CPL.nm leadership election, 2015

The Communist Party of Lovia (neo-marxist) leadership election, 2015 is an upcoming election held on July 1st, 2015 to elect the new leader and deputy leader of the Party. The election was announced by Party leadership after the leftist government was dissolved by Anna Maria Whithdonck-Malsky and the CPL.nm MOTCs stepped down from their cabinet positions. Incumbent leader Jon Johnson welcomed the election and announced that he would stand again. The rules were established by the Party committee, creating election standards, and to alert all members that an election would be held.

Rules
The rules for the election state that any member of the CPL.nm, Lovian Unionist Syndicate, Vox Populi or the Oceana Marxistiski-Leninistiski Parti o'Eesheckt can vote in the election. The ballots could be picked up at a local CPL.nm party headquarters, showing an ID, and having their assigned ballot given to them. Another option was having the ballot mailed to the intended voter and returning it by June 28th. A final option was coming to the Malipa Civic Auditorium the on June 30th or July 1st, the day of the election, and casting a vote. All votes would have to be marked with Name and an ID number to make sure each vote was counted and no election fraud could be committed. In addition the Party announced that the date for candidacies would be from May 30th to June 6th and that campaigning would occur in the intervening time between the last day of candidacies and the actual election.

According to an official CPL.nm tally, between all the interest groups, unions, and Parties, 20,405 members could vote in the upcoming election. This was due to the upsurge of membership after the 2015 elections, in which CPL.nm members accounted for 9,767 of the members.

To become a candidate for the leadership or deputy leadership a candidate must be a CPL.nm member for at least five months and collect two hundred signatures either online or in person. The deadline to fulfill this measure is July 5th.

Candidates
Here is a list of announced candidates:

Leadership Election

 * May 30th, 2015 - Miroslav Znalic was the first to announce his candidacy for CPL.nm leadership. Announced two hours after the declaration, Znalic called for the Party to embrace "radical emancipatory politics" and start by actually taking Communist positions. In his "three points" he calls for the abolition of the Monarchy, nationalization of public transportation, and a raise of the minimum wage.
 * May 30th, 2015 - Jon Johnson was the second to announce his candidacy for the leadership role. The incumbent leader state that he was able to revive the Party and able to lead the Party towards greater successes in the future. Johnson announced a unity of leftist parties and that if re-elected will deliver a CPL.nm with "seats in double digits" in the next election.

Deputy Leadership Election

 * May 31st, 2015 -