Temporary Headquarters of the Labor Party (Leadership election)

[F. Joe Haydn]

LABOR PARTY OF ATLASIA
EMERGENCY LEADERSHIP ELECTION
JUNE-JULY 2017

FOR CHAIR
[2] Tim Turner of the South
[1] Windjammer of Fremont
[  ] Write-in :

[F. Joe Haydn]

Wow, the Tuesday Night Massacre is making the Laborpocalypse 2017 seem like a golden age. However, I will stay loyal to my party. With that in mind, considering that the party is now leaderless, I would like to nominate myself for the leadership position.

However, because there is no current leader, I'm not sure how the nomination process would work. The bylaws, I believe, assume that there is always a leader of the party, acting or otherwise, so I don't believe that the bylaws detail how the party should choose a leader in the absence of any beforehand. So, although I'm not sure if this is allowed in the bylaws, I will declare for the nomination and request that I be nominated by acclamation. Of course, there is no one to request to, so I will consider myself to be elected by unanimous consent if no Laborite objects to my becoming leader within the next 48 hours.

I'm running because the party definitely needs a leader as soon as possible if it is to survive at all, and, although I could be mistaken, I believe that I am one of the few former or current federal officeholders who is still at least somewhat active in Atlasia who is currently still registered as a member of the Labor Party, considering all the sudden departures of prominent figures from the party that have occurred recently.

[F. Joe Haydn]

I hope Labor agrees to endorse my candidacy. We can't have petty infighting when the stakes are so high and our goals are the same.

If I become leader of the Labor Party, I will have it endorse you.

[F. Joe Haydn]

With 48 hours having passed and no Laborites having objected to my nomination, I hereby declare myself Chairman of the Labor Party.

The most recent convention was held in early October, and the bylaws state that a new convention must be held every four months. That means that there will be a convention in early February. For whatever reason, no convention city for the upcoming convention was chosen at the October convention. Therefore, we will nominate and then vote for a convention city now. The convention must be held in Lincoln, as it is the region where a convention was least recently held.

Laborites have 24 hours to nominate a convention city for the February convention.

I nominate Boston, Massachusetts.

[F. Joe Haydn]

who are you appointing to the House? Govanah Jake?

There's someone I have in mind. I sent him a PM, but I still have yet to hear back from him.

[F. Joe Haydn]

As I was approved as Chairman by acclamation, the same process shall be used to confirm The Govanah Jake for Deputy Chair. If no Laborite objects to his nomination in 48 hours, then he will be approved as Deputy Chair by unanimous consent.

[F. Joe Haydn]

With more than 24 hours having passed, the list of nominations for convention city are the following:
Boston, MA

Laborites shall now have 48 hours to vote for the convention city, though they may only voted for those nominated.

[X] Boston, Massachusetts

[F. Joe Haydn]

Well, the person that I had in mind to appoint to the House declined, so I hereby appoint The Govanah Jake to the Atlasian House of Representatives the serve the rest of Illiniwek's term.

I also hereby appoint The Govanah Jake as Congressional Leader of the Labor Party, as following his appointment and swearing in, he will be the only Labor Party federal officeholder.

[F. Joe Haydn]

With more than 48 hours having passed, The Govanah Jake has been confirmed as Deputy Chair of the Labor Party.

[F. Joe Haydn]

With over 48 hours having passed, Boston, MA has been chosen by the voters of the Labor Party as the site for the upcoming Labor Party Convention. The convention will now open shortly.

[F. Joe Haydn]

This assumes that you actually go to the Chamber, which you don't.

At least I didn't get my party to prop up a dead guy who will have a 0% attendance rate.

We actually didn't do anything. The people just prefer a dead guy over you.

Federalist puppets support other federalist puppets. No surprise there.

Fairboi was likely recruited for the seat by the Feds, but they also couldn't know about how he wouldn't campaign. So no, they didn't "prop up" anyone.

Please have this discussion in another thread, as it is not needed in the headquarters of the Labor Party.

[F. Joe Haydn]

I ask for the endorsement of the Labor Party in the upcoming Fremont Senate election.

I ask for the endorsement of the Labor party in the upcoming house election.

Sure, I could use an endorsement too.

I also ask for the endorsement of the Labor Party in the upcoming Fremont Senate election

All of your requests have been duly noted. In the meantime, I hereby motion to expel Young Texan from the Labor Party. I didn't realize that he was a member of the Party, and if I had known I would have motioned to expel him much earlier. Young Texan was forced to resign from the Senate in disgrace after a scandal in which he engaged in identity fraud on the IRC. I believe that he does not belong in the Party. Also, he is clearly just in the Party to be a troll, as his views do not match up with the Party's views at all. I don't believe that the bylaws mention expulsion from the Party, so instead, with the powers vested in me as Chair, I move that Young Texan be expelled by acclamation. In order to avoid a long and bureaucratic process, if no one objects to the articles of expulsion by 11:59 PM EST tonight, then Young Texan shall be officially expelled from the Labor Party.

[F. Joe Haydn]

Sure, I could use an endorsement too.

Sure, I could use an endorsement too.

This for my house campaign

Both of your requests have been duly noted. Meanwhile, Young Texan has been officially expelled from the Labor Party. I also have a very big announcement to make. I hereby motion to merge the Labor Party with the Progressive Union Party. I know that it would be extremely sad to see Labor go, but at this point the Party really has no reason to exist anymore. It is very inactive, and no Labor candidates ever run for political office anymore. At this point, all Labor is doing is dividing the anti-Federalist, progressive left. If Labor were to merge with the PUP, then a popular, united front for liberalism could be established. I will now open voting for the merger. Voting will last 48 hours.

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[F. Joe Haydn]

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[F. Joe Haydn]

Laborites, there is currently less than 24 hours left to vote, so be sure to make your voice heard on the proposed Labor-PUP merger!

[F. Joe Haydn]

But we have digressed from the fact that it seems like 3.5% may dictate the other 96.5%'s registration, which is quite possibly a violation of the Federal electoral which establishes registration as a something registrants may "optionally state". Which to my eye implies optional on their end.

It's not my fault that the Party is so inactive and no one else is voting. I've sent PM's to Labor Party members and have posted in this thread reminding them to vote, but to no avail.

[F. Joe Haydn]

I object! The Labor Party should be merging into the Mario Party! Mr. Chairman, please cancel this vote!

Objection overruled.

[F. Joe Haydn]

With more than 48 hours having passed, all Laborites who have voted on the merger have unanimously decided to merge the Labor Party with the Progressive Union Party. When I held the vote, I imagined that the merger would take effect immediately, and all Laborites would become members of the Progressive Union Party. However, some concerns have been raised about about this process not complying with the Constitution, so I don't really know how the merger will work in practice. I'll probably have to talk with some constitutional experts in order to figure out how the merger will logistically take place. But also, I would like to note that each Laborite having to change their registration to PUP manually would inevitably lead to some Laborites not doing so, as there are many inactive Atlasians in the Party. So what would be done with Atlasians who would end up being members of a party that no longer exists?