DECLARATIONS OF CANDIDACY DECEMBER 2021 MINISTER OF ENGAGEMENT SPECIAL ELECTION Fellow South Pacificans, I come before you to announce that it is once again time to elect the Minister of Engagement. The Minister of Engagement is the official in charge of ecruiting and integrating new players into the community, maintaining public infrastructure, and setting unified presentation standards and graphics. Elections for the Minister of Engagement are administered by an Election Commissioner. The election process, as laid out in Articles 2 and 4 of the Elections Act, is as follows: Candidates must declare their candidacy and post a campaign and a conflict of interest disclosure in the public campaign area. A single round of voting will be held with all candidates and an option to re-open nominations, where voters will be able to list candidates in descending order of preference. The candidate who obtains a majority of the vote, after all preferences have been properly distributed, shall be considered the winner. If the winner is the option to re-open nominations, then the election shall revert to the declarations period. The remainder of this post will contain relevant information for candidates and voters alike, so that this election process may proceed as smoothly as possible. Good luck and thank you for participating in our democratic process! Yours faithfully, Kris Kringle Election Commissioner SCHEDULE The election shall proceed according to the following schedule. If any changes are made, they shall be reflected below. Declarations begin on December 17 at 12 AM (UTC) and end on December 21 at 12 AM (UTC) (countdown). Campaigning begins on December 17 at 12 AM (UTC) and ends on December 23 at 12 AM (UTC) (countdown). Voting begins on December 23 at 12 AM (UTC) and ends on December 26 at 12 AM (UTC) (countdown). Please consider time zone differences when reviewing the deadline for each stage in the election. It is your responsibility to ensure that you comply with all legal requirements within the mandated time frames (time zone conversion). HOW TO RUN FOR OFFICE Candidates must comply with the following requirements within the declarations period (see schedule above) to be considered for election. Declare their candidacy or accept a nomination via a reply to this thread. Post a thread within the public campaign area containing a campaign and a conflict of interest disclosure. The disclosure must contain all potential conflicts of interest within the region and abroad. Submission of false or incomplete information in a conflict of interest disclosure may be grounds for disqualification. Once a candidate meets all the above requirements they will be considered for the ballot and may campaign as they see fit, subject to all applicable laws and standards of conduct. VOTE The election consists of a single round of voting held via Instant Runoff Vote (IRV) and open to all legislators who gained their status prior to the start of the election. There are two ways of casting a vote. In both cases, the act of voting involves listing all candidates whom the legislator approves without regard to any order of preference or, instead, selecting the option to re-open nominations. A public vote may be cast via the Public Voting Booth, which will print the vote as a reply to a designated voting thread. A private vote may be cast via the Private Voting Booth, which will send the vote as a message to an account accessible only by the Election Commissioner. Every private vote is assigned a reference code known only to each individual voter, so that they identify their vote once the tally is released. Please consider time zone differences when reviewing the deadline for each stage in the election. It is your responsibility to ensure that you comply with all legal requirements within the mandated time frames (time zone conversion). BALLOT None

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Nominate BlockBuster2K43, Evinea, Purple Hyacinth, and USoVietnam.

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I nominate Purple Hyacinth, USoVietnam, Not an austrian, Quebecshire, Somyrion, Tin and Nakari

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I decline my nomination.

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I accept my nominations and declare my candidacy. I'll have a campaign posted within a day.

I have been things

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I humbly decline my nomination. I would like to have been in The South Pacific for longer and have more experience in the inner workings of The South Pacific before I accept a position like this.

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I nominate Not Austria.

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I decline my nominations.

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