Poirot for Senate(s)

[Poirot]

Tonight I am speaking to Atlasians at large. My engine is still warm from a regional seat election so I might as well carry on and run for the special senate at large election. Voters from all parts of the country will have the chance to vote for me. Last time that happened was many months ago so jump on the opportunity!

[Poirot]

It's a bit unusual for me to venture out of the Northeast but I'm glad to be here in Akron Ohio in the Mideast region. I'm at Garden Pie Company because the official food for my camapign is pie.

Yes, pies are good but the pie was also chosen to represent the economic pie. It is important to grow the economic pie so everyone can have a bigger slice. We need a growing economy to redistribute wealth. In this campaign I will try to talk about some economic propositions. I am proud to unveil my official campaign sign. 

Last, my official song is Money makes the world go around from Cabaret.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkRIbUT6u7Q

[Napoleon]

Do you intend to seek the nomination of a major party or do you plan to keep a firmly independent candidacy?

[Poirot]

I'm not seeking the nomination of a party. I am running as Independent. I am not pursuing the endorsement of parties if I have to ask for it but some parties vote on all candidates declared. I sort of prefer to not know in advance who is (not) supporting me so I can have hope.

[Poirot]

I'm in Memphis Tennessee, capital of the Imperial Dominion of the South.

I want to say I'm against the Glorious airport renaming act. My main reason is it's very subjective to honour some citizens. Some will feel left out. Some choices can be very questionable. The choice ends up being more who is connected with the ruling political elite. Another reason is renaming things can cause friction with regions. I prefer regions don't rename things with citizens' names either but since I'm running for Senate you can count on me to be against the Senate renaming the airports.

Now about my campaign theme, making the economy grow. To make the economy grow you need some good soil foundation. That is a good business climate and a sound budget situation of the government. It's important to not overspend in good times and run big deficits because at one time times will be harder and the governement won't be able to help much if it is already in debt and run big deficits.

Sometimes a good soil is not enough and we need some vitamins and fertilizers to help growth. I will present two vitamins.

Vitamin R is for research. I want to support research so there are more discoveries and science advances. The future is in the knowledge based economy and it provides good paying jobs. I want Atlasia to be the world leader in research. In the science fields in which there are a lack of private funding we could provide investment. In exchange for investment we need a return to get at least some of our money back, so we sign agreements for the projects funded. We will get a share of the revenues obtained by the projects funded in receiving royalty on patents or licenses resulting of the research.       

Vitamin C is for crowdfunding. I want to encourage crowdfunding in a safe way to help entrepreneurs. This will help people with projects or small business to have easier access to funds, reaching the general public. This will cut middle man and could lead to cheaper financing for start ups. I don't want the investor public to be duped by fraudulent offers. To help make it more secure I propose crowdfunding portals must be government approved. It doesn't guarantee the investment is safe; people must know there is risk involved. The goal is to have serious portals with good reputation and hopefully all efforts will be made to have serious requests for funds and reduce fraud risk.

With a good soil and some vitamins our economy will prosper. We will all benefit from a good economy.

Vote Poirot - Making the economy grow 

[Sec. of State Superique]

You should be SoIA!

[Poirot]

The Poirot for At Large Senate special election committee has hired the firm North Star Polls to conduct a poll on favorite pie. The pie is the official food of my campaign. I invite all the population of Atlasia to answer this poll and get their voice heard. I want to have the pulse of the population. 

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=188242.0

[ZuWo]

You have my endorsement.

[Poirot]

You have my endorsement.

Thank you for the endorsement.

[Poirot]

Today I'm in Denver, Mirth (aka Colorado) in the Midwest region. This region has a lot of hard workers. Workers who are not rich and can find it hard to save money. When they have savings they get taxed on the income it produces. How frustrating for them. I am proposing to make available a national tax free savings and investment account like one in the Northeast region.

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

There is a maximum contribution in those accounts. The income generated in the account is tax free so you get the entire income from your savings. This should help people put money aside.

We have international trade agreements with many countries and I support signing free trade deals with more countries. We and our trading partners will benefit from less barriers to international commerce.

I am not a fan of backroom deals. If I'm elected I will set up an office and those in the administration or Senate who wish to discuss some things will have to go there. I will be transparent with the citizens and if people try to influence my votes it will be public. 

Finally I want to remind people to vote for favorite pie in the poll. Results will be known tomorrow.
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=188242.0

Thank you kindly.

[Poirot]

I end my camapign in the Pacific region, more precisely Sacramento California. The Pacific was basically told to adopt some policies by the federal government. I would prefer a more cooperative approach. I will give an example of what could be interesting to do to get regions involved in some policies. The Senate could vote money available to regions for international exhange of students. Each region interested can set up it's own program and decides the rule for it. It could decide to exchange with a specific country, choose a field like sports, arts or languages, target a group like bright kids or disadvantaged areas. That way the federal level is being a locomotive for regional activity. The regions could be consulted before the Senate acts to gauge interest.

Thank you to the citizens who took part in the favorite pie poll. The nation is divided. There is a three way tie for apple, chocolate and key lime with pumpkin just behind. Quite a diverse country.

I am asking for your support and vote in the election. If I am elected I will try to come visit each region since it's an at-large seat. Whatever your political affiliation or non-affiliation, join me in making a more prosperous country.

Poirot - making the economy grow

Thank you kindly. 
   

[Poirot]

The voting booth is now open. We had more candidates on the ballot a few days ago but with withdrawals there are now three. I'm asking people who supported candidates who are no longer running to join me and my team.

I think after 9 votes cast it was tied with 3 votes each.

Don't forget to go vote.

[Poirot]

Many people have already voted after the first day of voting. If you are a voter who still hasn't made a decision, I believe Poirot would be a smart choice.

Make the economy grow. Vote Poirot.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Sorry! Yes, the three days is for voting only. Debate is not limited. I should have put a period. Not try to make long sentences.

To recap. VP uses his powers to move the process of bills and not always wait for PPT to do everything. The 3 day was for voting period. I think now it can last seven days. Regional assemblies have votes that last a fews days usually so why not require senators to be as active in voting. This should reduce waiting periods and speed up things.

I hope I'm more clear now.

While the VP is more powerful then the PPT, it is the case that the VP has no power to alter the Senate rules for that would be a violation of th explicit terms of thE Constitution, which leaves the rule making of thE senate solely within the domain of the Senate itself. In order to reduce the vote times, requires an OSPR amendment.

That being said there is a lot the VP could do to keep things moving more swiftly. He could fill in the gaps if the PPT is delayed and/or vice versa to ensure a vote is opened as close to the earliest time as possible and likewise closed. The VP can also work to keep the administration's slots filled and moving fast, split ties as they come up and ensure that confirmation hearings are started swiftly.

As for final vote times I support going down to five myself since we went from 5 to 3 on amendment votes in the previous senate, and it has been an enormous benefit to the speed of the chamber in conjunction with the increase in the number of slots. That is how we managed what will likely be a record number of bills passed or failed, in spite of a record ~93 amendments to legislation (up from 74 in the previous Senate).

[Poirot]

The election results have been certified. I received 23 votes for a third place finish. I am very proud of my performance. I thank all voters.

I'm happy to get votes from all of the five regions. I'm especially proud of the number of votes I got considering I think I got only one vote coming from citizens registered with the three biggest parties.

It was interesting to get out of the Northeast and travel to the other regions to campaign and discover the country. I met new people.

It was an honor to be part of an historic election for the number of votes cast. I want to congratulate Lumine and Adam Griffin for their great efforts and wish Lumine success in his new job of Senator at-large in Nyman.

I still provided the trio of official sign, song and food. I like my sign very much. I also had my first ever campaign poll, asking about favorite pie. Everyone seemed to have enjoyed their pie because only crumbs are left. 

Thank you all kindly. 

[Adam Griffin]

You did very well given the "big squeeze" of the two parties in this race. Congratulations on such a strong performance!

[Lumine]

I agree with Griffin, that was a very strong and active performance, Poirot. Keep up the good work!

[Poirot]

Hello all

I am a candidate in the special election to fill a vacancy for an at-large senate seat. The election starts March 28th. It was only a few weeks ago that I was a candidate to fill a vacancy for an at-large senate seat. I'm using the same campaign logo. I didn't even remove my sign. My platform will be generally the same.

I will support research and crowdfunding. I want to encourage savings with No tax investment accounts. I would like to give regions the means to expand international student trips and exchanges.

And for some new things, given the recent aliens scare, I support our space program and study of possible other life in the universe. I will also consider reducing the term of senators to three months to give people more flexibility to run and get out without causing special elections.

Thank you kindly.

Vote Poirot.
Still running. Still making the economy grow.
 

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I support your support for research and space program funding, though I'm not sure why a reduction in Senators' terms would be needed - for one, it shakes up our every-two-month system.

[Poirot]

I support your support for research and space program funding, though I'm not sure why a reduction in Senators' terms would be needed - for one, it shakes up our every-two-month system.

A shorter term is to make it easier for those elected to serve a full term being active. With a term not as long it can be easier for someone to commit to the game, easier to see in the short term if you have the time (real life schedule and events), not lose interest. If somethings happens that makes a senator less active or want to give up, the senator has only a few weeks to wait and exit instead of resigning. It also gives more people a chance to become a senator with more elections (could be a higher rotation). 

[Poirot]

My name does not appear on the ballot but I declared for this special election at-large. To vote for me you need to write in my name. It is difficult to get votes when on the ballot, with no name it's like being invisible. Maybe it doesn't matter because with many people running I would not have gotten votes anyway, but I hope voters are aware I'm a candidate.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I support your support for research and space program funding, though I'm not sure why a reduction in Senators' terms would be needed - for one, it shakes up our every-two-month system.

A shorter term is to make it easier for those elected to serve a full term being active. With a term not as long it can be easier for someone to commit to the game, easier to see in the short term if you have the time (real life schedule and events), not lose interest. If somethings happens that makes a senator less active or want to give up, the senator has only a few weeks to wait and exit instead of resigning. It also gives more people a chance to become a senator with more elections (could be a higher rotation). 

I suppose you're right, though I think the status quo is fine - it's not like this is a problem that presses upon our national interest.

[Poirot]

Voting is still open and you can still vote for me but it's obvious I will get eliminated after the first count so I can safely concede. My name was not written on the ballot so voters had to take the extra step of writing my name. They had to be aware of my candidacy and decide it was worth adding a name on the official ballot. I appreciate the gesture from the people who write in my name. Thanks to them and even more to the ones giving me a high preference. Good luck to the other candidates and congratulations for your efforts. 

[Simfan34]

I commend your grace, dignity, and honour, Mr Poriot.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Federal politics is a dirty game. I commend you for keeping your head above the fray and acting as a gentleman would. You're a damn good player and you'll go far, even if we don't always share the same views. Have fun out there.