[Chancery] Election Rules + Party Registration July 2018 GE

[Glüc da Dhi]

Azul everyone,

between the 15th of June (in about a week) and the 1st of July elections will be held to the 52nd Cosa, in addition to 6 senate seats and various provincial assemblies.

These elections will be conducted mostly using the Talossan database built by Marti-Pair Furxheir S.H.. The elections will be held in accordance with the OrgLaw and title B of El Lexhatx. Additional rules by which these elections will be conducted have just been validated by majority vote of the Electoral Commission and can be found here. This includes instructions on how to vote and instructions for party leaders on how to register, which I will repeat here and which can be done in this thread.

Senatorial elections
It is the understanding of the chancery that the chancery will conduct senatorial elections for Benito, Cézembre, Fiôvâ, Maricopa, and Vuode. In addition, Maritiimi-Maxhestic will conduct its own senatorial elections. If any of this is not correct, please contact me as soon as possible.

Information for party leaders
To appear on the ballot a party needs to register with the chancery before balloting day.

Ideally this is done in any of the following ways:
*By replying to this thread
*By sending a private Wittenberg message to me
*by sending an email to [e-mail] using your email adress registered with the chancery

Registrations need to include:
Full Party Name
Party Initials (Max 4 letters unless approved by the SoS)
A statement of 50 words or fewer to be included on the ballot
Party leader(s)
The URL of a party platform (optional)
A candidate list for seats (optional)

A candidate list is strictly speaking optional. However, if a party does not submit a candidate list to the Secretary of State before the election, the party leader is assigned all seats won, and seats which cannot be held by the Party Leader are forfeited. It is therefore very strongly advised, especially for parties that wish to have more than one MC or expect to get more than the maximum number of seats that can be held by one MC to submit a candidate list.

In addition, parties can submit Senate Endorsement for any of the upcoming Senate elections, which will be listed on the ballot.

Lastly, parties will have to pay a fee before they can claim seats in the Cosa. Information about how to best pay this fee can be found here.

Voting by post
The adress that is listed in the link on the database has not yet been updated. For the upcoming elections it will be an adress in The Netherlands. Keep in mind that votes need to arrive before the election deadline to be valid and mail might take long to arrive depending on your location.

A complete overview of how to vote can be found in the rules in the link and will also be posted in the voting thread at the start of the elections.

If there are any questions, you can post them here or contact me on witt or fb.

-Glüc da Dhi,
Secretary of State

Currently registered parties:
MTGA - Make Talossa Great Again
FREEDEMS - The Free Democrats of Talossa
RUMP - Recruits for Upholding the Monarchy and its Principles
MRPT - Moderate Radical Party of Talossa

[Glüc da Dhi]

Can anyone sticky this thread?

[Viteu Marcianüs]

Thank you for the above post. However, I do not see instruction on how a candidate for Senate in a province for which the Chancery is conducting the election can register. As such, please let this post provide notice that I am standing for election for the Senate seat for Vuode.

[Glüc da Dhi]

There is no need for Senate registrations under the current system, which is the same as last year, where voters can fill in any name they want on witt or via mail or select any citizen of their province (as first preference, second preference, etc).

I do think there are some aspects of this that could or should be changed, but because of time constraints I opted to stick with last years systems as much as possible.

[Colonel Mximo Carbonèl]

Full Party Name MAKE TALOSSA GREAT AGAIN!
Party Initials (Max 4 letters unless approved by the SoS) (MTGA)
A statement of 50 words or fewer to be included on the ballot

Make Talossa Great Again!
- We are great people
- We support the right of the people to be free
- We need to make immigration as it was , something difficult to get!
A) Immigration test
B) Participation of the immigrant to the social life in the country
C) A vote in both houses




Party leader(s) Mximo Carbonèl

[Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN]

The Free Democrats of Talossa (we request our traditional abbreviation FreeDems)

50 words: The Free Democrats are the party of the RULE OF LAW. All Talossans - including the King - must respect our courts and their decisions. We need a new, clearer, Organic Law; a court system which works both quickly and efficiently; and a Free Democrat Seneschál to shake things up!

Party President: Viteu Marcianüs
Party Secretary: Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN

Senäts candidate endorsements:

for Benito, E.S. Bornatfiglheu

for Fiôva, Gödafrïeu Válcadác’h

for Vuode, Viteu Marcianüs

Cosâ candidate list:

1. Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN

2. C. Carlüs Xheraltescù

3. Munditenens Tresplet

4. Marti-Pair Furxheir S.H.

5. Viteu Marcianüs *

6. Gödafrïeu Válcadác’h *

7. E.S. Bornatfiglheu *

Party Platform

[Colonel Mximo Carbonèl]

The Make Talossa Great Again party support all the Free Dem senat candidats.

Mximo

[Glüc da Dhi]

Jun 7, 2018 22:38:04 GMT -6 Colonel Mximo Carbonèl said:

The Make Talossa Great Again party support all the Free Dem senat candidats.

Mximo

I understand that to mean MTGA endorses V, E.S. Bornatfiglheu, and Gödafrïeu Válcadác’h for Vuode, Benito and Fiôvâ.

[Colonel Mximo Carbonèl]

Yes, and any news candidats they name for the senat byelection.

Mximo

[Glüc da Dhi]

I won't add senate endorsements myself based on what other parties do. I'm afraid you will have to inform me whenever you would like to add an endorsement.

[Colonel Mximo Carbonèl]

And I will do it don't worry about it...
You need a form for everything damn bureaucrat!!

Mximo

[Alèx Soleighlfred]

To have your complaint duly registered in the National Complaint Database, please proceed to your NCD account and fill out a special complaint form. Thanks!
(I'm just joking, just joking!)

[Lüc da Schir]

As our Eighth Congress is finally drawing to a close, I'm registering the Moderate Radical Party of Talossa (Full Party Name), abbreviated to MRPT.

Our 50 words statement is:
"The MRPT has yet again successfully led Talossa, delivering on its promises, passing important legislation and acting as an inclusive force for Talossans of all walks of life. We count on you to give us another mandate to deliver the change and leadership Talossa needs. Make the difference, vote MRPT!"

Party Leader: Ian Plätschisch
Party Whip and Deputy Leader: Þon Txoteu É. Davinescu
This is our party platform.

According to the results of the secret ballot vote of June 10-12, our Cosa Candidates and our Senate endorsements are:

1) Txotéu Davinescu (Whip)
2) Erschéveþ da Schir
3) Iac Marscheir
4) Niclau Patici
5) Cresti d. I. Nouacastra
6) Tariq Zubair

11) Lüc da Schir (Senate)
12) Ian Plätschisch (Senate)
13) Alèxandreu Soleiglhfred (Senate)

100) Ben Putnam (Backup)
101) Martì Valtadestreça (Backup)

Benito: Lüc da Schir
Cézémbre: Alèxandreu Soleiglhfred
Fiôva: Gödafrïeu Válcadác’h
Mariitimi-Maxhestic: Ian Plätschisch

[Ian Plätschisch]

Thanks. I would have posted this myself but I have limited WiFi access, so it appears you beat me to it.

[Danihél Roðgarüt]

Two election related questions: do the RUMP have a platform or just their statement? As online ballots are cast, is it possible to see who has and hasn't voted in real time?

Cheers