Candidacy Declarations: November 2017 Special Speaker Election

This Special Election, The North Pacific will be electing a Speaker, to serve until the next election in January. Any Citizen who has been a member for the last 15 days (since October 25, 2017) is eligible to run for this office. 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=1510241400) (your forum time) to (time=1510500600) (your forum time). Voting will be approximately from (time=1510673400) (your forum time) to (time=1511105400) (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. Darcania
2. James Urquhart

Nominees:

1. Zeek
2. Lord Ravenclaw

Declined Nomination:

1. Zyvetskistaahn
2. Sanctaria
3. Pallaith
4. Brend0g
5. Sil Dorsett
6. Gladio
7. Siwale
8. ABC
9. Crushing Our Enemies

Invalid Nominees:

1. @@InvalidNominees@@

Election Commissioners: SillyString and Syrixia

I nominate Darcania for Speaker of the Regional Assembly

I nominate Crushing Our Enemies for Speaker of the Regional Assembly

I nominate Zyvetskistaahn, Sanctaria, Zeek, and James Urquhart for the office of Speaker of the Regional Assembly.

abc:

I nominate Zyvetskistaahn [...] for the office of Speaker of the Regional Assembly.

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I'm afraid that I must decline my nomination.

I decline my nomination.

Siwale:

I nominate Darcania for Speaker of the Regional Assembly

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I accept my nomination.

abc:

I nominate Zyvetskistaahn, Sanctaria, Zeek, and James Urquhart for the office of Speaker of the Regional Assembly.

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I accept my nomination.

I nominate Pallaith, Lord Ravenclaw, Brendog, Sil Dorsett, Gladio, Siwale, and ABC.

Befuddled and maybe bemused, I decline my nomination.

mcmasterdonia:

I nominate Pallaith, Lord Ravenclaw, Brendog, Sil Dorsett, Gladio, Siwale, and ABC.

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I respectfully decline my nomination.

I second Lord Ravenclaw.

I second Darcania (not sure if I can do this so just delete this if its not something i can do)

mcmasterdonia:

I nominate Pallaith, Lord Ravenclaw, Brendog, Sil Dorsett, Gladio, Siwale, and ABC.

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I respectfully decline my nomination.

mcmasterdonia:

I nominate [...] Siwale [...].

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Thank you for the nomination but I must respectfully decline.

mcmasterdonia:

I nominate Pallaith, Lord Ravenclaw, Brendog, Sil Dorsett, Gladio, Siwale, and ABC.

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I decline my nomination

mcmasterdonia:

I nominate Pallaith, Lord Ravenclaw, Brendog, Sil Dorsett, Gladio, Siwale, and ABC.

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I will respectfully decline this nomination.

Post has been updated with current nominees and candidates, as well as the list of citizens eligible to run.

I decline my nomination.

Candidacy declarations have closed. No further nominations or candidacy declarations will be acknowledged. Voting will begin at approximately (time=1510675200) (your forum time).

This topic will remain open in the case of any withdrawals of candidacy.