To pass a new law, you must go to a University (not School) of Leadership, and start a petition. Any citizen can do this; you do not have to pass your Leadership initiation first.
About every month or so, a new ballot is put up for vote. A ballot contains seven or less petitions, based on the signature count of each petition. The top petitions that are classified as laws are put onthe ballot. There are two requirements for a petition to pass and become law: It must recieve a higher proportion of votes than any other law on the ballot, and it must recieve at least 2/3 "yes" votes.
After the ballot is over, some petitions on the ballot may die. There are two ways that a petition may die: The petition is among the two with the smallest proportion of votes, or if the petition received less than 2/3 "yes" votes.
The current ballot, established laws, and circulating petitions are listed below. See Failed for petitions that have been completely discarded, vetoed, or have failed on the ballot.
The old pre-renovation Law Library is still available.
The Tale 1 law petition Archive is here: Tale1laws
You can continue to carry a petition after you have collected and turned in signatures.
You can use the Drafts page to draw up laws and get feedback before creating them.
Laws
Bills that have passed the General Egyptian Ballot are listed here.
| Law Name | Translations | Author | Ballot | Approval % | Implemented |
| Driftwood Recycling Act |   | MarvL | 9/?/04 | 90.021% | 9/10/04 |
| Removal of Public Buildings Act | | Ay? | 9/?/04 | 83.383% | 9/15/04 |
| Full ban of Machiavelli | | hipi | 9/?/04 | 73.298% | 9/19/04 |
| Ease of Way on Public Roads | | Djehuty | 9/?/04 | 70.780% | 9/24/04 |
| Trial account compound law | | Taral? | 10/?/04 | 71.222% | Partial: 10/4/04 / Full: 10/6/04 |
| Departed Persons Property Reclaimation Act | | Amanesus? | 10/?/04 | 79.919% | 10/19/04 |
| Mentor Shrines Feature Request | | Forgiving | ? | ? | Implemented, unknown when |
| Welcome Banner Regulation | | Luna | ? | 75.978% | 11/23/04 |
| Amendment to the DPPRA | | ThutmosesIII? | 3/Dec/04 | 84.161% | Implemented. |
| Amendment to DPPRA | | Chopa? | Unknown | 87.755% | 10/Dec/04 |
| No Public Structures by a Trial Account | | ThutmosesIII? | 1/Jan/05 | 86.381% | 9/Jan/05 |
| Public Building Act | | SandCalc? | 9/Jan/05 | 85.167% | 17/Jan/05 |
| Dead Guild Hall Amendment to DPPRA | | DrDave? | 17/Jan/05 | 85.167% | 21/Jan/05 |
| Takeskot Anti-Lag Law | | neonil? | 21/Jan/05? | 79.670% | 25/Jan/05 |
| Abandoned DPA Buildings Act | | Ascha | 25/Jan/05 | 75.253% | 30/Jan/05 |
| The Wine Glass Security Act | | Ptenkhet | 30/Jan/05 | 90.355% | 6/Feb/05 |
| The Melted Glass Preservation Act | | Ptenkhet | 6/Feb/05 | 69.744% | 17/Feb/05 |
| Mine Accessability Act | | Rhyddereh | 17/Feb/05 | 85.321% | 27/Feb/05 |
| Wood Plane Destruction Act | | Lahotep? | 19/Mar/05 | 80.455% | 29/Mar/05 |
| DPA of Orphaned Art | | MarvL | 30/Mar/05 | 73.000% | 6/Apr/05 |
| 0 compound Reclamation Act | | ThutmosesIII? | 3/Apr/05 | 72.632% | 9/Apr/05 |
| No stealing Yokir tables | | Khora | 20/Apr/05 | 86.937% | 28/Apr/05 |
| Welcome Island Clean- Up Act | | gronk | 1/May/05 | 90.041% | 10/May/05 |
| The Good Egyptian Maintenance Act | | Balthazarr | 10/May/05 | 83.509% | 7/Jun/05 |
| Lost Elders Act | | Nepthys | 7/Jun/05 | 75.706% | ~7/July/05 |
| Feature request - New title for best acro teacher | | Sassy | ~12/Jul/05 | 74.766% | 21/Jul/05 |
| Pyrotechnics Research Act | | Sedelyan | 24/Jul/05 | 84.103% | 29/Jul/05 |
| Stashed items option on guild halls | | Rokan | 30/Aug/05 | 87.215% | 19/Oct/05 |
| Public Kitchen Usage | | FoxKids | 5/Nov/05 | 88.272% | 23/Nov/05 |
| Khefre's Children Recognition | | Tweetiti | 23/Nov/05 | 85.161% | 12/Dec/05 |
| Marital Property Law | | MardukXIII | 12/Dec/05 | 82.584% | 6/Jan/06 |
| Enhanced Mining Purity Regulation Act | | Orashin | 6/Jan/06 | 87.156% | 27/Jan/2006 |
| Wood Source Protection Act | | Tumaini? | 27/Jan/2006 | 82.796% | 7/Feb/2006 |
| Private cart on public mines enhancement. | | CardinalTarod | 20/Feb/2006 | 81.818% | Pending |
Petitions in Circulation
Petitions currently in circulation that have been neither vetoed nor placed on the ballot. PLEASE HELP TRACK PETITIONS!
| Petition Name | Translations | Author | Signatures | Created | Last Sighted | Petitioners |
| A Griefer Solution | Renegade | 44 | 10/?/04 | 10/16/04 | (?): Renegade Styxx | |
| Trade Chest Creation Or Chest Option Additions | Brewmithius? | 77 | 10/?/04 | 10/16/04 | (8): | |
| Save Our Altars | FalconsBane? | 107 | 10/?/04 | 10/17/04 | (5): Worf? Deeva | |
| The Chest Logbook Act | Shadus | ? | 10/21/04 | 10/21/04 | (2): Shadus Sobe | |
| [Portable Food]? | Aberdon | 1 | 11/01/04 | 11/01/04 | (1): Aberdon | |
| Public Compound and Building Reformation Act PublicBuildingAct | none | Teusou | 69 | 12/1/04? | 12/31/04 | (4) Teusou, Shilik, Sallah-Hazerah, ? |
| Chest Destruction Act | Niane | 1 | 12/24/05 | ? | 1:Niane | |
| Inactivity Amendment to DPPRA | Isandre | 48 | 01/02/05 | 03/29/05 | (3): Isandre Arpallan | |
| Glassware Recycling Act | Wibbler? | 16 | 1/29/05 | 02/02/05 | ||
| Single Commodity Infinite Chest | Gurney | 2 | 29/11/05 | 29/11/05 | ||
| Metal Prospecting | 40 | NecromancerKing | ||||
| Artisan Tile Act | | Chichis | 3/2/05 | |||
| ATI 9500 code paths | | Marrick | 4/10/05 | Marrick | ||
| Labeling Bonfires and Mines | Bifa | 250 | 1/05 | 6/14/05 | 13 | |
| Cleaning Gem Drop Areas of Mines | Bifa | 13 | 6/11/05 | 6/14/05 | 1 | |
| Gaming Code Of Conduct (please note, failed, but purpose is to carry as a statement) | Rhyddereh | 6/17/05 | 2+ | |||
| Change to Chariot Routes | Ankh-a-Amun | 1 | 12/10/05 | |||
| The Chariot Announcement Act | Japto | 76 | 11/26/05 | (3): Japto | ||
| Wood Source Protection Act | Tumaini | 121 | 12/28/05 | (19): Tumaini; Deeva; CardinalTarod; SunnyOne; MissAnaya; Rotah; TpCT ... | ||
| Trial By Jury Law | ShanVizen | January 2006 | ShanVizen | |||
| Trial Account Payment And Notification Act | Thujone | January 2006 | Thujone | |||
| Identification Of Museums And Public Works | MarvL | May 2006 | Tale 3 only |