June 2018 Alliance Party Convention - Dallas, TX (Voting)

[Vern]

Requesting party endorsement for House

[wxtransit]

Declarations and speeches are now closed, and voting will now begin (until Sunday, since the ballot is one day late).


ALLIANCE PARTY CONVENTION BALLOT
Voting ends on Sunday, June 17th at 11:59 PM CDT. Mark each race in your order of preference.

President/Vice President:
[ ] Lumine/Siren
[ ] No endorsement

President Second Preference:
[ ] NC Yankee/DFW
[ ] Ninja/1184AZ
[ ] No endorsement

House:
[ ] Old School Republican
[ ] Pericles
[ ] politicalmasta73
[ ] Vern
[ ] No endorsement

Lincoln Senate:
[ ] Not_Madigan
[ ] No endorsement

Lincoln Governor:
[ ] ReaganClinton
[ ] No endorsement

Fremont Senate:
[ ] Sestak
[ ] No endorsement

Fremont Parliament:
[ ] canis
[ ] No endorsement

Party Chairman
[ ] wxtransit

Party Vice-Chair
[ ] Not_Madigan

Secretary
[ ] Spiral

[Lumine]

ALLIANCE PARTY CONVENTION BALLOT

President/Vice President:
[1] Lumine/Siren
[ ] No endorsement

President Second Preference:
[2] NC Yankee/DFW
[1] Ninja/1184AZ
[ ] No endorsement

House:
[2] Old School Republican
[3] Pericles
[ ] politicalmasta73
[1] Vern
[ ] No endorsement

Lincoln Senate:
[1] Not_Madigan
[ ] No endorsement

Lincoln Governor:
[ ] ReaganClinton
[ ] No endorsement

Fremont Senate:
[ ] Sestak
[1] No endorsement (I like Sestak on a personal level, but he's also helped block several proposals for constitutional amendments)

Fremont Parliament:
[1] canis
[ ] No endorsement

Party Chairman
[1] wxtransit

Party Vice-Chair
[1] Not_Madigan

Secretary
[1] Spiral

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ALLIANCE PARTY CONVENTION BALLOT
Voting ends on Sunday, June 17th at 11:59 PM CDT. Mark each race in your order of preference.

President/Vice President:
[X] Lumine/Siren
[ ] No endorsement

President Second Preference:
[ ] NC Yankee/DFW
[ ] Ninja/1184AZ
[X] No endorsement

House:
[4] Old School Republican
[2] Pericles
[1] politicalmasta73
[3] Vern
[ ] No endorsement

Lincoln Senate:
[X] Not_Madigan
[ ] No endorsement

Lincoln Governor:
[X] ReaganClinton
[ ] No endorsement

Fremont Senate:
[X] Sestak
[ ] No endorsement

Fremont Parliament:
[X] canis
[ ] No endorsement

Party Chairman
[X] wxtransit

Party Vice-Chair
[X] Not_Madigan

Secretary
[X] Spiral

[PPT Spiral]

President/Vice President:
[1] Lumine/Siren
[ ] No endorsement

President Second Preference:
[2] NC Yankee/DFW
[1] Ninja/1184AZ
[ ] No endorsement

House:
[4] Old School Republican
[1] Pericles
[3] politicalmasta73
[2] Vern
[ ] No endorsement

Lincoln Senate:
[1] Not_Madigan
[ ] No endorsement

Lincoln Governor:
[1] ReaganClinton
[ ] No endorsement

Fremont Senate:
[ ] Sestak
[1] No endorsement

Fremont Parliament:
[1] canis
[ ] No endorsement

Party Chairman
[1] wxtransit

Party Vice-Chair
[1] Not_Madigan

Secretary
[1] Spiral

[_]

ALLIANCE PARTY CONVENTION BALLOT
Voting ends on Sunday, June 17th at 11:59 PM CDT. Mark each race in your order of preference.

President/Vice President:
[1] Lumine/Siren
[ ] No endorsement

President Second Preference:
[ ] NC Yankee/DFW
[ ] Ninja/1184AZ
[1] No endorsement

House:
[3] Old School Republican
[2] Pericles
[] politicalmasta73
[1] Vern
[4] No endorsement

Lincoln Senate:
[1] Not_Madigan
[ ] No endorsement

Lincoln Governor:
[1] ReaganClinton
[ ] No endorsement

Fremont Senate:
[1] Sestak
[ ] No endorsement

Fremont Parliament:
[1] canis
[ ] No endorsement

Party Chairman
[1] wxtransit

Party Vice-Chair
[2] Not_Madigan
[1] Not_Me_Plz

Secretary
[1] Spiral

[wxtransit]

Voting closes tomorrow night!

[wxtransit]

ALLIANCE PARTY CONVENTION BALLOT
Voting ends on Sunday, June 17th at 11:59 PM CDT. Mark each race in your order of preference.

President/Vice President:
[X] Lumine/Siren
[ ] No endorsement

President Second Preference:
[ ] NC Yankee/DFW
[ ] Ninja/1184AZ
[X] No endorsement

House:
[1] Old School Republican
[5] Pericles
[2] politicalmasta73
[3] Vern
[4] No endorsement

Lincoln Senate:
[X] Not_Madigan
[ ] No endorsement

Lincoln Governor:
[X] ReaganClinton
[ ] No endorsement

Fremont Senate:
[X] Sestak
[ ] No endorsement

Fremont Parliament:
[X] canis
[ ] No endorsement

Party Chairman
[X] wxtransit

Party Vice-Chair
[X] Not_Madigan

Secretary
[X] Spiral

[wxtransit]

Voting closes tonight!

[wxtransit]

Certification of results
President

Lumine/Siren 5

Lumine and Siren are the presidential and vice-presidential nominees of Alliance.

Presidential Second Preference

No endorsement 3
Ninja/1184AZ 2

Alliance does not endorse a second preference candidate for president.

House

First preference endorsement: Vern
Second preference endorsement: Pericles
Third preference endorsement: Old School Republican
Fourth preference endorsement: politicalmasta73

Full certification upon request, it's just too long to post here.

Lincoln Senate

Not_Madigan 5

Not_Madigan is the Alliance nominee for Lincoln Senate.

Lincoln Governor

ReaganClinton 4
No vote recorded 1

ReaganClinton is the Alliance nominee for Lincoln Governor.

Fremont Senate

Sestak 3
No endorsement 2

Sestak is the Alliance nominee for Fremont Senate.

Fremont Parliament

canis 5

canis is the Alliance nominee for Fremont Parliament.

Chairmanship election

wxtransit 5

wxtransit is re-elected as Chairman of the Alliance Party.

Vice-Chairmanship election

Not_Madigan 4
Unofficial write-in 1

Not_Madigan is elected as the Vice-Chairman of the Alliance Party.

Secretarial election

Spiral 5

Spiral is elected as the Secretary of the Alliance Party.

[wxtransit]

Alright, I now open up the floor for proposals for amendments to our platform, bylaws, and nominations for the convention location. Be sure to play an active part, as I'll be doing a full re-write of our platform!

[wxtransit]

I nominate Denver, Colorado, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[Pericles]

Thank you for your 2nd preference endorsement!

[Vern]

Thank you for the honor of first preference! Together we can push for a better tomorrow!

[_]

I would like to thank the party for nominating me as Vice Chair, and as the nominee for Lincoln Senate. 

I wish to second the nomination of Denver, Colorado for our next convention.

[wxtransit]

I motion to make the official colors of Alliance green, goldenrod, and blue, to represent centrism, liberalism, and conservatism.


Just a note, all motions will be put to a vote, along with our bylaw amendments, platform amendments, and convention vote. I'll be proposing more stuff after the election, and I suggest you all do, too.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Great colors!

[wxtransit]

I propose the following platform to the floor.

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[wxtransit]

Feel free to debate and/or propose amendments to the platform. Additionally, I propose the following amendment to the Alliance Party Bylaws:

Bylaws of the Alliance Party of Atlasia
One for All
Established December 31st, 2017

Mission Statement

We seek to form an Alliance between the left and the right to fight against the two-party system and for a more representative government.

SECTION I: PARTY CONVENTIONS
1. Alliance will hold party conventions in February, June, and October. These conventions will provide for the election of the party leadership, endorsement votes for President and Vice-President, along with endorsements for candidates in other races if necessary, and debates on the platform and bylaws.
          a. These conventions must begin at least three weeks before the scheduled presidential
          election.
2. A week before the convention is to open 2. At the convention preceding the following convention, the Chairman will open nominations for the location, accepting one nomination per-party member during a period of 48 hours and then holding a 48 hour STV vote to determine the winner.
3. All Alliance members who sign in at the convention will be granted status of delegates, as long as they joined Alliance at least two one weeks before the start of the convention.
4. The schedule of each convention is left to the party leadership.
5. The Chairman can call an emergency convention at any time as long as it is more than one month away from the most recent convention.
6. The standard voting period at convention shall be 48 hours unless otherwise specified.

SECTION II: ELECTIONS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS
1. Legislative
          a. Members of Alliance who are elected to serve in a national or regional legislature shall not
          caucus with any party other than fellow Alliance members.
          b. a. All members of Alliance serving in a national legislative body must submit at least one
          piece of legislation every two weeks while in office.
          c. b. All members of Alliance serving in a regional legislative body must submit at least one 
          pieces of legislation every three weeks while in office.
2. General Guidelines
          a. All members of Alliance that run for office must first declare their intention to run in the
          official Alliance party thread at least 5 days before the election begins.
                    i. All candidate declarations that are not posted in the Alliance thread within this time
                    frame shall be seen as illegitimate.
              ii. a. If the number of Alliance candidates running outnumbers the seats up for election, a
                    primary will be held to eliminate candidates until the number of Alliance members and
                    open seats is even.
              iii. b. Party members are entitled to the endorsement and full support of the party in
                    general elections in which they are official candidates, except if said candidate lost to the "No endorsement" option or another member in the party's primary.
                    iv. If there are no Alliance candidates that have filed before the official election
                    deadline (ex. Federal is 72 hours before voting begins), then any candidate is allowed
                    to run a write-in campaign with the full endorsement of the Alliance Party
                    v. If there are already more Alliance candidates than seats, then new write-in
                    candidates running under the Alliance party label shall not receive the official party
                    endorsement.
          c. Write-in candidates who are members of Alliance and are running against the party's nominee shall not receive the support of the party unless a petition with 60% of the party's members in favor of supporting the write-in candidate reaches the Chairman.
          b. d. All members of Alliance that run for office shall run a campaign thread that at minimum
          outlines their basic policy positions, goals, and accomplishments.
          c. e. The Alliance presidential “ticket” shall consist of a Presidential and a Vice-
          Presidential candidate, be optimally independent of other major parties, and shall
          also optimally be comprised of two non-partisan or centrist candidates, or
          candidates from both ends of the ideological spectrum to increase ticket diversity
          and so that candidates will be willing to put progress over partisanship.
4. Primary Elections
          a. If a primary election is triggered for a race, voting shall begin at the immediate order of
          the Chair or Vice Chair of the party.
          b. Primary elections shall take place at least four days before the start of the general election.
          c. Primary elections shall last 48 hours, unless otherwise instructed by the Chairman.
                    i. If no votes have been cast before the deadline, then each member of the party
                    leadership will vote between the candidates.
                    ii. As soon as the 48 hoursvoting period has elapsed, the Party Chair shall declare which candidates
                    have advanced to the general election, and ballots shall be updated accordingly.
          d. Ranked-choice voting or instant-runoff voting shall be used in all Alliance primary
          elections.
          e. If a primary election shall be tied, then the Party Chairman will cast a tie-breaking vote.
          f. All members of Alliance, including the party leadership, shall be eligible to vote in party
          primaries, regardless of which region the race is held in.
          g. Voting for a primary election shall take place in the Alliance Party convention thread.
SECTION III: PARTY LEADERSHIP
1. The Alliance party leadership will be comprised by a Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Secretary, all  offices to be voted on at every party convention.
2. The Chairman will provide executive leadership for the party and will be in charge of overall strategy and planning.
3. The Vice-Chairman is entitled to lead the party as Acting Chairman in the absence of the Chairman at the request of the Chairman or after a 72-hour period of complete inactivity, and tasked with party recruitment and GOTV efforts regarding elections.
4. The Secretary is tasked with keeping record of the party's activities, running online and wiki efforts including updating of articles and necessary information. The Secretary is entitled to lead as Acting Chairman in the absence of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman or at the request of both.
5. Leadership Elections will be held by Alliance at every party convention with an STV vote to last 48 hours. Should there be a single candidate for a particular office said candidate will be immediately appointed to that office.
6. The Chairman can call an emergency leadership election upon his or her resignation as long as it is more than one month away from the most recent leadership election, and the emergency election is called with substantial reason.

SECTION IV: PARTY MEMBERSHIP
1. All members registered by the Registrar General as belonging to Alliance will be considered as full members of the party.
2. Party members are expected to behave in a dignified manner suitable for a political party, and therefore can be subject to censure or expulsion from the party. Motions for reprimands or expulsions can be raised by either the Chairman, Vice-Chairman or at least two party members. Censure votes require a simple majority of voting party members, and Expulsion votes will require a two-thirds majority of voting party members.
3. Party members are entitled to the endorsement and full support of the party in elections in which they are candidates, unless the number of party candidates is superior to the number of available seats, in which case primaries shall be held. The only other exception to automatic endorsements are Presidential Elections.
4. Primaries for party endorsement will be run with an STV vote organized by the Chairman, or in his absence, Vice-Chairman or Secretary.
5. Failure to comply with party bylaws shall trigger a review of party membership.

SECTION V: PARTY DISSOLUTION
1. Only the Chairperson or Vice Chair of the Alliance may call for the dissolution of the party.
2. Once dissolution has been called for by either the Chair or Vice Chair, a mandatory 48 hour period of debate will begin to discuss dissolution.
          a. Before the 48 hour mandatory period expires, any member can call to extend the period of
          debate for any period of time.
          b. A call to extend the period of debate must get a majority in favor to pass.
          c. Extensions onto a period of debate will start when the mandatory 48 hours ends.
          d. Members can extend debate multiple times.
3. Once the period of debate has ended, a 72-hour voting period to dissolve the party will begin. To pass, two-thirds of party members must support the dissolution of the party.

I know it's a lot to read through, so I'll give you guys some time. Feel free to debate any of the changes above and/or make amendments to the changes (or bylaws in general).

[wxtransit]

I motion that the Alliance Party Platform shall remain as a general guideline to our membership, not a set of unmovable principles.

[wxtransit]

Amendment 201 to the Alliance Party Bylaws:

SECTION II: ELECTIONS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS
1. Legislative
          a. All members of Alliance serving in a national legislative body must submit at least one
          piece of legislation every two weeks while in office.
          b. All members of Alliance serving in a regional legislative body must submit at least one 
          pieces of legislation every three weeks while in office.
          a. All members of Alliance serving in a national or regional legislative body must submit pieces of legislation in a frequent manner, preferably once every two weeks in national legislatures and once every three weeks in regional legislative bodies.
          b. If the Chairman and Vice-Chair determine an elected official who is a member of the Alliance Party is not upholding relatively frequent legislative submissions, the Chair and/or Vice-Chair may put the member under membership review.

Delegates please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain. This vote runs for 24 hours or when half the delegates have approved or denied the amendment, whichever comes first.

[_]

Aye

[wxtransit]

Aye.

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Aye

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Feel free to debate and/or propose amendments to the platform. Additionally, I propose the following amendment to the Alliance Party Bylaws:

Bylaws of the Alliance Party of Atlasia
One for All
Established December 31st, 2017

Mission Statement

We seek to form an Alliance between the left and the right to fight against the two-party system and for a more representative government.

SECTION I: PARTY CONVENTIONS
1. Alliance will hold party conventions in February, June, and October. These conventions will provide for the election of the party leadership, endorsement votes for President and Vice-President, along with endorsements for candidates in other races if necessary, and debates on the platform and bylaws.
          a. These conventions must begin at least three weeks before the scheduled presidential
          election.
2. A week before the convention is to open 2. At the convention preceding the following convention, the Chairman will open nominations for the location, accepting one nomination per-party member during a period of 48 hours and then holding a 48 hour STV vote to determine the winner.
3. All Alliance members who sign in at the convention will be granted status of delegates, as long as they joined Alliance at least two one weeks before the start of the convention.
4. The schedule of each convention is left to the party leadership.
5. The Chairman can call an emergency convention at any time as long as it is more than one month away from the most recent convention.
6. The standard voting period at convention shall be 48 hours unless otherwise specified.

SECTION II: ELECTIONS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS
1. Legislative
          a. Members of Alliance who are elected to serve in a national or regional legislature shall not
          caucus with any party other than fellow Alliance members.
          b. a. All members of Alliance serving in a national legislative body must submit at least one
          piece of legislation every two weeks while in office.
          c. b. All members of Alliance serving in a regional legislative body must submit at least one  
          pieces of legislation every three weeks while in office.
2. General Guidelines
          a. All members of Alliance that run for office must first declare their intention to run in the
          official Alliance party thread at least 5 days before the election begins.
                    i. All candidate declarations that are not posted in the Alliance thread within this time
                    frame shall be seen as illegitimate.
              ii. a. If the number of Alliance candidates running outnumbers the seats up for election, a
                    primary will be held to eliminate candidates until the number of Alliance members and
                    open seats is even.
              iii. b. Party members are entitled to the endorsement and full support of the party in
                    general elections in which they are official candidates, except if said candidate lost to the "No endorsement" option or another member in the party's primary.
                    iv. If there are no Alliance candidates that have filed before the official election
                    deadline (ex. Federal is 72 hours before voting begins), then any candidate is allowed
                    to run a write-in campaign with the full endorsement of the Alliance Party
                    v. If there are already more Alliance candidates than seats, then new write-in
                    candidates running under the Alliance party label shall not receive the official party
                    endorsement.
          c. Write-in candidates who are members of Alliance and are running against the party's nominee shall not receive the support of the party unless a petition with 60% of the party's members in favor of supporting the write-in candidate reaches the Chairman.
          b. d. All members of Alliance that run for office shall run a campaign thread that at minimum
          outlines their basic policy positions, goals, and accomplishments.
          c. e. The Alliance presidential “ticket” shall consist of a Presidential and a Vice-
          Presidential candidate, be optimally independent of other major parties, and shall
          also optimally be comprised of two non-partisan or centrist candidates, or
          candidates from both ends of the ideological spectrum to increase ticket diversity
          and so that candidates will be willing to put progress over partisanship.
4. Primary Elections
          a. If a primary election is triggered for a race, voting shall begin at the immediate order of
          the Chair or Vice Chair of the party.
          b. Primary elections shall take place at least four days before the start of the general election.
          c. Primary elections shall last 48 hours, unless otherwise instructed by the Chairman.
                    i. If no votes have been cast before the deadline, then each member of the party
                    leadership will vote between the candidates.
                    ii. As soon as the 48 hoursvoting period has elapsed, the Party Chair shall declare which candidates
                    have advanced to the general election, and ballots shall be updated accordingly.
          d. Ranked-choice voting or instant-runoff voting shall be used in all Alliance primary
          elections.
          e. If a primary election shall be tied, then the Party Chairman will cast a tie-breaking vote.
          f. All members of Alliance, including the party leadership, shall be eligible to vote in party
          primaries, regardless of which region the race is held in.
          g. Voting for a primary election shall take place in the Alliance Party convention thread.
SECTION III: PARTY LEADERSHIP
1. The Alliance party leadership will be comprised by a Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Secretary, all offices to be voted on at every party convention.
2. The Chairman will provide executive leadership for the party and will be in charge of overall strategy and planning.
3. The Vice-Chairman is entitled to lead the party as Acting Chairman in the absence of the Chairman at the request of the Chairman or after a 72-hour period of complete inactivity, and tasked with party recruitment and GOTV efforts regarding elections.
4. The Secretary is tasked with keeping record of the party's activities, running online and wiki efforts including updating of articles and necessary information. The Secretary is entitled to lead as Acting Chairman in the absence of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman or at the request of both.
5. Leadership Elections will be held by Alliance at every party convention with an STV vote to last 48 hours. Should there be a single candidate for a particular office said candidate will be immediately appointed to that office.
6. The Chairman can call an emergency leadership election upon his or her resignation as long as it is more than one month away from the most recent leadership election, and the emergency election is called with substantial reason.

SECTION IV: PARTY MEMBERSHIP
1. All members registered by the Registrar General as belonging to Alliance will be considered as full members of the party.
2. Party members are expected to behave in a dignified manner suitable for a political party, and therefore can be subject to censure or expulsion from the party. Motions for reprimands or expulsions can be raised by either the Chairman, Vice-Chairman or at least two party members. Censure votes require a simple majority of voting party members, and Expulsion votes will require a two-thirds majority of voting party members.
3. Party members are entitled to the endorsement and full support of the party in elections in which they are candidates, unless the number of party candidates is superior to the number of available seats, in which case primaries shall be held. The only other exception to automatic endorsements are Presidential Elections.
4. Primaries for party endorsement will be run with an STV vote organized by the Chairman, or in his absence, Vice-Chairman or Secretary.
5. Failure to comply with party bylaws shall trigger a review of party membership.

SECTION V: PARTY DISSOLUTION
1. Only the Chairperson or Vice Chair of the Alliance may call for the dissolution of the party.
2. Once dissolution has been called for by either the Chair or Vice Chair, a mandatory 48 hour period of debate will begin to discuss dissolution.
          a. Before the 48 hour mandatory period expires, any member can call to extend the period of
          debate for any period of time.
          b. A call to extend the period of debate must get a majority in favor to pass.
          c. Extensions onto a period of debate will start when the mandatory 48 hours ends.
          d. Members can extend debate multiple times.
3. Once the period of debate has ended, a 72-hour voting period to dissolve the party will begin. To pass, two-thirds of party members must support the dissolution of the party.

I know it's a lot to read through, so I'll give you guys some time. Feel free to debate any of the changes above and/or make amendments to the changes (or bylaws in general).

I have no objections to any of the chairman's amendments however I do propose 3 further amendments in green and orange.

The first I propose because I don't think there is a point imposing an unnecessary restriction on this.

The second is a grammatical correction. There were two spaces instead of one.

The third I've proposed is for the same reason as the first.