Composition
The Hall typically consists of 21 members, called Sitters. (Hence, the Hall is sometimes referred to as the Hall of the Sitters, though not in an official context.) Three Sitters represent each Ajah. Little is known about the process by which an Ajah selects its Sitters, but as a Sitter's position is one of great privilege, a vacancy in an Ajah's delegation will usually be filled by one of the oldest and most powerful Aes Sedai of that Ajah.
There are no general elections for the Hall, and there is no indication of fixed terms for Sitters. Once chosen, however, there are several ways a Sitter's place can become vacant. These include:
- Death
- Resignation
- Extended Vacancy from the White Tower (As determined by the Sitter's Ajah) this may or may not stem from the Ajah's own political interests (the sitter cannot vote while absent). The official reason is the suspected death of the sitter.
- Burnout (accidental loss of ability to use the One Power)
- Election to the post of Amyrlin Seat or Keeper of the Chronicles
- Unchairing, i.e., removal from office as punishment for an offence under Tower law (presumably by means of a court sentence and/or a vote of the Hall). Exile and Stilling, harsher punishments, would imply that the Sitter is unchaired.
- A Sitter's Ajah is almost certainly able to remove her on its own initiative, either by a formal procedure or by "encouraging" her to step down.
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