Aerica welcomes Vacuum Cleaner, Fer Luna, Arthur Theophilus Summerfield Butterworth, Pietro Bonisoli, Greyko, Jay Hirenkumar Patel, Brian, Docasta Pierre, Bob II, John Smith, Alexander, Roman Einzbern, Yes, Umair, Lorenzo Miele, Akrid de Loon Down, Kazuo TAKAKI, Annabelle, Definitely a person, Pablo Escobar, Wu Rendi, and Kira Feklisova.
SENATE Candidates: [January 21]
Senate nominations have now run for two weeks! There are still a number of seats for which no one has been nominated, so it's not too late to put your name forward and have a probably unimpeded path to power. There will now follow two weeks for candidates to campaign and then voting will open in early February. Campaigning can be done via this list, the Discord, or any other format you want as long as you don't start sending unsolicited messages to individuals.
Of note, although only one colony currently has more candidates than seats, any seat could end up with no Senators is enough citizens vote "no" to the one or two people running. Nothing is guaranteed and everything is confusing!
The list of candidates is:
Chompsville
(nobody yet)
Earth
João joa
Mars Colony
Tristan Glark
Aidan Hartry
Nolan MacLellan
Microvia
(nobody yet)
Northern Plutopia
Shaun Ferguson
Parrwater
Nick Taylor
Psyche
Sean Austin
Retsaot Island
(nobody yet)
The Pasture
Princess Luci
Verden
Will
Lily Payne, local Idiot and Historian
Yackbard
(nobody yet)
SENATE ELECTIONS: [January 7]
The end of the current term of the Imperial Senate ended in December, which means it's time to elect a whole new bunch of Senators. As everyone knows, the Senate is the primary legislative body of the Aerican Empire and, while classically not very active, in theory the Senate is the most powerful and interesting body within the Empire. Up for grabs are two seats each in all eleven colonies.
1) Nominations
For the next two weeks, from Saturday January 7 to Saturday January 21, anyone who wishes to may nominate themselves, or someone else, for a seat. If a person is nominated by someone else, they must inform me whether they accept the nomination, or it will be ignored. Anyone can nominate themselves for any seat, even outside of their registered colony, but it must be specified where they wish to run. Nominations may be made publically such as over the mailing list or on the Discord, or privately to the Emperor via the Contact Us Form.
2) Campaigning
For the two weeks between January 21 and February 4, people are welcome to campaign. Posts over the mailing list, links to official campaign websites, catchy or embarrassing YouTube videos, whatever. This should be kept civil; we've never had a serious attack-based campaign and I doubt it would win someone much support.
3) Voting
Official voting will be open from February 4 to February 18th. Votes should be sent to the Emperor via the Contact Us Form or over the mailing list. You may only vote for the seats in your own colony, and votes for other colonies will be disqualified, unless you're running for a seat yourself in another colony in which case of course it's reasonable to vote for yourself. In your ballot, you may vote one of three ways: for one person, against one person, or for "no one" if for some reason you oppose all the choices.
Holidays and Niftydays:
- 1: New years day
- 2: Procrastinator's Day
- 3: Snappy comeback day
- 8: Emperor Norton Day
- 10: Peculiar People Day
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