ELECTION: Commissioner

[DeathByTheSword]

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DeathByTheSword
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this is the place where to ask questions:debate

[DeathByTheSword]

I voted on all the elections and i wish everone good luck . if someone has a question about me being the commissioner please go to the debate thread and ask there or here doesnt really matter. I ask Ming to top all the elections but nothing happend yet

[Nubclear]

Aren't we doing this, well, WAAAAAAY too soon? The nominations just bairly ended and not even all the debate threads have opened and those that have opened have only been opened for how long? Lets wait at least a week.

If we have elections now, NO ONE is getting my vote.

[DeathByTheSword]

there was a dicussion about this somewhere 2 weeks ago. If we want to have every 1st of the month a new government and have a nomination from 5 days a election for 3 weeks and a transition day of 2 (preferly 3) we need to start on time. Because of RL problem i couldnt start it in time and DE started for me a day over time. after that i took over with the current nominationthread and because we lack one day i removed the day between nomination closing and election starting so that there would be some days for the transtition. IF you think it is way to early for this then it is my fault because i couldnt start it early because problem back home. I am sorry for that BUT if we want a new government when the new month starts we need to do it now. and i dont like the idea of start somewhere in the middle of the month just because this is much simpler.

[Nubclear]

Alright then you do not get my vote, I abstain.

[Lemmy]

you don't have to vote NOW, you could also wait a few days, how long is the poll open?

[DeathByTheSword]

again Tass i am sorry for this but i saw it as the best compromise i could think of

[DeathByTheSword]

3 days forgot to post that sorry people having a really bad day :wheeping:

[Maniac]

It isn't DBTS' fault the debate threads have just started. It was the candidates' job to do that! Only after I started my own thread there was some response from others.

[Maniac]

Oh yea, the election threads don't need to be topped. I made links in my Official Poll Results thread. Some moderator should really change the name of that thread to "Current polls & Poll archive"...

[DeathByTheSword]

changing the name PM a mod and i send the PM for topping but nothing happend so no biggy just yet

[Diablero]

We could always run another vote for commissioner couldn't we? Of course, does anyone else stand a chance against DBTS?

[MrWhereItsAt]

Originally posted by Tassadar5000
Aren't we doing this, well, WAAAAAAY too soon? The nominations just bairly ended and not even all the debate threads have opened and those that have opened have only been opened for how long? Lets wait at least a week.

If we have elections now, NO ONE is getting my vote.

Although there is no other candidate and certainly no BETTER candidate than DBTS for Commisioner, I must agree with Tass' sentiments for the general situation. This election has seemed a littlle rushed and not very well signposted - I could barely participate for taking a single weekend off, apart from nominating myself in one election. This should be something we can look at for the next elections.

[Darkness' Edge]

Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt
Although there is no other candidate and certainly no BETTER candidate than DBTS for Commisioner, I must agree with Tass' sentiments for the general situation. This election has seemed a littlle rushed and not very well signposted - I could barely participate for taking a single weekend off, apart from nominating myself in one election. This should be something we can look at for the next elections.

With all respect, MWIA, there was the usual nomination period for this. People had plenty of time to nominate for posts. Then, there was the usual time period.

These elections ran exactly the same as any others in any DG.

Tass - the debate threads are the responsibility of the individual candidates. If they want one, they create it. It's got nothing to do with the AT.

And MWIA, while I sympathise with your situation, it's just bad luck being caught with having to go away in the middle of elections. I think it's a bit unfair to blame it on the elections.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Hmmm... and I don't doubt their validity or the fact they likely complied with every law we have (I certainly wouldn't complain even if they didn't!). Perhaps my only real thought here is that elections just happened like anything else. Elections in the other games do not seem to... flow, as quickly as the last one did here. Somehwo elsewhere there is much talk about "who will raun where", and on the great competitions for positions etc. This time around there were just nominations, a few short and hastily assembled campaign threads and the polls. There does not seem to be any legislative failure here, but more a failure of attitude of those of us who are regular posters. Maybe this is part of the very low voter turnout also - ppl will vote when things are visible and notable. The ppl who make things such are the DEs, Archaics, Maniacs and DBTS' of the game, who should perhaps hype up the elections a little. I am guilty of this too, but we share a collective responsiblity.

It would be nice to believe that someone who is a very regular poster and recent Director can make themselves and their opinions known in the period of the election - it should be so clear when elections are at that no-one such as this can miss them. Is it in the Constitution when elections are held? I certainly knew thanks to DBTS' posts when nominations were over, but not when the elections started and ended.