Referendum: Creation of the Soybooru Senate

The current referendum system closely resembles direct democracy (the ancient Greek "demokratos"), which generally requires a highly informed and active voting population which understands the implications and second order effects of their decisions.

As the referendum process has shown, many Soybooru users lack this wisdom, and often shoot themselves in the foot with well-intentioned but rash, reactive, poorly-thought-out referendums which end up fucking themselves over in the long run.

Although the desire for user input in the site's administration is commendable, it should be filtered through a Senate which will deliberate on the consequences of such referendums and make a wise ruling.

Rule 15. The Soybooru Senate shall be created in accordance with the following sub-rules.
1. The Soybooru Senate shall consist of thrembo Senators, rounded up to 7 to prevent tied votes.
2. The Senate shall have the power to approve or deny referendums. It shall choose among itself by majority decision whether to approve or deny them. No referendum shall be passed without the approval of the Senate, regardless of the results of any popular vote attached therein.
3. Election: If the Senate lacks any number of members, they shall be elected as follows: The longest-serving Senator, or (if there are no Senators) an admin, shall make a forum post asking for senatorial candidates. Users may recommend themselves or others as candidates on their behalf. After a three-day period, a vote with each candidate listed as an individual choice shall be held. Senatorial election votes shall have options "Multiple Choice" and "Display Voters" enabled, with an expiration time of 72 hours. When the vote expires, vacant Senate seats shall be filled by candidates in order from most votes to least until all vacant seats are filled.
In the event two or more users are tied with the most votes for any Senate seat, a runoff vote shall be held for this seat containing only those users as candidates, but otherwise conducted in the same manner as other Senatorial elections.
4. Recall: Individual Senators can be recalled at any point, for any reason, by a forum post demanding such action and containing a vote of at least 100 votes with 75% or greater "yes". Recall votes shall be posted in the same manner as referendums but with the option "Display Voters" enabled. If a recall vote is successful, the recalled Senator shall immediately cease their senatorial duties and be removed from the Senate. The Senate shall not veto any Senatorial recall.