9/3/23 Delegate Straw Poll

[Liberdon]

Under standing order NS 300-4, the Senator for New Republica South is tasked with managing the Grand Debate Hall, overseeing debates and conducting straw polls for when delegate elections are near. The exact passage reads as follows:

Oct 30, 2019 21:10:16 GMT -5 Paffnia said:

1. The Senator for New Republica South shall be responsible for running and promoting debates and straw polls, with questions of their own and/or questions solicited from the broader community, including:

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C. Straw polls for delegate, with results posted prior to the opening of delegate candidate declarations

Purpose

Delegate Straw Polls are undertaken to advise any potential candidates for the position of Delegate about whether there is an interest in them running for office. To accomplish this, the Delegate Straw Poll begins well in advance of Delegate declarations, with the results revealed in time for the Delegate declarations as well. This will give ample time to any candidates to decide whether to run or not.

Method

All forum registered 10000 Islands citizens are eligible to participate in the Delegate Straw Poll. To notify potential voters, I will be sending a forum Personal Message (PM) to everyone with the masking WA 10000 Islander, TITO member, or TITO knight, who have been shown to be active in the past five (5) days. I'll also be sending a PM to all current members of the Council of Nine and TITO Command.

If you are a registered 10000 Islands citizen but have not received a PM from me, you are free to send one to Liberdon .

Each citizen may vote for up to three candidates. Each citizen should vote for any person they believe would make a good 10000 Islands WA Delegate and that they would like to see run for Delegacy.

You vote by sending a PM to Liberdon directly (responding to the PM you received) listing your choices. I will not disclose individual voters' ballots to others. You may not vote for yourself.

You can also only vote for eligible candidates, determined by standing order NS 29-1. The requirements are as stated:

Mar 31, 2011 19:36:26 GMT -5 Cerb said:

1) Minimum of 10 TITO Battle Stars
2) Minimum of 50 forum posts

TITO members can find current battle star counts in the private war records. If you are a non-TITO member, and are unsure if a candidate has achieved the aforementioned requirements, you are welcome to ask Liberdon .

All TITO Knights are automatically eligible as they have reached 50 battle stars.

Delegate Straw Poll voting will close after five (5) days on the 8th of September. Ballots received after 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (8:59 pm PST, 4:59 am UTC, 11:59 am EST) on the 8th of September will not considered. Results of the Delegate Straw Poll will be posted as soon as convenient subsequently. Results will show the total number of votes for each nation that received votes and the total number of ballots submitted. Results will not include who voted for which nation.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask in this thread or by PM to Liberdon .

Liberdon

Senator for New Republica South - 10000 Islands

[Clintia]

Excuse Me Liberdon, But May I Ask "Where Is The Strawpoll?", I Cannot Seem To Find What Thread It Is On, I've Only Found This.

[Lenlyvit]

Sept 3, 2023 0:10:41 GMT -5 Clintia said:

Excuse Me Liberdon, But May I Ask "Where Is The Strawpoll?", I Cannot Seem To Find What Thread It Is On, I've Only Found This.

The way it works is you send a forum private message to Liberdon listing the three members of TITO you would like to see run for delegate.

[Markanite]

Thanks for this Liberdon!

Looking forward to seeing the results!

[Lenlyvit]

I will make it publicly known though that I will not be running for re-election this month.

[Valentian Elysium]

Thank you Liberdon for hosting this!

[Liberdon]

Thank you to everyone who cast their ballots! The results are as follows:

Wille-Harlia - 6
Astrobolt - 5
Valentian Elysium - 4
Tuga Nation's Dragon - 3
Jabberwocky - 3
Flying Eagles - 3
Aschente - 3
Lenlyvit - 2
Louisistan - 2
Hakketomat - 2
Porflox - 1
Eastern New England - 1
Haivon - 1
New Kowloon Bay - 1
Markanite - 1

[Jabberwocky]

I got three votes! An increase of 300%. Usually I get 1.

[Wille-Harlia]

Sorry to disappoint, but I won't be running for Delegate. I'm honored that six of you think me worthy of the position, but right now I'm focused on the Ministry of Culture.

[Tuga Nation's Dragon]

I thank the ones who voted for me, but I'm currently finishing my Master's and I don't have the spare time needed the position requires...

[Valentian Elysium]

I am likewise honoured to the 4 people who voted for me. I actually thought quite a bit whether I should run for delegate or not, but I think I will sit this round out as well. I don't think I'd be able to manage it right now, or the next 6 months, and I'm happy at my post in the Ministry of Education for now.

[Astrobolt]

I’d like to thank everyone who voted for me, I’m honoured that 5 of you think I would make a good Delegate. I thought quite a lot about whether to run, and am pleased to announce my candidacy. You can take a look at my rough platform here: 10000islands.proboards.com/thread/44304/astrobolt-delegate?page=1&scrollTo=1905708.