Opening of Nominations

Namyeknom

Namyeknom

TNPer
Nominations for the February 07 Election are now open.

Positions available are:
  • Prime Minister
  • Minister of Immigration and Internal Affairs
  • Minister of External Affairs
  • Minister of Defence
  • Minister of Justice/Attorney General
  • Minister of Arts and Entertainment
  • Minister of Culture and Education
  • Minister of Communication
  • Speaker of The Regional Assembly
  • UN Delegate
  • UN Vice Delegate
  • Security Council Positions
All candidates are expected to have been active participants on the forum for 1 month prior to acceptance of a nomination or declaration of candidacy and be members of the Regional Assembly. Those standing for Minister of Defence should also have received endorsement from current NPA members.

In addition, Delegate and Vice Delegate Candidates are expected to have had a UN nation in The North Pacific for the previous three months (ie. since the last elections) in order to be eligible to stand.

Please consult the term limit regulations before announcing your candidacy.

Those wishing to announce their own candidacy, or nominate others, may do so in this thread. All candidates are permitted to start a campaign topic in the relevant section of the election forum (here for Delegate and Vice Delegate Candidates, here for Prime Minister, Cabinet, Speaker and SC candidates). It is advisable for candidates to read the campaign guidelines found in both campaign sections, and especially important for Delegate and Vice Delegate Candidates are the guidelines regarding the gathering of endorsements.

All that remains to be said is good luck all, and may the best candidates win.

By my reckoning this opened at 09:03AM GMT/04:03AM EST, the nomination period will therefore remain open until 09:03AM GMT/04:03AM EST on the 29th of January (Monday).
 
Namyeknom:
In addition, Delegate and Vice Delegate Candidates are expected to have had a UN nation in The North Pacific for the previous three months (ie. since the last elections) in order to be eligible to stand.
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Can you direct me to the source of this?

I would also like to run for Vice-Delegate and Security Council.
 
I want to let everyone know that I will be a candidate for re-election to the Security Council, and I will be a candidate for re-election as Prime Minister.
 
I would like to nominate myself for Delegate and Security Council.

I will of course be nominating Mental Imagination for another term as Minister of Arts and Entertainment. :D
 
I am pleased to announce my intentions to run for the Office of the Delegate and Security Council membership.
 
I would like to run for the security council position and also for the position of Minister of Culture and Education.
 
Great Bights Mum:
What about a long-time resident who was away for awhile, but returned 2 1/2 months ago?
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:shrug: According to the letter of the Constitution they wouldn't be able to run, I guess. Wrong person to ask really. They also have to have been active on the forum over the last month as well, don't forget.
 
According to the Legal Code, there are no exceptions for NPA duty regarding the three month rule (unless I missed it), although I can't promise the isn't some overriding clause in the constitution. I'd guess it was meant to be, and probably should be put in once we've got these elections out the way.

If any NPA members are planning on running for Delegate or Vice Delegate, I doubt anyone is going to make much of an issue out of it, and a judicial ruling should be easy enough to get before voting starts if required.
 
I shall be running for Minister of Culture and Education and Prime Minister.
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Blue Wolf II:
I shall be running for Minister of Culture and Education and Prime Minister.
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I think this may have come up last election, and it was decided people couldn't stand for two cabinet level positions, as they'd only have to resign one immediately if they won both elections. And besides, its bad form. :P

You're more than welcome to pick one and throw in a side order of Security Council though... :D
 
Fine, you've convinced me :P

I cancel the order for Minister of Culture and I'm keeping the Prime Minister and throwing in a plate of delicious Security Council fries.

Do I get coleslaw with that?
 
I haven't asked, but I'd like to suggest Byardkuria as Minister of Culture and Education, primarily because that position will be the chair of the board of regents for the University as it organizes and begins its operatons.

Or any of the other members from that Prime Minister's YNPU Commission who would be interested in serving as the chair of the regents.
 
:duh:

Yes, for anyone who had noticed the Speakers position is up for election as well, even though I didn't mention it in the first post. Thanks mr_sniffles for standing for it and reminding me...

:duh:
 
I second the nominations of FEC for MoIIA, OPA for MoAE and Ator People for MoC.
dont pick it up has been inactive, and it happened so close to the election, it made no sense to invoke the inactivity procedure at this late date. Namyeknom did not want to run for office.
FEC had previously told the Cabinet that she would seek re-election.
And I haven't heard a thing from mental imagination, whether she wanted to seek re-election or not, if the MoAE is retained.
Ator People has stated his interest in being appointed as Chancellor of TNPU, so I'm not that he'll accept the nomination for MoC.
 
Given the extreme importance of the Ministry of Immigration and Internal Affairs to our region, and that I would love to serve the region and help get new people in it, I nominate myself to run for Minister of Immigration and Internal Affairs. I am surprised that others haven't already, but it appears that they are limited by the Term Limitations part of the Constitution.

Looking at the Constitution it appeared to me that the Vice Delegacy is not a Cabinet Level position, as specified here:

Article III Section 3 Clause 3:
3) For purposes of this Constitution, "Cabinet-level position" is construed to refer to the UN Delegate for the Region, any UN Vice Delegate who has acted as UN Delegate for the Region for more than half of an elected term of office, the Prime Minister, any Cabinet Minister of the Regional Government, any deputy Cabinet Minister who has acted as a Minister for more than half of an elected term of office, or the Attorney General.
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I have not quite been able to figure out the other specification of the Cabinet, listed below, but it does not appear to explicitly say that the Vice Delegate is a Cabinet position.

Article III Section 2:
Section 2. Elected Offices of the Regional Government.

The following offices shall comprise the Cabinet of The North Pacific Regional Government. Except for the UN Delegate for the Region, the Prime Minister and each Cabinet minister shall have a vote on any Cabinet action. The UN Delegate for the Region, the UN Vice Delegate, each Cabinet-level position, and all other positions established in the Regional Government, has the responsibility to uphold and enforce this Constitution, and to implement and comply with the actions taken by the Regional Government pursuant to this Constitution or The North Pacific Legal Code. Each Cabinet-level position shall have the duties and responsibilities as listed in this Section or as provided elsewhere in this Constitution or in The North Pacific Legal Code. Each Cabinet-level position shall have such authority as is necessary and proper to exercise the powers granted to, or to execute the duties imposed upon, that position under this Constitution, or by The North Pacific Legal Code, or by the other laws enacted pursuant to this Constitution, and subject to such limitations on those powers and duties established under this Constitution.
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Thus it seems to me that running for both Vice Delegate and Minister of Immigration and Internal Affairs is allowed even with this clause:

Article III Section 4 Clause 3:
3) Cabinet members shall not hold more than one Cabinet-level position at the same time.
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HOWEVER, if I am told that the Vice Delegate is in fact a cabinet level position, given that I would be more useful to the North Pacific as Minister of Immigration and Internal Affairs, I would drop my self nomination to the Vice Delegacy (my dream job :( :shrug: )
 
If for no other reason, a Vice Delegate is prohibited from exercising any power not specifically given to that office in the Constitution:

E - The UN Delegate and Vice Delegate for the Region shall have no authority to act in any other manner with respect to the Regional Government, unless such authority is expressly granted to the Delegate or Vice Delegate through process of Amendment of this Constitution, and not by implication. The North Pacific Legal Code may not alter the powers or authority of the office of Delegate or Vice Delegate.
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In other words, you'd be unable to exercise any authority of a Cabinet minister since doing so would violate the quoted passage.

And it's been generally understood from the time the Vice Delegate was created that they would not seek any other Cabinet-level office in the same term.
 
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I am not sure that I agree with your interpretation there. I think that clause applies to the Office of the Vice Delegate, saying that that office grants no powers beyond those granted in the constitution. It is says nothing about the person occupying the office of the Vice Delegate being unable to also occupy another Office, which would grant powers separately.

I think we may want a court ruling here on what exactly that clause means...
 
Ohhh. Yay!

I withdraw my self nomination :)

I do not want to get into that muckyness-- I only nominated myself because it looked like the position was about to become empty and I thought that would be just terrible.

I am thus running only for Vice Delegate and Security Council :bunny: :w00t:
 
Unfortunately there is a degree of murkiness surrounding the VD position (I blame EM :P) as it is the only elected deputy position. Although not specified, it is similar to the ban on running for more than one ministerial post. It would create more problems down the line if the Delegate goes AWOL and the VD is a serving cabinet minister as well.

Its probably an area of the constitution that should get an overhaul, if we all survive the election...

Oh, and the nomination period is open for another 24 hours or so.
 
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