Opening of Nominations

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The Voting Booth

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Well everyone, it is time for elections again in The North Pacific! The following positions are open:
Article III: Section 2: Elected Offices of the Regional Government.:
  • UN Delegate
  • Vice Delegate
  • Prime Minister
  • Minister of Immigration and Internal Affairs
  • Minister of External Affairs
  • Minister of Defense
  • Attorney General, serving as Minister of Justice
  • Minister of Communications
  • Minister of Arts and Entertainment
  • Minister of Culture and Education

    Further, the positions: (Article IV, Sections 1 and 9)
  • Assembly Speaker
  • Security Council (7 positions open)
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This thread is to announce that nominations are open, and declarations of candidacy may now start taking place. If you are not taking place as a candidate, then we simply ask you to remember the following:
TNP Const: III:1:
D - Only Nations who are registered to vote when the voting period commences shall be entitled to vote, which shall take place exclusively at the Regional off-site forum.
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Now, to the Legal Stuff for candidates:

*note* This has been abbreviated to the parts important to candidates/voters, leaving out the directions for the commissioners. If you wish to read those, they are located in the TNP Legal Code
TNP Legal Code:
TNP LAW 5
Section 2.
E - The Election Commissioners may request the ability to view IP addresses of Nations, or request the assistance of the off-site forum administrators, during this period to verify votes.

Eligibility:
Section 2. Declarations and Nominations of Candidacy
A - Any member Nation of the Region that is a registered voter and that is not ineligible to serve by any limitation of service provision or additional qualification for office in the Constitution, may declare its candidacy for Prime Minister or any elected Cabinet Minister.
B- Any member Nation of the Region that is a registered voter who has elected membership in the Regional Assembly and that is not ineligible to serve by any limitation of service provision or additional qualification for office in the Constitution, may declare its candidacy for Speaker of the Regional Assembly or for a seat on the Security Council.
C - Any member Nation with UN member status located within the Region that has registered to vote and that is not ineligible to serve by any limitation of service provision or additional qualification for office in the Constitution, may declare its candidacy for UN Delegate or UN Vice Delegate. Such Nation that has UN membership shall have resided in The North Pacific for at least three months, and shall have been active on the Regional off-site forum for at least one month at the time of nomination or declaration of candidacy for election to the office of Delegate or Vice Delegate.
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Section 4: Runoff Elections:
A - When an Office has no candidate obtaining a majority, the two highest-placed candidates shall enter into a runoff.
B - If the second-highest candidate position is tied, the candidates so tied shall enter into a runoff with the highest-placed candidate.
C - If there is a tie for the highest-placed candidate position, only those candidates so tied shall enter into a runoff election.
D - The runoff election shall utilize the same procedures as for the initial round of elections. A plurality shall determine the winner of the runoff election.
E - In the event of a tie in any office other than the UN Delegate, the incoming UN Delegate has the right to cast a vote to break the tie, pursuant to Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution. In the event of a tie in a runoff election for UN Delegate, the incoming Cabinet shall vote to break the tie, pursuant to Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution.
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Campaigning:
B - All candidates shall be permitted to post a campaign topic thread on the Regional offsite forum.
Additional Procedures for Election for UN Delegate and Vice Delegate for the Region.:
C - Candidates for UN Delegate and Vice Delegate shall be permitted to post campaign notices on the Regional Civil Headquarters Message Board located on the region's page at NationStates.net. Candidates for UN Delegate and Vice Delegate shall not post more than one such message on the Regional Civil Headquarters Message Board per day. Posting more than one such notice within 24 hours will constitute a forfeiture of their candidacy for election as UN Delegate or Vice Delegate for the Region, and may be subject to NationStates Moderator intervention. Candidates for UN Delegate and UN Vice Delegate may contact UN member Nations within the Region via telegram to advertise their campaign, but no candidate may send more than one telegram to any single Nation during the campaign period, unless said nation has replied to a telegram sent by the candidate.

A - The Nation elected as Delegate and the Nation elected as Vice Delegate under the procedures in the Constitution and the North Pacific Legal Code is are the formal designees of the region who is are to be designated as the UN Delegate and UN Vice Delegate for the Region by the voluntary endorsement of UN member Nations within the Region for the three month term upon declaration of the election in the canvass of results by the Election Commissioners.
B - It is specifically intended that the newly elected Delegate and Vice Delegate are to be installed in office in accordance with NationStates procedures for the determination of a Delegate of a region within 2 weeks of the certification of the election
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Section 7. Violations:
A - Any person found to have cast more than one vote, through one or more Nations, shall have their votes invalidated, and if the votes were cast using more than one UN member Nation, the Election Commissioners shall report such fact to the NationStates Moderators as evidence of UN Multiing.
B - Outright endorsement swapping with respect to the election of the UN Delegate and Vice Delegate is prohibited.
C - Slander of any candidates for office, including the incumbents of such offices, or of other Nations is prohibited.
D - Violation of the provisions in this Constitution or The North Pacific Legal Code on the part of any candidate for election will result in a immediate review by the Attorney General to determine if charges should be filed under Article V of this Constitution, and may include the possibility that a regional ban may be imposed in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution or The North Pacific Legal Code.
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Campaigns shall be located in 1 of 2 forums. Ministers may campaign here, and the Delegate/VD may campaign here.

Declarations of Candidacy should be made in this thread following this post. Declarations may be made for a period of 7 days, after which voters will be given 3 days before the commencement of voting.


Thank you from Heft and Erastide, your friendly local election commissioners.
 
I hereby declare my candidacy for Prime Minister.
 
Now seeing that I can stand for both Minister of External affairs and Security Council (each of which would compliment the other).

I, Conneticun, declare my candidacy for a seat on the Security Council.
 
I, Tresville, declare my candidacy for re-election to the Security Council of the North Pacific.

I may be interested in the VD or Delegate position...but will decide in a few days.
 
The Declaration and Nomination period for the February 2006 Elections have drawn to a close.

A few candidates have posted campaign threads without officially declaring their candidacy. Since we (the election commissioners) failed to contact them until tonight, they will be allowed another 2 or 3 days to officially declare their candidacy (PM either Erastide or Heft or both), although promptness would be appreciated.

Here is the list of confirmed, declared, official candidates.
  • UN Delegate
    - honeysheep
  • Vice Delegate
    - Tresville
  • Prime Minister
    - Poltsamaa
    - Romanoffia
    - Flemingovia
  • Minister of Immigration and Internal Affairs
    - Hersfold
  • Minister of External Affairs
    - Koona
    - Conneticun
    - Haor Chall
    - Public Relations HQ
  • Minister of Defense
    - Dalimbar
    - Gaspo
  • Attorney General, serving as Minister of Justice
    - Mr Sniffles
  • Minister of Communications
    - Ator People
  • Minister of Arts and Entertainment
    - Deikura
    - IndieGirl
    - Puckton
  • Minister of Culture and Education
    - Namyeknom

    Further, the positions: (Article IV, Sections 1 and 9)
  • Assembly Speaker
    - wizardofoz01
  • Security Council (7 positions open)
    - Grosseschnauzer
    - mr_sniffles
    - Ator People
    - Dalimbar
    - Gaspo
    - Byardkuria
    - Conneticun
    - Great Bights Mum
    - Tresville
    - Public Relations HQ
 
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