Congressional Speaker

The position of Congressional Speaker or Speaker is an elected position once the Representatives of the FR have been elected and sworn in.

Election of the Speaker
The election is handled by the Congressional Dean (or a sitting/former representative of their choosing) as required by the current Congressional Code.

Nomination
A nominee for Speakership must:


 * Be a sitting member of the current Congress, and
 * Have a sponsoring member of Congress.

Each member of Congress are only permitted to sponsor a nominee once, they are not permitted to sponsor themselves. There is no minimum set time for the nomination period, it is currently traditional by the current Dean to keep it open until each member has declared their intent for speakership and had enough time to collect sponsors.

Election Vote
The vote is conducted by open ballot, where the Dean announces the vote for Speakership and each member may either vote for a candidate or abstain. A majority of Congress must be obtained to be elected as the Congressional Speaker.

A runoff will occur if there are more than 2 candidates and a majority hasn't been obtained. The candidate with the lowest votes will be taken out of the ballot. In the event of a tie, a separate vote will occur between those in a tie, the candidate with the least votes will be taken out.

Post Election
After the election has concluded, it is typical of the newly elected Speaker to nominate at least 1 candidate for Deputyship. It is currently customary to nominate the Speaker's opponent for Deputy Speaker. While there is no maximum limit for the amount of Deputies the Speaker can have, it has been traditionally kept to 2 Deputies max.