Midwest Region Thread

[ilikeverin]

Based off the North East thread... now we have our own!

Mid-West Region Registered Voters: (total = 11)

Republicans - 5
Agcat (TX) - Active
Jravnsbro (MN) – Not Active
M (TX) - Active
PBrunsell (IA) - Active
Opebo (MO) - Active

Democrats - 3
Gustaf (MN) - Active
Hughento (IA) - Active
Ben (MO) - Active

Progressives - 2
ILikeVerin (MN) - Active
Fritz (MN) - Active

Independents - 1
WMS (NM) – Active

This is here to talk about our Region... senatorial election(s), gubernatorial elections... or just to sit around and discuss the issues that matter to us!

[Gustaf]

Our elections might actually be interesting...

Who are our candidates for senate, and do we have any gubernatorial candidates yet?

[ilikeverin]

(in front of a school in Minnesota)

ILV: Hello crowd, members of the press.  I am here to announce... my campaign to become the next Governor of the Midwest region!

(cheering erupts in the crowd!)

Heckler: Why are you running if you have never served in politics before?

ILV: Is it not true that I have served this region unswaveringly as a person off the street?

Heckler: Good enough for me.

ILV: (points at school) The kids in there are struggling under the burden of uneeded tests and insufficient materials!  The teachers in there are struggling against the burden of a high teacher to student ratio, so they cannot give the students the one-on-one attention they deserve.  We need to change that!

(wild cheering!)

ILV: People everywhere are struggling to make ends meet!  It's time to bring back the people to government!

(more cheering!)

((Wimpy, I know.  Oh, well.  As you can see, education will be the focus of my candidacy.))

[ilikeverin]

Senate: Hughento (D-IA)

Governor: ilikeverin (P-MN)

[Gustaf]

Senate: Hughento (D-IA)

Governor: ilikeverin (P-MN)

Thanks for clearing that up.

[ilikeverin]

Hi, regional members...

When are we going to have our regional election?

I think sometime early in May would be good, followed by voting on presidential elections so we have spiffy things to do on that day besides voting for President!

[PBrunsel]

Well, I am in the governor's race. It surprised me that I was named for governor.

I will make my party proud.

[The Dowager Mod]

wouldn't it make more sense for WI to be in the midwest?

[Emsworth]

wouldn't it make more sense for WI to be in the midwest?

These are interim regions. The new Senate will determine the official and final ones.

[dunn]

wouldn't it make more sense for WI to be in the midwest?

yes, but the idea was to have 5 regions that have  about the same EV in real life and 5 districts with about equal numbers of atlas registered voters

It was a long fight...

[ilikeverin]

*bump*

[The Dowager Mod]

Senate: Hughento (D-IA)

Governor: ilikeverin (P-MN)

the radical feminist wing of the progressive party endorses ilikeverin (P-MN)

[ilikeverin]

Senate: Hughento (D-IA)

Governor: ilikeverin (P-MN)

the radical feminist wing of the progressive party endorses ilikeverin (P-MN)

Yay radical feminist wing!  

The male male-female equality wing of the progressive party endorses Texasgurl (P-WI)

[ilikeverin]

*bump*

We really need dates, people!

[PBrunsel]

If I have any voice I would like our gubernatorial election to be from May 1-3, 2004.

[ilikeverin]

How about the weekend after that?

[PBrunsel]

How about the weekend after that?

That's fine.

[Platypus]

As senator for the region (thanks again guys ) I feel I should point out that it would be a great honour to have the first governor in the forum, and it would also stop any problems arising re;governor appointing treplacements if at any time in the near future I would leave my seat for any reason.

So I suggest the earliest practival date, PBrunsel's 1 of May (obviously until the 3rd).

just me two cents

[ilikeverin]

OK.  *must campaign*

[ilikeverin]

I'd like to propose that the Midwest enact preferential voting for regional elections

Now how shall we go about passing it... hm...

Also, let's get a timetable for our gubernatorial elections (as long as they exist )...

Ideas:

-At the same time as presidential elections
-At the same time as regional senatorial elections (as long as they exist)
-At the same time as district senatorial elections?!?
-Between presidential elections and regional senatorial elections

[Fritz]

As the Constitution currently stands, I believe Regional Senatorial elections are concurrent with Presidential elections.  The District Senator elections are the "mid-terms".

I would suggest we have the Governor's election concurrent with the mid-term (district) election.  This will spread out the elections more evenly for voters.  Also it's pretty close to when we actually elected ilikeverin as Gov.

I don't know if you intended to put this to a vote, but I oppose preferential voting (and would have voted against the bill that passed the Senate, if I were a member).

[ilikeverin]

Bump

BTW, I official endorse Gustaf/Supersoulty for President/Vice-President

[Fritz]

Hey Ilikeverin, why don't you draw us up a regional Constitution?  It'll give you something to do as Governor.  

Keep it simple, though...you know me, if you put too many rules in the thing I'll have to sue people when they break them.  

I think all we need is when Gov elections happen, election rules, and powers of the Gov.  We're not creating any other regional offices, right?