I. Prelimenary Rules (subject to change)

All participants together build the General Assembly (GA), the most important decision-making body of the WPE. All participant have the right to submit petitions concerning any aspect of the WPE (contents, procedures, persons). There is a list of all petitions in the "future votes" section. Each participant is asked to nominate 10 petitions per week for next week's "current votes" section. The top 10 petitions will be subject to a GA vote the following week. Votes are accepted if a simple majority votes in favor of a petition. All petitions must be structured in a "yes" or "no" format.

Participants can delegate their votes to representatives and take it back at any time. They have three options: No delegation, random delegation, and delegation to a chosen person. If participants delegate their vote and do not vote themselves, the delegate uses the vote and the participant can see the result in the delegate's profile (See http://www.tgde.org/delegation.phtml).

The Discussions serve to organize the opinion-building process before a vote takes place. Discussions may concern any subject, they are related to certain categories and to the petitions posted in the "future votes" section. New categories may be opened at any time on the main page or in the forum. The discussion of regional topics is encouraged as a preparation for future "regional democracy experiments" (RDE) as a part of the WPE.

The Program is the result of the WPE discussions and votes. Successful votes (except those related to electing officials) directly build the WPE Program structured by categories. The WPE Speaker and Government shall promote and implement this Program.
The Administration helps and consults the Executive Director in the conduct of the WPE. Involvement of the WPE participants in the Administration is encouraged.

II. Basic Rules (cannot be changed)

1. All participants of the WPE have the right to submit petitions relating to any subject as long as these petitions do not violate basic principles of democracy. There will be a vote on petitions if they gather the pre-established amount of support (see I., 1.).

2. The Executive Director is free to decide what he considers to be necessary for the WPE until 100.000 active members participate at least a month in a WPE vote. After 100.000 members participate in the WPE, there are no special rights for the Executive Director.

3. The participants have the right to change all rules of the WPE (except II, 1. and II, 2.), if there is a majority for a specific proposal.

(For more information about the decision-making procedure please see the FAQ/Help section of this website.)