The 3rd Aldurian parliamentary elections, 1682 AN (March / Early April 2020)

[Alduria]

THIRD ALDURIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

 

Parliament is dissolved and an election has been called!

The election will run for two weeks - the first week will be devoted to candidate registration and for the parties to plan their election campaigns and put together their manifestos. The second week will focus on the actual election, which will include a manifesto launch, speeches, and ads for three days.

The current elections will only deal with parliament. Presidential elections will be at the end of the next month.

The election calendar will be as follows:

• March 30: Candidate registrations begin - everyone who wants to run for Parliament will file their candidacy papers, this will serve as a roll call to see who will be involved in the election and the state they will represent in Parliament. (If you forgot, look in your bio or in past election sign-ins. Click here for last election's candidacy thread.)
  
• April 3: Candidate registrations close - Candidates that do not file their candidacy papers will not be able to participate in the election. Parties that fail to field candidates considered non-existing or defunct.
  
• April 3: Pre-polls posted - A thorough polling report about the state of affairs at the beginning of the election will be posted. It will include political party strength nationally, party strength state by state, along with approval ratings. Pre-polls shall be posted by the end of the day on April 3, 11:59 pm EST.
  
• April 4: Party manifesto launch - All parties will need to submit a manifesto that lays out policies, ideas, and details about what they hope to implement or pursue in Parliament if they are given the chance to govern. Manifestos will need to be submitted by the end of the day on April 4th, defined as 11:59 pm EST.
  
• April 6 to April 9: Election campaign - Each day of the campaign is one turn (except for April 8, mid-poll and break day). The parties, through their candidates, will have to have made at least some submission of material, speeches, or activities for them to advance and grow in the polls. The quality of the content will be judged on substance, clarity, messaging, and persuasion. Consistently high-quality speeches or campaign activities will impact polling strongly. You can get away with losing a day of the campaign or not submitting every day, but if you let it go for too long, it will start to hurt you electorally. Each turn ends at the end of the day, defined as 11:59 pm EST.
  
• April 8: Break, mid-polls, and campaign commentary - You will not need to submit anything on April 8, consider it a break day. I will provide you with polling on how you are doing so far, along with basic commentary on what you're doing well and what you're doing wrong, so you can improve before the end of the campaign.
  
• April 11: Results - Results will be released throughout the day, on Discord and on the forum.