id: K2
number: 2
title: Citizenship and Suffrage
layer: kernel
notes: >-
  Backers of the funding pool are the first citizens. The registry is data,
  not constitution text: admitting a citizen does not amend the
  constitution, but it is a governance action and follows governance
  process.
clauses:
  - id: K2.1
    title: Citizens
    text: >-
      A citizen is a natural person with an entry of status "active" in
      the citizen registry of the canonical repository. Each natural
      person may hold at most one registry entry. The registry records,
      for each citizen, a stable identifier, a join date, a status, and at
      most one active voting public key.
  - id: K2.2
    title: One person, one vote
    text: >-
      Every active citizen holds exactly one vote on every proposal for
      which they are eligible. Voting power may not be weighted by
      capital, contribution size, tenure, role, delegation, or any other
      factor. This clause is entrenched by invariant INV-2.
  - id: K2.3
    title: Admission and registry changes
    text: >-
      Admission of a citizen, voluntary exit, and registry corrections are
      effected by a registry proposal ratified at the patch-class
      thresholds of Article 4 and recorded in the ledger. Suspension of a
      citizen requires the minor-class thresholds, must state cause, and
      expires after the suspension term unless re-ratified.
    parameters:
      suspension_term_days:
        type: integer
        value: 90
        forkable: true
        min: 7
        max: 365
        description: Maximum duration of a suspension before it lapses.
  - id: K2.4
    title: Voting keys
    text: >-
      A citizen votes with an Ed25519 key pair. The public key is
      registered in the registry by the citizen. Key rotation is effected
      by a rotation record signed by the outgoing key, or, if the key is
      lost, by a registry proposal under clause K2.3. A citizen without a
      registered public key is not eligible to vote.
  - id: K2.5
    title: Eligibility snapshot
    text: >-
      Eligibility to vote on a proposal is fixed at the moment its voting
      window opens: the set of eligible citizens is every active citizen
      with a registered key whose tenure at that moment is at least the
      minimum tenure. The snapshot, including its content hash, is
      recorded in the proposal and in the ledger. Citizens admitted after
      the snapshot do not vote on that proposal.
    parameters:
      eligibility_min_tenure_days:
        type: integer
        value: 0
        forkable: true
        min: 0
        max: 90
        description: Minimum days since joining before a citizen may vote.
  - id: K2.6
    title: Suspension neutrality
    text: >-
      A suspended citizen counts in neither the numerator nor the
      denominator of any quorum or approval computation while suspended.