The rule, exactly. Before an election each citizen chooses: to vote — or to take a payment and not vote in that election. The payment is a percentage of the median income, set by referendum; there is no fixed sum. One ballot is one vote, with no multiplier in the count; the vote is amplified only in that each ballot's share grows as others step out. The budget pays under law; a candidate never pays. Only a referendum of all citizens — simple majority, no quorum — introduces, changes or repeals the rule.

The protocol has been introduced nowhere and no pilot has been run: shares, turnout and outcome figures in the chapters are estimates, and the protocol promises nobody an election victory. If a chapter says otherwise, Exact Answers and the Charter are correct. For a candidate: ten questions and ten steps. For a citizen, a mayor, a finance officer, a donor, a journalist, a scholar, a lawyer: answers by role. Everything in force in one file: llms-full.txt.

48m. The AB-EXIT Charter: A Text That Can Be Adopted¶

Chapter: 08 — Implementation File: 08_048m · v0.7 · 2 October 2026 (session 01.10.26) Source: the architect's decision of 01.10.2026 "we write the text of the charter"; assembled on the skeleton of 048k §4 from the inventory of 048k §2 and the twelve decisions of 048k §3. Nothing new is introduced except Article 1 — the border between core and parameters, which was missing (056f §13k). This is a handover document: a draft for a country's lawyers, not a finished law.

How to read¶

Text in square brackets is a parameter: the jurisdiction fills it in through debate and referendum; the brackets hold a default value or a range. Everything outside brackets is the core. Each article names its source in the repository. Country settings are placed in the annex.

THE CHARTER¶

Terms¶

Jurisdiction — a state, region or municipality that has adopted the charter. Cycle — the term between regular elections of the given level of government. Register — the list of all who hold the right to vote in the given election; record — the register's line on one citizen. Window — the period within which choice A or B is made. Payment — the sum D under Article 2. Treasury — the body that makes the payment and keeps its accounts. Precinct — the smallest unit for which data are published.

Preamble¶

A citizen has the right to vote and the right not to vote. This charter makes the second right as real as the first: whoever does not vote in a given election receives a payment for it, and whoever votes forgoes it. The charter grants the right to the payment; the ways of arranging it are determined by each jurisdiction.

Article 1. Core and parameters¶

The core of the charter consists of: (a) two equal rights — to vote and to take the payment; (b) payment for exit from voting, not for taking part in it; (c) one ballot — one vote, with no coefficients of any kind; (d) a public counter; (e) reconciliation of two independent records — the treasury's and the electoral commission's; (f) amendment of the charter only by a referendum in which all citizens take part.
Parameters are the values in square brackets and the settings of the annex.
No parameter may be set so as to cancel a provision of the core. Payment for turnout, for a vote, or for a vote of a particular content is not a parameter and is prohibited by this charter.
Only the jurisdiction's budget makes the payment. A candidate, a party or a private person does not pay voters.

Source: 042 §73.6, 059e §3, 056f §13k.

Article 2. The payment¶

The payment D equals [p] per cent of the jurisdiction's median income M over the last twelve months for which data have been published: D = p × M. The size is set only as a percentage, never as a sum.
The median is calculated by a body independent of the executive, by an open methodology and from administrative records, not from a survey. The calculation continues as long as at least one authorised body publishes the data.
A divergence between sources of more than [10] per cent triggers an audit with an auditor from the judiciary; the result is published within [90] days.
The recalculation rule for a change of methodology is recorded before the change.
No official may influence the variables of the formula.
The size of D is published no later than [30] days before polling day.

Source: 048k §3 (decisions 1, 4), 002 §2.1–2.3, 049 sect. 7–9, 048g §3c, 003 §3.1.

Article 3. Setting and changing the percentage¶

The percentage p is set by referendum after open debate. Several values may be put to the referendum; the procedure for choosing among several is determined by the jurisdiction's law.
The percentage is changed by referendum, by simple majority, and no more often than once per electoral cycle.
The guide in choosing the percentage: the payment should be desirable to [40–50] per cent of the population.

Source: 048k §3 (decisions 1–3).

Article 4. Who is entitled¶

Everyone who on the day the window opens holds the right to vote in the given election is entitled to the payment. The charter does not alter the jurisdiction's electoral law.
All holders of the right are entered in the register automatically, without applications or in-person procedures.
No exceptions from the circle of recipients are permitted otherwise than by referendum.

Source: 048k §3 (decision 9), 004 §4.3c, 042 §73.5, 048g §3b.

Article 5. Two buttons¶

During the window everyone in the register may make one of two choices: A — I vote; B — I take the payment.
Choice B is a voluntary exit from voting in the given election. It is final until the end of that election; at the next election the right to choose arises anew and automatically.
The vote of one who chose B is cancelled. A ballot cast under his record is a double spend; responsibility for it lies with the precinct's electoral commission, not with the citizen.
Every ballot cast counts as one vote.
One who chose B retains all other rights, including the right to vote in referendums on the charter.
Both buttons are available through one and the same channel. One who has no electronic access makes the choice in person on presenting a document.

Source: 001b §0–1, 048k §3 (decision 7), 048f §4b–4c, 033c §9b, 048g §3b, 048i §5c.

Article 6. The window and the time of payment¶

The window opens [N] days before polling day and closes [5] days before it.
One who chose B receives the payment at once and is counted by the counter the same day.
One who chose B in the first [3] days of the window is paid a premium of [5–10] per cent; it is financed from the discount under paragraph 5.
One who chose nothing retains the right to vote.
One who chose nothing and did not vote may receive the payment after polling day and until the next election at a discount of [20–30] per cent. On applying for it he may check whether a ballot was cast under his record.
The payment is tied to the calendar of the electoral cycle, not to the fact of an election being held. The procedure of payment where an election is not held on time is determined by the jurisdiction's law.

Source: 048k §3 (decisions 6, 8, 12), 004 §4.1, §4.9, 048i §5b, 048g §3b.

Article 7. Levels of government¶

The electoral cycle is the one established in the jurisdiction. Each level of government makes the payment at its own elections, from its own budget and on its own median; the percentage for each level is approved separately.

Source: 048k §3 (decision 10).

Article 8. Protection of the payment¶

The payment is made in money to the recipient's personal account; payment in certificates, bonds or by set-off of obligations is not permitted.
The payment is not subject to seizure, recovery, withholding, pledge, assignment or set-off against the recipient's private obligations; the exception is maintenance within limits set by a court.
The payment is not taken into account in awarding benefits, subsidies and concessions and is not subject to taxes or levies.
The payment and the right to future payments cannot serve as security for a loan; contracts to that effect are void.
The payment is an unconditional obligation of the jurisdiction. The funds for it are accumulated over the electoral cycle; where they fall short, the jurisdiction raises a loan for that purpose. A shortage of funds is no ground for reducing, deferring or cancelling the payment.

Source: 06/037 "Article N", 048g §3b; the architect's decision of 02.10.2026 (048k §3, the thirteenth).

Article 9. The counter¶

On every day of the window the numbers who chose A, who chose B and who have not chosen are published — for every precinct, in machine-readable form.
Publication may not be suspended on any grounds.
The names of those who chose are not published. The charter requires no special measures to conceal choice B; where protecting the secrecy of exit complicates receipt of the payment, simplicity prevails. The secrecy of the ballot is preserved in full.

Source: 004 §4.7, §4.7b, 048k §3 (decision 5).

Article 10. Reconciliation and the count¶

The payment budget equals the number who chose B multiplied by D, adjusted for premiums and discounts. The treasury publishes it by precinct.
The number of ballots at a precinct may not exceed the number of register records less those who chose B.
The precinct balance: register records = votes + payments + those who neither chose nor voted. A precinct without a balance is a precinct without a result.
Voting is conducted through two channels: an open one, in which the voter is issued a verifiable token, and a secret paper one. The secret channel is available to everyone. All tokens are published without names.
The threshold of divergence between the channels — [x] per cent — is recorded in advance. Exceeding it entails a repeat vote at the precinct through the paper channel.

Source: 048f §3.2, 048i §1, §5b, §5c, 048j §4.

Article 11. Coercion and vote-buying¶

At the moment of payment under a citizen's record a notification is sent to him. Within [N] days he may contest a payment made without his will; for the duration of the check he is issued a conditional ballot.
Pressure on the choice between A and B and on the content of the vote, and likewise the buying of the choice, are criminal offences.
The number who chose A is published by precinct; the anomaly threshold is recorded in advance. Where it is exceeded, the presumed buyer or coercer is checked through money flows, not the citizen. The citizen's choice itself is never grounds for suspicion.

Source: 048i §5c, 048h §6, 019d §4b, 048k §3 (decision 7).

Article 12. Courts¶

Six disputes fall to the court: on a late payment where a signature stands in the roll; on a repeat vote at a precinct; on a payment taken in another's name; on an anomaly under Article 11; on the cessation of publication of the counter; on a law or act distorting this charter.
The time limit for consideration is counted in days: [N] days.
Everyone whose record is affected and every candidate has standing, without a prior decision of a prosecutor or a commission.
Published data — the treasury statement, the register record, the tokens, the counter — are evidence until rebutted.
The jurisdiction may assign these disputes to a jury chosen by lot from outside the district of the dispute.

Source: 048j §3–5.

Article 13. Sanctions¶

Who	Violation	First time	Repeat	System
Citizen	declared "did not vote" for the payment under Article 6, but voted	return of the sum	fine	as a false declaration
Precinct commission	a ballot for one who chose B	repeat vote at the precinct	dissolution of the commission	embezzlement of budget funds
Buyer, coercer	Article 11	check through money flows	criminal liability	—
The power	delay of payment, stopping the counter, change of methodology	court under Article 12	automatic recalculation by the pre-recorded rule	repeal only by referendum
Data source	divergence above the threshold of Article 2	audit	replacement of the source	calculation from the remaining sources

Source: 048k §4b.

Article 14. Two levels of decision¶

On the charter — its introduction, repeal, the percentage and any provision of the core — all citizens decide by referendum, including those who chose B. No quorum is set.
Those who govern are elected by those voting in the given election.
Elected bodies may not introduce, repeal or alter the charter, the size of the payment, the circle of recipients or the procedure of choice.
The charter does not alter the procedure of other referendums or the allocation of seats.

Source: 048g §6b, 045 §45.7, 048k §3.

Article 15. The ballot line and transitional provisions¶

The ballot of the referendum on introducing the charter states the percentage, the formula and the line: "Both rights — to vote and not to vote — are preserved forever; change is possible only by a new referendum."
The provisions of Articles 2, 8, 9 and 10 are part of the text put to the referendum.
Before first application at an election the jurisdiction may run a pilot on part of its territory; its results are published before the referendum.
The program code of the register, the counter and the tokens is open.

Source: 045 §45.6–45.7, 004 §4.7b, 048l, 057c §6.

Article 16. The citizen's rights under the charter¶

A citizen has the right: (a) to vote; (b) to take the payment instead of voting; (c) to choose nothing and keep the vote; (d) to receive the late payment under Article 6; (e) to check whether a ballot has been cast or a payment taken under his record; (f) to receive a conditional ballot under Article 11; (g) to go to court under Article 12; (h) to take part in any referendum on the charter whatever choice he has made.
The charter imposes no duties on the citizen. The payment is neither a gift nor a benefit and creates no obligations of the recipient towards the jurisdiction or its bodies.

Source: Articles 5, 6, 11, 12, 14; 056f §13j.

Annex. Country settings¶

The charter does not decide these; the experts and the jurisdiction's referendum do.

Setting	Question	For whom
The median	the period is decided: the last twelve months (Article 2; the fourteenth decision, 048k §3). Which income — earnings or all income — and what averaging	economists
Percentage or target	fix p or a target share of exit	economists
Number of payments	one per cycle or several smaller	economists and sociologists
Source of money	a budget line or a separate fund	financiers
Choice among several percentages	the referendum procedure	lawyers and sociologists
Legal route	the legal form in which the referendum is held and its result enacted — a law or a constitutional amendment; a private referendum without legal force as a preliminary step (08/045, 07/035)	lawyers
The loan and priority	whether local law permits a loan for the payment, and what rank the payment holds among obligations if the jurisdiction is insolvent (Article 8, paragraph 5)	lawyers and financiers
Source of the early premium	whether the discount on late payments covers it, and when (Article 6)	financiers
Thresholds of Articles 10 and 11	channel divergence, anomaly	from the pilot (048l)
The court's time limit	how many days for the six disputes of Article 12	lawyers
An election not held on time	how and to whom to pay (Article 6)	lawyers and economists
Composition of the formula	whether a household coefficient or another multiplier is needed inside the percentage	economists

What did not enter the charter and why¶

The bonus for budget savings — removed (decision 11).
The council's right to change the coefficient, the eight-year cooling-off, the ceiling of 3 % of the budget — removed (decisions 2, 3).
Switching from B back to A — removed (decision 7).
The seat formula — "we do not change the voting system before adoption".
The household coefficient 1.5 — did not enter the charter: the charter knows only a percentage of the median, and what the percentage is composed of is for the experts (annex).

A package of three documents, and a comparison with a party charter¶

At the architect's suggestion the charter (11 pages) and the manifesto (2 pages) of the party Peaceful Russia, adopted by its founding congress in Berlin on 12–13 June 2026, were read for analogy. It is the charter of an organisation, not of a rule, so as a legal model it fits poorly; three things are taken from it: the block of terms, the article on rights (their longest section; ours is Article 16 with the line on the absence of duties) and the packaging itself in three documents of different weight. The protocol already has this triple: the ballot line (Article 15) — the short manifesto (033b) — the charter.

The contrast is more useful.

	The party charter	This charter
What it regulates	an organisation: membership, congress, council, bureau	a rule
The aim on elections	elections free and controlled by society — without a mechanism	the mechanism of control: the counter and reconciliation of two records (Articles 9, 10)
Who sets procedure	in most cases the central council	none of the elected (Article 14)
General vote	consultative; the council sets the questions and procedure	the referendum is obligatory and decides by itself
Control	audit and arbitration work by a procedure the council writes	the court under Article 12; the procedure is in the charter itself
Amendment	two-thirds of congress delegates	all citizens, no more than once per cycle

The party's manifesto is three values and a mission: a state where "the power serves the people and changes regularly by their will". That is a "for" without a mechanism (056f §13k), and for the protocol not a competitor but a ready place: the aim on controlled elections is empty exactly where the protocol fits, and the party's declared line of work — political education — coincides with the role in 056f §13i.

The architect's decisions of 01.10.2026 on three places where the assistant decided by himself in assembling the text: the consequences of an election not held — "not a frequent case, we leave it to the experts"; the composition of the formula and the court's time limit — "unimportant, also for the experts". All three are moved to the annex.

Remarks of a legal reading, 02.10.2026¶

An independent AI reader in the role of counsel to an election commission read the charter article by article (040m §5g). This is not a lawyer's opinion. One remark has been entered into the text: part 4 has been added to Article 1 — "only the budget pays", a norm to which the exact-answers sheet referred while the charter did not contain it. The rest is recorded as work for a country's lawyers; the text of the articles has not been changed.

What needs to be reconciled between articles.

Article 13 prescribes "return of the sum" by a citizen for a false declaration, while Article 8 protects the payment from recovery. Article 8 speaks of the recipient's private obligations, but this must be said outright.
Article 16: "the charter imposes no duties on the citizen" — and the fine under Article 13.
Article 4: "the charter does not alter the electoral law" — while payment for giving up the vote falls under the prohibition of vote-buying in many codes. A reservation and a list of the norms that change are needed.
Article 5: a ballot "under the record" of one who chose B is "cancelled". In a secret paper vote only the issue of a ballot can be cancelled, not a ballot already cast.
Article 10: in the reconciliation "records = votes + payments + those who neither chose nor voted" the last term is a residual, and the identity cannot fail.
Article 10 and chapters 048h–048i: the open channel issues a verifiable token, while 048h calls a receipt of the vote a threat to secrecy. The charter does not say what a token reveals.
Article 14 and the annex: the ban on elected bodies altering the charter rests on the "legal route", which is left to experts.
Article 15: the word "forever" in the ballot line — and repeal by simple majority.

Terms without a definition. Median income; administrative records; authorised body; citizen and holder of the right to vote; channel (used in different senses in Articles 5 and 10); token; conditional ballot; the court; personal account; money flows.

What the charter does not cover. Voters abroad; people without a bank account and without a document; death or incapacity between the choice and polling day; gaining or losing the right to vote after the window opens; a second round; simultaneous elections of several levels; by-elections; one who chose A and did not come; an election postponed or annulled after payments; who is responsible for the register's data, how long they are kept and who has access to them.

Parameters that are in fact decisions. Addition of 05.10.2026 (040m §5j): for the US the loan of Article 8, part 5, is a legal question, not a setting: a municipal loan needs a bond counsel's opinion on a valid public purpose and is assessed by the rating agencies; a loan with no revenue source, for payments to citizens, may not obtain such an opinion. A first cycle in an American city is likely financed by accumulation over the cycle or by a donor's guarantee, not by city debt. Same place, second: the register of Article 3 in the US is the list of registered voters, and registration is voluntary; part 2 ("enrolled automatically") for an American jurisdiction means "everyone registered by the closing date of the roll", and that date will have to be named in the charter explicitly; false registration is a crime under the law in force (10 ILCS 5/29-10), and the protocol adds nothing to it except an address check by the treasury before payment. Same place, third (06.10.2026, 1f §4b): primaries. In the US the state runs them under party rules, and it is there that the core of the core chooses the candidate; whether the rule extends to them is not a gap but a setting: the architect — "the protocol is fitted to each country at the referendum, and for the US it can work there too". In the annex for an American jurisdiction it is one line in square brackets — [elections of this level include primaries: yes/no] — and the same referendum decides it. The percentage or a target share of exit; the number of payments; the legal route; the loan and its priority; an election not held on time; the definition of the median. They change the nature of the rule, not its tuning.

Weak point¶

The text is assembled from norms written as arguments, and a country's lawyer will rewrite every article for his own legal system; the draft tests completeness, not wording. The twelve rows of the annex are blank spaces the first critic will name, and the thresholds of Articles 10 and 11 have nowhere to come from before the pilot. Article 1 forbids replacing the core with a parameter, but it cannot itself settle a dispute over what the core is: the court under Article 12 will, and the court is the last to benefit from the protocol (048j §3). 🟡

Related: 048k (inventory, decisions, sanctions ladder) · 006b §5 (roadmap) · 049 (charter for a municipality) · 048f (double entry) · 048g (rollback) · 048h (secrecy and coercion) · 048i (three channels) · 048j (courts) · 048l (the pilot) · 06/037 (protection of the dividend) · 042 (five parameters) · 056f §13k (core and parameters) · 033b (the short manifesto)