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If I don't want nominations reopened, I am perfectly capable of making my intent clear to negative (yes, that's a verb) that question. For whichever reason, a citizen should be entitled not to sway the outcome of the RON vote either way, while still voting for the candidate of their choice...

This has gone from "overambitious new guy" to "half-witted unpleasant try-hard"

So… we need contests, otherwise peeps will RON? :P Seems silly - I don't think I'd do a better job than any of the declared candidates, and I'm sure plenty others feel the same way.

Very much this. There have been regions who have experimented in shutting down their forum-side embassies entirely, and they hardly saw a drop in FA power. I think that if one thing can't be said about TNP is that it's not influential, or "going to hell". In more than one respect, this region...

There is an edit button under your posts.

Regardless of its truth value, I think the comment was at the least inappropriate. Tone down the rhetoric, and you may convince more people of that. In terms of the criminal complaint, it was clear that there was no case to answer. You will have invariably failed to meet all the elements for...

Not without invalidating your vote (according to Eluvatar) or voting against (according to Asta).

Quite fatal, if you ask me. Without even going into the MR, it's clear that the statement (or any imputation it carries?) must have an incontrovertible truth value.

Well, for starters, the ballot paper doesn't indicate that it's an option to leave it off. That in itself, i believe, should be rectified. And yes, you are: In order to vote for a candidate, one must, in effect, either vote in favour (by doing so) or against (whether explicitly, or by not...

I really don't see the logic to holding that RON requires a majority of all votes cast in the election, and not only those who expressed an opinion on whether to RON. It really rather limits someone who may be neutral as to the question from voting for that office - not something I'd want to...

I'm generally one who is quite sceptical about giving a lot of people second chances. However, automatic and irreversible disqualification I cannot support. This is NS, people make mistakes, change their views on the game, etc all the time. I could only consider supporting this if such...

Currently, when casting a vote, you are given one of two choices: Either vote in favour of reopening nominations, or against doing so. The legislation states as follows: I believe that you would be able to simply not vote on the question of whether to RON, while voting for a candidate for the...

I might have to wash my eyes after this one... what did I just read

Congratulations are indeed in order. :)

Court Justice: TheGrimReaper Would you like to reopen nominations? No

The last few days, I've had some time to reflect on this race. I'll have more to say about that at the end of my post, though I'll answer Asta's question first. I'll be quite honest that I also am not presently aware of every single one of the Court's precedents. There are some that I watched...

My citizenship relapsed for a few weeks, while I remained a resident, due to not meeting the citizenship activity requirement. I first gained citizenship in late November 2015. I used the more expansive period of time (rather than '24 days') as this conformed better with your point, that my...

what a ripper of a campaign thread ;)

Blah, yeah, that did happen. Will fix after finishing up this post. I've been a citizen for about half a year, and this time included some overseas travel during which I was unable to post. The other two candidates have been around TNP longer than me, and that's not something I'm shying away from.

Well, you always gotta start at some point... Top five reasons why you should vote for me: 1. I'm pretty darn good at this gig, and have experience. The usual story: I've been doing regional gameplay for something like 6-7 years now, have been around about a handful of places, and held quite a...

I accept, and nth TGR

I think it's time to regain cit. I, the leader of The North Pacific nation of Guy III, pledge loyalty to The North Pacific, obedience to her laws, and responsible action as a member of her society. I pledge to only register one nation to vote in The North Pacific. I pledge that no nation under...

I don't particularly care which governmental structure GCRs choose, but I have to say that I do definitely see an argument that the government may lose its legitimacy. At some point, the prevalent structure cannot be said to be one which the region chooses, and there are examples a-plenty.

The original is cute :P I'm not sure whether that saves it, though.

Mousebumples' contribution is fairly disingenuous, in my opinion, which is quite unfortunate. Section 11D does nothing to conflate 'raiders' with 'Nazis/fascists'. It's simply a statement that neither group is suitable for alliances with Gay. Gay is a defender region. Asking them to ally with...

Every Australian dreads bushfires every summer. We learned the hard way that you have to be extremely proactive to save every life; and yet you can almost never save people's houses, livestock, and what not. Then they also do shitty things to already battered communities like in WA now...

1. The North Pacific Armed Forces is chartered as the sole government body permitted to conduct military operations on behalf of The North Pacific. I'm not sure if "military operation" is clear or vague. We may want to add some detail, like "military operations, such as raids, defenses...

There is, in total, a 9-day period after nominations until the conclusion of the election. In my experience, that is too long. The reason I'm opposing this proposal is, basically, because I don't think it's a good idea to increase our election cycle by two days for this. I think 4 days...

Balancing all factors, including the overall length of the election, the in-practice lack of usage of campaigning periods, the fact that a nine-day post-nominations period is exceedingly long, and that nominations often come early enough for scrutiny during the nominations period, I believe the...