2019 North Prarie General Elections

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On August 1st, 2019, North Prarie will hold its General elections. The office of President will be open, and there is no incumbent, as President Valieant has decided to not run for office. All seats in Parliament are open, along with all mayoralties, State Councilships, and most State Governorships.

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Candidates for President; Listed by the size of Parliament membership


Social Democrats - Ella Hall

• Current Regional Secretary
  
• Former Leader of Parliament
  
• Former Parliamentary representative for Cobblestone Lake City's 6th constituency (SL-06)
  
• Wrote "A New Prariean Future" package while in Parliament, which expanded green energy and cross-country infrastructure.
  

Free Thinkers - Alex Lindon

• Current Parliamentary representative for western Farquhar (FQ-01)
  
• Parlimentary Vice-Counsellor for the Free Thinkers
  
• Former City Councillor for the city of Stone Lake, Farquhar
  
• Graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Abbey Palaces
  

Prarie First - Paul Claasen

• Current Prarie First Parliamentary Counsellor
  
• Current Representative for Charmcenter's 9th constituency (RF-09)
  
• Co-author for Prarie Dawn bill, which would double funding for the military.
  
• Prariean Army Veteran
  

Republic - Josh Odegaard, the representative for Eagan Hill's 19th constituency

Citizens - Elena Warren-Cortez, the representative for Durham's 2nd constituency 

Green - Marie Bradley, current Secretary of the Interior

Communist - Kade Spencer, current Communist Party Parliamentary Counsellor and representative for Dover's 4th constituency

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Composition of Parliament pre-election

 

• Social Democrats - 62 seats (41.3%)
  
• Free Thinkers - 49 seats (32.6%)
  
• Prarie First - 19 seats (12.6%)
  
• Republic Party - 15 seats (10%)
  
• Communist Party - 3 seats (2%)
  
• Green Party - 2 seats (1.3%)
  

Significant parties with no seats in Parliament: Citizens Party, Liberty Party, Loon Republic Independence Party, Spirit Party
 

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Election Schedule:

• June 1 - Primary elections
  
• August 5 - General elections
  
• August 17 - Inauguration Day
  

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Party Positions

Issues with consensus

• Climate change (all parties agree climate change is real and a threat)
  
• Free education (all parties support)
  
• Net neutrality (all parties support)
  
• Same-sex marriage (all parties support)ic
  
• Cannabis (all parties support legalized recreational use)
  
• Healthcare for All (all parties support)
  
• Free trade (all parties support)
  
• Physician-assisted suicide (all parties support)
  

Issues with minor disagreement

• Voting age (currently 18)
  • Parties that support lowering voting age: Social Democrats, Green, Citizens
    
  • Parties that support current law: Free Thinkers, Prarie First, Republic, Communist
    
• Taxation
  • Parties that support current law: Social Democrats, Communists, Green, Citizens
    
  • Parties that support lowering taxes: Free Thinkers, Prarie First, Republic
    
• Vaccination (currently mandatory)
  • Parties that support mandatory vaccination: Social Democrats, Free Thinkers, Communist, Citizens
    
  • Parties that support referendum: Prarie First, Republic, Green
    
• Smoking (currently illegal even in private)
  • Parties that support current law: Social Democrats, Republic, Communist, Green, Citizens
    
  • Parties that support private legalization: Free Thinkers, Prarie First
    

Issues with major disagreement

• Gun control (current law bans all guns except for police, military, and occupational workers
  • Parties that support current law: Social Democrats, Communist, Green, Citizens
    
  • Parties that support current law + legalization of owning hunting rifles: Free Thinkers
    
  • Parties that support legalizing all guns: Prarie First, Republic
    
• Abortion 
  • Parties that support right to choose: Social Democrats, Free Thinkers, Green, Citizens
    
  • Parties that support banning abortion, except in cases of rape or incest: Republic
    
  • Parties that support banning all abortion: Prarie First, Communist
    
• Basic income
  • Parties that support basic income: Social Democrats, Green, Citizens
    
  • Parties that support a referendum on the issue: Free Thinkers, Communist
    
  • Parties that oppose basic income: Prarie First, Republic
    
• Capital punishment
  • Parties that oppose capital punishment: Social Democrats, Green, Citizens
    
  • Parties that support capital punishment only in cases of mass murder: Free Thinkers, Communist
    
  • Parties that support capital punishment: Prarie First, Republic
    
• Conscription
  • Parties that oppose conscription: Social Democrats, Green, Citizens
    
  • Parties that support conscription only in wartime: Free Thinkers, Republic
    
  • Parties that support conscription: Prarie First, Communist
    
• Immigration restrictions
  • Parties that support easing immigration restrictions: Communist, Green, Citizens
    
  • Parties that support current law: Social Democrats, Free Thinkers
    
  • Parties that support increasing restrictions: Prarie First, Republic
    
• Nuclear weapons
  • Parties that support disarmament: Social Democrats, Green, Citizens
    
  • Parties that support arms reduction: Free Thinkers
    
  • Parties that oppose disarmament: Prarie First, Republic, Communist
    
• Prarie Dawn plan, which doubles funding for the military
  • Parties that oppose Prarie Dawn: Social Democrats, Green, Citizens
    
  • Parties that support Prarie Dawn: Free Thinkers, Prarie First, Republic, Communist
    
• WA and World Forum membership
  • Parties that support keeping WA membership and joining the World Forum: Social Democrats, Green, Citizens
    
  • Parties that support keeping WA membership and referendum on joining the World Forum: Free Thinkers, Communist
    
  • Parties that support leaving the WA and not joining the World Forum: Prarie First, Republic
    

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(This post was last modified: 08-05-2019, 06:57 PM by North Prarie.)

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Minister of Culture of the South Pacific // Former Prime Minister

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