Department of Federal Elections

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

To the interim SOFE: what is the deadline for a Presidential candidate declaring for office?

[homelycooking]

To the interim SOFE: what is the deadline for a Presidential candidate declaring for office?

0:00 AM, Friday, February 10

[tpfkaw]

To the interim SOFE: what is the deadline for a Presidential candidate declaring for office?

0:00 AM, Thursday, February 9

It is my understanding that the deadline is tonight at midnight, going by Section 8, Clause 3 of the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act.

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Of course this might've been repealed or changed since then, but I don't recall that happening.

[homelycooking]

To the interim SOFE: what is the deadline for a Presidential candidate declaring for office?

0:00 AM, Thursday, February 9

It is my understanding that the deadline is tonight at midnight, going by Section 8, Clause 3 of the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act.

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Of course this might've been repealed or changed since then, but I don't recall that happening.

But the election is required to occur on the second-to-last Friday of the month (February 17).

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One week before the "earliest possible commencement" of the election is Friday, February 10 (not the 9th as I said before: that was an error.)

[tpfkaw]

The new constitution says this about when Presidential elections start:

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That'd mean the earliest possible commencement is 00:00 on Thursday, February 9th, unless an amendment changed that.

[homelycooking]

Sorry, I guess you're right. I don't know how I ended up in the Second Constitution while looking for the correct law.

So the deadline is midnight tonight, then.

Damn it! Why am I always wrong?

[bgwah]

The new constitution says this about when Presidential elections start:

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That'd mean the earliest possible commencement is 00:00 on Thursday, February 9th, unless an amendment changed that.

https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Fifth_Amendment_to_the_Third_Constitution

It's Feb 16th.

[homelycooking]

The new constitution says this about when Presidential elections start:

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That'd mean the earliest possible commencement is 00:00 on Thursday, February 9th, unless an amendment changed that.

https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Fifth_Amendment_to_the_Third_Constitution

It's Feb 16th.

So the deadline is Thursday, February 9.

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