Forum:State elections

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State Elections are elections that are held in Lovia and in which Governors and Deputy Governors are elected. Currently, State Elections are being held in the months of September and October.

Governor Candidates, 2013
Lovian citizens that have a residence in a state may run for governor in that state -- but no other states, regardless of whether they have a residence in the other state or not.

Candidacies
How to fill it out: These candidates run in the State Elections, 2013:
 * Name - small party logo and party abbriviation or name; political views (i.e. conservative, progressive)
 * Candidacy filed: use five of these: ~ (tildes) for just date stamp
 * Residence within state: (i.e. Noble City, SY)

OPEN September 16th CLOSED October 1st

Kings

 * Marcel Cebara Ul3.png - United Left: Social democrat, progressive, socially liberal
 * 15:56, September 17, 2013 (UTC)
 * Newcastle, KI
 * Jhon Lewis : Christian-democrat, conservative, nationalist
 * 17:59, September 17, 2013 (UTC)
 * Abby Springs, Newhaven, KI
 * Rakham Tarik Al-Asmari - GP Logo.png Green Party; Third Position
 * 20:25, September 17, 2013 (UTC)
 * Thameen, KI

Oceana

 * Justin Abrahams Ul3.png - United Left: Social-democrat, minority rightist
 * 15:07, September 17, 2013 (UTC)
 * Hurbanova, OC

Seven

 * Semyon Breyev - independent liberal.
 * 11:56, September 17, 2013 (UTC)
 * Novosevensk, SE

Sylvania

 * Lukas Hoffmann - LogoCNP2wt.png Conservative Nationalist Party; Socially Libertarian, Economically Liberal, Regionalist
 * 12:06, September 17, 2013 (UTC)
 * Noble City, SY
 * Ygo August Donia
 * 19:56, September 17, 2013 (UTC)
 * Donia Clan, Magna Augusta (right across the Sylvania-Oceana border)
 * Nicholas Sheraldin - GP Logo.png Green Party; For the Environment, the People and the Truth!
 * 20:13, September 17, 2013 (UTC)
 * Noble City, SY

Voting
Opens October 1st. Voting begins at 7 AM (PDT, UTC-7) in Noble City, equivalent to 4 PM (CEST, UTC+2) in Brussels, and to 10 AM (EDT, UTC-4) on the US East Coast.

Legal requirements

 * One must be a citizen of Lovia.
 * One must have an official residence in the state where one wants to cast a vote. Therefore, a citizen can cast votes in a minimum of one and a maximum of three states. Please check whether you have a legal residence in a state before voting; this info can be found here.

Voting per state

 * Please respect the page layout!

Each citizen can cast one vote to one candidate in each state that they have a residence in. Votes to a candidate may be cast by residents of the state, but not by those who are not residents of the state. The entire election regulations can be read in the Constitution. Fraud will be persecuted.

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