The People's Party (The People's Thread)

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I suppose I'll say officially you all have 24 hours to declare before we vote.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

It's all about the shade of pink. I'm sure that's what Cinci is referring to. He's always been picky about his colors.

I would agree with you, considering regional chairs will be responsible for GOTV in their own region. It would only make sense for the VC to appoint them.

Also, please welcome HappyWarrior, ladies and gentlemen!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Yes, welcome TexasDem! I wish HW would tell us how happy he is to be here too.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

The declaration period is over. VOTING will begin at midnight!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

The Official Ballot is listed below, and voting will begin at midnight eastern time (39 minutes from now) and will last for 48 hours.

Ballot for The People's Party Leadership Core:

Chairman
[ ] Duke
[ ] Write-in:

Vice Chairman
[ ] Tmthforu94
[ ] Nix
[ ] Write-in:

Secretary
[ ] Spammage
[ ] Cincinnatus
[ ] Write-in:

On behalf of The People, I wish all the candidates luck. Run a spirited race. Pick the candidate you feel have the most experience and good will. The future of this Party depends on it!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Duke, I believe you spelled your name wrong, "Dule".

Sorry. It's thirsty thursday..

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Chair:
1. Duke

Vice chair:
1. Tmth
2. Nix

Secretary
1. Cinci
2. Spammage

Voting ends at midnight. I will be out so I can't declare it over. I just trust you all will remember.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

FINAL VOTES:

Duke elected as chair 10-0
Tmth elected as vice chair 6-4
Cincinnatus elected as secretary 6-4

Congrats to all the winners. Now, we have a responsibly to The People to get to work! Onwards and upwards!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Yes, now let's get started on the bylaws. I will try to publish most of it by tonight and we can start making changes and then vote on it. And appoint regional chairs as well. Anyone who is interested in being a regional chair, please make your voices heard!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Chairman
[1] Duke
[ ] Write-in:

Vice Chairman
[1] Tmthforu94
[ ] Nix
[ ] Write-in:

Secretary
[1] Spammage
[ ] Cincinnatus
[ ] Write-in:

Put down the bottle... voting ended a day ago

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

OK, here is the full leadership core text.

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[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

And now the bylaws for The Regional Party of The People

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[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

How we do our endorsements....

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And our glorious convention....

Add all of these together and we have our bylaws. I will set a 48 hour deadline for discussion on changes and the like before we have a final vote.

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[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

The People clearly have no interest in boring things like bylaws

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Okay. So let's ratify these bylaws as The People's Party Bylaws!

Those in favor vote aye, and those who oppose vote nay.

Voting will go for 48 hours!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Aye

On a side note, I was actually unaware the election started today. We need to appoint regional chairs asap and form some sort of coherent GOTV effort for our candidates like Ben, Oakvale, Nix, Cinci, etc.. I trust Tmth is on top of things though (i hope)

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Yes. I'd like to see us hit 100% turnout if we can get HappyWarrior to make an appearance.

We obviously didn't have time to have a convention and the like, so a 100% turnout goal is something we should shoot for this cycle. And of course getting all of our candidates into office!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Congrats to everyone! 3 senate seats isn't a bad start for The Party!

And yes, we do. Obviously the main goal of The Party is centered around The People and making every level of government as important as the next, and one of the main objective I want to see is subforums for each regional legislature to start, so people at the regional level don't feel like the step children to the major senate. Whether we write that into our platform remains to be seen.

I think our naysayers are just looking at reasons to count us out. The nasty little truth is, 75% of Atlasians believe in nearly the same "ideology" - center left socially and centrist economically, and this party should stand out from the rest in our reform ideas. Voting was up, but we want to give people a reason to play the game! Because when you don't have a reason to check these parts each day, what incentive do you have to play?

That was one of my passions when I created this party, because I've now been a governor, a senator, a retired person, and now a legislator in the IDS. I've seen what works and what doesn't work and what needs to be changed. If we want this new found interest in the game to last, let's make it happen. That's why this party is here! For every Atasian to have a voice and a purpose in the fantasy country we call Atlasia!

Wonderful job on the turnout though, and congrats to Ben, Oakvale, Nix, Cinci, and Simfan. Job well done everyone!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Can a nobody like me join this club?

Getting you to join is the only reason we exist... It's to win over your heart... To impress you

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

This might be the perfect party for me, especially coming off of our large Co-President re-election win!

I figure we needed a party to join in order to continue our dominance in the White House, so I created one for us based on our love and respect for every man, woman and child. I was hoping this would catch your eye sooner, but I'm sure you have a lot of other people wanting your love an attention..

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

We could also use a symbol and logo, although that's less important than the platform, of course.

Well, Wolfentoad and Spamage made logos already, but will we use either one of their's? I like Spamage's a lot (although I think we need a more bright, positive color than black).

Yeah, we have quite a bit of work to do before the next election cycle. Platform, color, logo, etc..

I may try my hand at making one for the vote as well if I can find the time in the next few days.

As for our color... gold? sky blue? sounds like some aren't a fan of pink.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

We could also use a symbol and logo, although that's less important than the platform, of course.

Well, Wolfentoad and Spamage made logos already, but will we use either one of their's? I like Spamage's a lot (although I think we need a more bright, positive color than black).

Yeah, we have quite a bit of work to do before the next election cycle. Platform, color, logo, etc..

I may try my hand at making one for the vote as well if I can find the time in the next few days.

As for our color... gold? sky blue? sounds like some aren't a fan of pink.

How about a bright green?

That could also work. I like that idea.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

This might be the perfect party for me, especially coming off of our large Co-President re-election win!

I figure we needed a party to join in order to continue our dominance in the White House, so I created one for us based on our love and respect for every man, woman and child. I was hoping this would catch your eye sooner, but I'm sure you have a lot of other people wanting your love an attention..

I wanted to spread my love with everyone, but now I just want to share my love with you.

Tonight, I'm all yours. When you get to my house, you'll find a rubber band on the door handle. Just come on in..

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Run for what?