Forum:Federal elections

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Federal Elections are elections that are held in Lovia and in which Members of the Congress are elected. Mid-term elections can be held to fill seats. The next elections will occur in December 2012 and January 2013.

MOTC Candidates, 2013
All Lovian citizens have the right to run for Member of the Congress. Elected citizens will gain a variable amount of seats in Congress depending on the amount of votes cast for them. No executive branch positions, including the Prime Minister, are elected in the Federal Elections. Candidacies begin and end on December 10th and December 31st respectively.

Candidacies
Your candidacy must be added correctly and must not obstruct those of other citizens.


 * Name - small party logo and party abbreviation or name; political views (i.e. conservative, progressive)
 * Candidacy filed: use for date stamp
 * Primary residence: (such as Noble City, SY)
 * User name: (the name used to sign in)

These candidates run in the Federal Elections, 2013:

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 * Nicholas Sheraldin - GP Logo.png Green Party; liberal environmentalist
 * 09:00, December 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * Bayside, Noble City, Sylvania
 * User:77topaz


 * Semyon Breyev - independent. Christian, liberal, pragmatist and lots of other vague words.
 * 09:06, December 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * Novosevensk, Seven
 * User:Semyon


 * Charles Alexander Bennett - Independent; moderate to centre-left
 * 09:43, December 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * Charleston, Sylvania
 * User: -Sunkist-


 * Lukas Hoffmann - LogoCNP.png Conservative Nationalist Party; Conservative Libertarian
 * 11:36, December 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * The Mall, Noble City, Sylvania
 * User:Kunarian


 * William Krosby - SLP logo.png SLP; progressive; centre to centre-left
 * 11:55, December 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * Pines, Newhaven, Kings
 * User:TimeMaster


 * Justin Abrahams - Labour Party: social-democrat, progressive
 * 14:56, December 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * Hurbanova, Oceana
 * User:horton11


 * Dave Leskromento - LogoCNP.png Conservative Nationalist Party:- conservative, libertarian
 * 15:54, December 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * Train Village
 * User:Happy65


 * Rakham Tarik Al-Asmari - GP Logo.png Green Party; conservative environmentalist
 * 15:58, December 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * Hurket-on-Kings, Portland, Kings
 * User:Vivaporius


 * Taiyō no Eisei - Mccp_logo.png Christian Democratic Party; Conservative, Rightist, Christian
 * 21:50, December 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * Kinley, Seven
 * User:Quarantine Zone


 * Christopher Costello - ; Conservative, liberal, libertarian, awesomist
 * 23:43, December 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * Downtown, Noble City, Sylvania
 * User:Pikapi


 * Matthew McComb - ; Conservative, liberal, libertarian
 * 23:43, December 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * New Town, Noble City, Sylvania
 * User:Therider


 * George Underhill - GP Logo.png Green Party; liberal environmentalist
 * 00:08, December 11, 2012 (UTC)
 * Little Europe, Noble City, Sylvania
 * User:George the Greek


 * Lucy Austira - SLP logo.png SLP; social liberal, left-wing, moderate
 * 00:53, December 11, 2012 (UTC)
 * Drake Town, Hurbanova, Oceana
 * User:Daembrales


 * James Torres - SLP logo.png SLP; social left, progressive
 * 01:05, December 11, 2012 (UTC)
 * Noble City, Sylvania
 * User:Granero


 * Richard Luton - ; progressive
 * 19:01, December 11, 2012 (UTC)
 * Noble City, Sylvania
 * User:Masterire
 * Marcus Villanova - Lovian_Labour_Party.png :social democrat, progressive
 * 23:55, December 11, 2012 (UTC)
 * somewhere in the mountains of oceana
 * User:Crystalbeastdeck09


 * Martijn Mans - Lmp logo.png Limburgish Minority Party: conservative, Limburgish
 * 15:11, December 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * Drake Town, Oceana
 * User:MartijnM

Voting
CLOSED

Only citizens can vote. Each citizen can cast three votes, a Major Vote (3 points), a Minor Vote (2 points) and a Support Vote (1 point). Votes may be cast for any candidate, even oneself, but multiple votes may not be cast to the same candidate. The entire election regulations can be read in the Constitution. Fraud will be persecuted. Voting begins and ends on January 1st and January 21st respectively.

Please use:
 * Template:Major Vote
 * Template:Minor Vote
 * Template:Support Vote

Please do not lower the quality of the page layout. Your votes must be cast correctly and must not obstruct those of other citizens.


 * Name - Party Name and Logo; Ideology
 * Votes


 * Example User - 20px ExParty; exemplary example
 * --User:ExampleVoter 00:00, January 1, 2013 (UTC)





Seats
Seats will be calculated mathematically by a government representative. The percentage of votes of the total that a candidate receives in the voting state directly correlates with the number of seats that each candidate receives. Seats will be calculated immediately after the end of the voting stage.


 * Name - Party Name and Logo; Ideology
 * Seats


 * Example User - 20px ExParty; exemplary example
 * 10

After Elections

 * January 21st - End of voting session.
 * January 22nd - January 31st - Coalitions are made (you can list your coalitions here). Add your congresspeople and party leaders to the National Congressperson Order.
 * February 1st - Inauguration Day.
 * February 1st - February 9th - Approval of Prime Minister and the Federal Secretaries. Election of the Speaker of the Congress.
 * February 10th and beyond - Normal Congressional activities.