3/24 Delegate Straw Poll

[Valentian Elysium]

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

However, as the seat for NRS is currently vacant, and the Minister for Education is close enough for NRS, I will be conducting this election cycle's straw poll.

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 Valentian Elysium .

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 Valentian Elysium 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 Valentian Elysium .

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

Delegate Straw Poll voting will close after three (3) days on the 9th of March. Ballots received after 23:59 Eastern Standard Time (20:59 PT, 5:00 GMT the next day) on the 9th of March 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 Valentian Elysium .

Valentian Elysium

Minister for Education - 10000 Islands

[Valentian Elysium]

Apologies for the lateness, the deadline has closed at the time before. I will now tally the results, and will post them soon.

[Valentian Elysium]

After tallying all the votes, of which there were 11, I can hereby proclaim the results:

Astrobolt - 9
Valentian Elysium - 5
Jabberwocky - 4
Pantso - 3
Markanite - 2
Flying Eagles - 1
Wille-Harlia - 1
Onfande - 1
Aschente - 1

Thank you to everyone voted, and look forward to the real elections, starting in just 2 days!

-Val, Minister for Education

[Flying Eagles]

Thanks for whoever voted for XKI diplomacy to be conducted with out-of-control Eagles pooing everywhere while in allied palaces, but I'll skip on running for delegate this time

[Elite]

The thought of Mark standing down from Chief Executive and then immediately running for Delegate is very funny to me.

[Valentian Elysium]

I thank the 5 people that voted for me.
However, at this time I would not like to run for delegate, as my irl is very busy, and will be soon. My absence from computers in the summer/travelling around would also impact my ability to perform the role of Delegate. So thank you, but perhaps another time.

[Wille-Harlia]

Not this time, but soon.

[Aschente]

I thabk the mysterious stranger who put my name is but I am happy with my current position.