Candidacy Declarations: July 2017 Special Speaker Election

This Special Election, The North Pacific will be electing a Speaker to serve until the next election in September. Any Citizen who has been a member for the last 15 days (since June 18) is eligible to run for these offices. Loss of Citizenship before the conclusion of this election will also result in loss of eligibility to run for any office during this election. A list of those eligible to run is provided below.

To run, one must either accept a nomination or declare candidacy in this thread. To withdraw from running, one must post a withdrawal of candidacy in this thread.

Acceptances of nominations, declarations of candidacy, and withdrawals of candidacy posted outside this thread will be discounted. Acceptance of a nomination is understood to also constitute declaration of candidacy even if no nomination has been made. Acceptances of nominations, declarations of candidacy, and withdrawals of candidacy must be posted during the candidacy declaration period to be valid. The candidacy declaration period is from (time=1499092200) (your forum time) to (time=1499351400) (your forum time). Voting will be approximately from (time=1499524200) (your forum time) to (time=1499956200) (your forum time).

This topic is intended for nominations, acceptances of nominations, declarations of candidacy, and withdrawals of candidacy; it may not be used for campaigning. Please keep in mind that lying about the election is election fraud, and that lying for any purpose is fraud.

*Loss of Citizenship before the conclusion of this election will also result in loss of eligibility to run for any office during this election.

Candidates:

1. Owenstacey
2. Abbey

Nominees:
Declined Nomination:

1. Goyanes
2. Citrus Maximus
3. Nogori

Invalid Nominees:

Election Commissioners: Darcania and SillyString

I nominate Owenstacey.

I second the above nomination

Darcania:

I nominate Owenstacey.

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I accept my nomination for Speaker.

Thank you both for nominating me.

OP updated.

I stand for speaker.

OP updated.

I nominate Nogori and Goyanes

I nominate Citrus Maximus to be speaker

DtruASIA:

I nominate Citrus Maximus to be speaker

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I want to run for Speaker

OP updated.

I reject my nomination and all future nominations.
~Goy

I would like to be removed as a candidate, as I will be attempting to become Deputy Speaker

OP updated.

I decline my nomination.

OP updated.

Just a quick reminder that candidacy declarations close about nine hours from now ((time=1499351400)).

Thus ends the candidacy declarations period. Voting will begin at approximately (time=1499524200) (your forum time).