runoff between the top two vote-getting candidates may be held.

Section 3. Organization of the House

a. The House shall hold sessions commencing January 5th and July 5th.
b. Forming a House Majority
1) At the conclusion of Roll Call, the Clerk shall certify the numbers of eligible Representatives from each political party (including the Independent and Unaffiliated Caucus).
2) The recognized political parties shall then attempt to form a House Majority, constituting a majority of House members, with a party leader posting an �Intent to form a Majority� thread in the Office of the Clerk. Leaders of any parties and members of the Independent and Unaffiliated Caucus who choose to join that coalition shall post to that effect in the thread.
3) Members of a recognized political party must all join the same coalition, while each member of the Independent and Unaffiliated Caucus is free to join a majority coalition if he/she chooses.
4) Once a majority of the eligible Representatives have pledged to join a coalition, the Clerk shall certify that coalition as the presumptive House Majority. The parties and Independent and Unaffiliated members who are not part of the House Majority shall be part of the House Minority.
5) The presumptive House Majority shall be able to introduce an Organizing Resolution at the commencement of the next House session.

c. Organizing Resolutions
1) At the commencement of a new House session, the presumptive incoming Majority Leader shall introduce an Organizing Resolution, which shall include the persons who shall assume the Speakership, the Majority Floor Leadership, the Minority Floor Leadership, the results of the committee draft and the incoming chairs of each committee. 2) The Organizing Resolution shall be the first order of business upon the commencement of a new House session. The incumbent Speaker must open a vote on the Organizing Resolution, without debate, once it is introduced by the presumptive incoming Majority Leader.
3) Organizing Resolutions shall take effect with a majority vote. No Representatives who were ineligible to sign into the most recent Roll Call may cast a vote for or against an Organizing Resolution. Voting shall last no less than (5) five days and no more than seven (7) days.
4) Upon passage of the Organizing Resolution, the persons named in the Resolution shall immediately assume their respective offices and duties.
5) Organizing Resolutions during a session
a) No Organizing Resolutions may be introduced from November 1-January 4 nor from May 1-July 5.
b) Organizing Resolutions may otherwise be introduced during a House session under any one of the following circumstances:
i) If one of the recognized political parties shall withdraw from the House Majority and join the House Minority, or vice versa.
ii) If a new political party is formed.
iii) If eligible members shall change party affiliations, or if members of the Independent and Unaffiliated Caucus shall withdraw from the House Majority, in sufficient numbers so that the House Majority no longer consists of a majority of eligible members.
b) If any one of the conditions is met, the Speaker must open a vote on the Organizing Resolution, without debate, once it is introduced.