Senate Member Audit Service

The Senate of Romanesca is unlike other Senates in that most of its representatives don't represent geographical entities like cities or provinces, but represent non-governmental organizations. In much the same way that one would expect an abandoned city to not be represented, organizations lose their representative status in the Senate when they no longer meet the criteria needed for entry.

It's expected of Senators to be in communication with their organization and to know when they no longer meet the needed requirements. They are expected to proactively resign from the Senate. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, Senators tend to be unaware that this has happened, and would remain in their positions indefinitely were it not for the Senate Member Audit Service.

The Senate Member Audit Service conducts investigations into the organizations that Senators represent and if they find those organizations no longer meet the criteria, they have the authority to remove Senators from office. Investigations are carried out randomly in most cases. Thousands of organizations will be looked into at any given time and over the course of a year every Senator is audited in this way. The Audit Service can do targeted investigations when there's evidence of a particularly egregious violation of Senate membership policy.