Candidate Declaration Thread

[bullmoose88]

I hereby announce my candidacy for Senate for District One.

[7,052,770]

I will be running for reelection in August.

[bgwah]

Oh what the hell.

I'm running for Senate in whatever district Washington is in.

[minionofmidas]

Oh what the hell.

I'm running for Senate in whatever district Washington is in.

3 hours and 42 minutes late. Sorry.

[Speed of Sound]

I, Speed Of Sound,would like to yet again represent the fine people of the fourth district in the Atlasian Senate.

[bgwah]

Oh what the hell.

I'm running for Senate in whatever district Washington is in.

3 hours and 42 minutes late. Sorry.

Haha, did anyone else declare in time?

Anyway, can I declare that I will be running as a write-in?

[afleitch]

I think the ballot is officially empty...barring Mr Write-in and Mr NOTA

[minionofmidas]

Oh what the hell.

I'm running for Senate in whatever district Washington is in.

3 hours and 42 minutes late. Sorry.

Haha, did anyone else declare in time?

Anyway, can I declare that I will be running as a write-in?

You already have. As has Speed of Sound.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I will be running for the Mideast Senate seat.

[minionofmidas]

As per the Candidate Regulations - "
(...) Section 2. Declaration Thread.
(a) The Department of Forum Affairs shall maintain a stickied thread in the Atlas Fantasy Elections board for handling all declarations by candidates concerning any Federal election.
(b) In the case of a regular election the filing period shall begin 28 days before the start of the election.
(c) In the case of a special election the filing period shall begin as soon as the need for a special election is recognized by the Department of Forum Affairs.
(d) The Department shall make a post in the declaration thread when the filing period for an election begins. Any post concerning an election made in the declaration thread before the filing period begins shall be ignored by the Department. (...) "
I am supposed to ignore your statement.

[Keystone Phil]

I will be a candidate for President in the October elections.

[minionofmidas]

Not only this,

As per the Candidate Regulations - "
(...) Section 2. Declaration Thread.
(a) The Department of Forum Affairs shall maintain a stickied thread in the Atlas Fantasy Elections board for handling all declarations by candidates concerning any Federal election.
(b) In the case of a regular election the filing period shall begin 28 days before the start of the election.
(c) In the case of a special election the filing period shall begin as soon as the need for a special election is recognized by the Department of Forum Affairs.
(d) The Department shall make a post in the declaration thread when the filing period for an election begins. Any post concerning an election made in the declaration thread before the filing period begins shall be ignored by the Department. (...) "
I am supposed to ignore your statement.

but you also need to announce a running mate with your declaration. And it ain't valid til said running mate declares it's okay with him.

[True Democrat]

I am running for Senate in my region.

[Jake]

I'll be a candidate for President in the AFRNC Primary.

[Keystone Phil]

May it be noted that I am now a candidate for the Presidency as a member of the AFRNC and Afleitch is my running mate.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I will be a candidate for President and Doctor Cynic is my running mate.

[minionofmidas]

In case someone's wondering, the filing period officially begins tomorrow.

Btw... there seems to be no special reason for the 21-day time frame (28 days to 7 days before the election) except Ernest's "Regulations". There's no legal reason why the filing period for the next general election can't begin right after the last one's results have been certified.

Therefore, I've decided not to be fascistic about it.
The DoFA recognizes the following candidacies as filed so far

Presidential Tickets
none

President
Al (with Doctor Cynic, if he agrees in this thread)
Keystone Phil (with Afleitch, if he agrees in this thread)

Vice President
none

Senate
-Northeast
TD
-Mideast
BRTD
-Midwest
none
-Southeast
none
-Pacific
none

Jake, the AFRNC's internal processes for picking a Presidential Candidate are none of the DoFA's business.

The filing period ends October 11th, 00:00am Eastern Time.

[DWPerry]

I declare my candidacy for SE Senate

I only need 5 more posts until I reach 100 posts which will make me eligible to hold office.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

The Regulations were only intended to state how I was going to do things, not bind future SoFA's if they wanted to so something different.  Anyway, I'm declaring for Northeast Senator myself.

[Dr. Cynic]

I agree to be Al's running mate.

[minionofmidas]

The Regulations were only intended to state how I was going to do things, not bind future SoFA's if they wanted to so something different.  Anyway, I'm declaring for Northeast Senator myself.

Anything else in your regulations remains in place.

I'll probably put the change up on the wiki in formal language soon.

Btw, when I said the filing period ends with the beginning of the 11th, it was in the mistaken assumption that today is wednesday. :/ The filing period ends with the beginning of the 12th.

[minionofmidas]

The DoFA recognizes the following candidacies as filed so far

Presidential Tickets
Al / Dr. Cynic

President
Keystone Phil (with Afleitch, if he agrees in this thread)

Vice President
none

Senate
-Northeast
Ernest
TD
-Mideast
BRTD
-Midwest
none
-Southeast
DWPerry
-Pacific
fezzyfestoon

[afleitch]

I do agree, and confirm that I am running for Vice President with Keystone Phil

[MasterJedi]

I'll be running for re-election to the Mideast Senate seat.

[jerusalemcar5]

I do agree, and confirm that I am running for Vice President with Keystone Phil

*gasps*

How horrible.  Well this will be an easy choice then.