Candidate Declaration Thread

[Napoleon]

I for one will sue if a legitimate candidate is excluded from the ballot because our SoFE decided he wantes to play drama queen.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Do not threaten me. I will presume your above post is a joke. If it is reposted, I will be sending a letter to the President, AND, re-entering the race.

[Napoleon]

The President should fire you and run the election himself, putting all legitimate candidates on the ballot.

How about this? Don't threaten our democracy by announcing your intention to preemptively sabotage an election to settle your personal vendettas.

[Napoleon]

I'm hoping that your decision to exclude candidates from the ballot is a joke.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I'm re-announcing my candidacy for Senate.

And I resign as SoFE because I refuse to accept your definition of "Democracy"

[Junkie]

I'm re-announcing my candidacy for Senate.

And I resign as SoFE because I refuse to accept your definition of "Democracy"

Teddy, I hope you re-think this, because you are the best in this position.  On the other hand, I think you running for the Senate is great, even though we will probably steal votes from each other.   Do not make a decision rashly.

No on to the point in question.  Here is how I see it.  The law states that:

Section 4: The Department of Federal Elections
 
The duties of the Department of Federal Elections, performed by the Secretary shall be:
 1.To act in most cases as the Administrator of any federal voting booth and absentee voting booth, including for elections to the Presidency, Vice-Presidency, Senate, and any nationwide federal poll, excepting Impeachment Trial polls.
 2.To administer the declaration of candidacies for federal elections.
3.To represent the Federal Government in any federal election dispute, with such assistance from the Attorney General as shall be expedient.
 4.To provide consultancy to the Regions on matters of electoral administration and federal electoral precedent when requested by a Regional official responsible for elections.
 5.To administer a Regional election when requested by a Region, but only with the consent of the President, and with possibility of review by the Senate within 5 days.

It all comes down what "administer the declaration of candidacies" means.  It is not defined in the lstatute, so it is open to interpretation.  However, amendments appear to invalidate candidate declarations made more than two months before the election.  Thus, in my opinion, while it may argued that "administering" allows interpretation by the SOFE, I do not think so. 

Therefore the only question is whether Archangel Zero announced more than two months before the earliest possible date of the election.

Again, Teddy please don't leave over a few comments. 

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I'm not leaving Atlasia.

[Junkie]

I'm not leaving Atlasia.

I meant your position, unless of course you are just sick of it and want to be in the Senate.  Then I would say do it.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I've already quit as SoFE, and, am running for Senate as we speak.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

I would hope people wouldn't take being sued personally. Sometimes it's the only way to resolve an uncertainty in the law.

[Lambsbread]

My God I go to sleep for a few hours and this happens.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Oh for the love od God...

[Oakvale]

Something of an overreaction to what would amount to legal clarifciation on a possible issue, IMO...

Sorry to see you quit, Teddy.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

If Junkie's post had been Napoleon's post, I'd be proceeding right now with 'him' on the ballot. If Napoleon's post had been Junkie's post I'd still have resigned because the 1 thing I asked for - to not be threatened - was not listened to.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I would hope people wouldn't take being sued personally. Sometimes it's the only way to resolve an uncertainty in the law.

And I would have welcomed it. After the election. I do not take well to threats.

[Oakvale]

Not that it matters now, but I'd hardly consider Napoleon's post a threat. He was just giving notice that he'd (rightly or wrongly) sue in the event that you didn't list Archangel on the ballot.

It'll be interesting to see if whoever administrates the election now lists Arch or not.

[TJ in Oregon]

It will be interesting to see if they list him how many votes he gets.

[Napoleon]

It will be interesting to see if they list him how many votes he gets.

Ill put him over Teddy because I don't take well to being threatened.

[Sewer]

We need anotha candydate.

ok



I am announcing my candidacy for Senate.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

Uhm...so, I had genuinely believed I already did this, but for the sake of clarification, I withdraw my candidacy for the Senate.

I apologize for any confusion this has created on the matter.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Uhm...so, I had genuinely believed I already did this, but for the sake of clarification, I withdraw my candidacy for the Senate.

I apologize for any confusion this has created on the matter.

So, I was right in the first place?

[Junkie]

Uhm...so, I had genuinely believed I already did this, but for the sake of clarification, I withdraw my candidacy for the Senate.

I apologize for any confusion this has created on the matter.

So, I was right in the first place?

It appears so.  However, under the law, that might not have been that important.  Quite frankly, it was a very interesting legal issue.  I do believe, that while I would not have voted for your view of your former role in the matter (if I were on the Court), the law was vague enough to support the conclusion that you could make that decision.  If the Court were to take that position, then your being right becomes more important.

Will you consider unquitting?

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

It is too late to unquit, and FTR, you were right and your post made me change my mind.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

After some consideration (I've had time to, due to the fact that nobody has personally attacked me in the past few hours) I am again withdrawing from the Senate race, and endorsing Sewer for Senate

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I suppose I should let people know that I am running for another term as Emperor.