Impeachment

Impeachment removes a sitting executive in presidential systems. Parliamentary countries use a Vote of No Confidence instead.

Live targets:

• President (or equivalent national executive): two chambers. A sitting lower-chamber member files articles.
• Governor: the state's legislature, as a single conviction vote. A sitting member of that state's legislature files.

President (two chambers)#

1. House (or lower chamber). Seat-weighted simple majority of votes cast (more ayes than nays). Voting window: 6 turns. Abstentions do not count toward either side.
2. Senate (or upper chamber). Seat-weighted two-thirds of votes cast. Voting window: 6 turns. No votes cast fails.

If the House does not impeach, the case ends. If the Senate convicts, the executive is removed.

Governor (one chamber)#

The case starts at the conviction stage. The state legislature needs two-thirds of votes cast, same Senate rule, over 6 turns.

Cooldown#

After a filing, the same target cannot be impeached again for 48 turns (1 game year). That matches the VONC cooldown so repeat filings cannot grief a sitting executive.

What it is not#

Impeachment is not a VONC. It is not a SCOTUS case. Cabinet secretaries are removed by the President, not this flow.

See also: No-Confidence Votes, Cabinet, Congress Leadership.