CD 002: Writ of Election for the Ransenari Tynwald

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Janus Eadric

CD 002: Writ of Election for the Ransenari Tynwald

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WE,
Janus Eadric I,
Humble Servant of His Niftiness the Kaiser,
COUNT OF RANSENAR,
PRINCE OF NERIDIA,
LORD OF GOLDCASTLE.


WHEREAS In Order to progress with the establishment of the new constitutional order of the County of Ransenar, and to give our residents the voices and choices awarded to them through our Constitutional Charter:

LET IT THEREFORE BE KNOWN that we hereby order that the RANSENARI TYNWALD meets for its FIRST SESSION at Boltangate House, in the city of Wendor, no more than ten days from the date of promulgation of this writ of election;

AND We authorize the residents of the County of Ransenar to form political organizations, movements and parties for these elections provided that they do not seek the undermining and destruction of the constitutional order of this County and its relationship to the Imperial Republic of Shireroth and the Duchy of Goldshire;

SIGNED BY OUR HAND AT GOLDCASTLE - OUR WILL IS LAW.
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Janus Eadric

Re: CD 002: Writ of Election for the Ransenari Tynwald

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STATEMENT OF INTERPRETATION


Comital Decree 002 provides for the first election in the County of Ransenar for the first session of the Ransenari Tynwald, as established by the Constitutional Charter of the County of Ransenar.

This election will be simulated by myself, and everyone who is a Shirerithian citizen may participate. The election will have three stages: political party registrations, campaigning, and election.

1. Political Party Registrations
Any Shirerithian citizen may create a political party to contest the election. Over today and tomorrow, there will be election sign-up threads that will be ready for people to register their political party or movement. The form is not finalized and will be posted later today. The form will allow you to register the political party - it will ask for a name, name of party leader and candidates, a brief manifesto or statement of beliefs, and will have a small political quiz that will help me place the party's position on local issues that matter. Each political party can receive a significant boost in its poll numbers by posting particular details about its party leader - background, pet issue and at least one positive and one negative trait. (For example, you may choose for the negative trait to be a "skeleton in the closet" (see list of traits below), which can increase their likelihood to get elected, but at the same time can increase the chance of a scandal if the negative trait becomes public, which may happen during the campaign or after, and hurt the individual's public perception.)

Along with the political party registration thread, I will be releasing details about the constituencies of Ransenar (number of seats).

The political party registration stage would last for at least 72 hours. After that, it will progress to the next stage: an election.

2. Campaigning
The Ransenari Tynwald election is conducted via proportional representation with each party submitting a party list.

There's two possible activities in this stage:
- Only residents of Ransenar and members of the Imperial Government can participate in this activity - residents of Ransenar or members of the Imperial Government (Kaiser, Steward, Arbriter, member of the IAC or Landsraad) can endorse a particular political party or movement. Its effects will be determined via coin toss. The toss will decide if the endorsement helped boost the political party (heads for yes, tails for no). If the endorsement helped, then a number randomizer (between 1 and 5) will determine by how much. Each endorsement will be capped at 5% poll boost. No endorsement will have a negative effect on any political party. The Count of Ransenar cannot and will not make any endorsements.
- Anyone who created a political party for the first stage can participate in this activity: You may post your ideas to win votes for your political party. Be creative.

This stage will last 72 hours from the end of stage 1.

3. Election
After stage 2 has ended, I will proceed to post the election results and then the Ransenari Tynwald will proceed with its opening.
List of Negative and Positive Traits

Positive
Average Joe
Qualities: Folksy, down-to-earth, unpretentious, a man/woman of the common people, the kind of person voters would like to have a beer with.

Boy/Girl Scout
Qualities: Squeaky clean, ethical, honest, upright, virtuous.

Bridge Builder
Qualities: Bipartisan, agreeable, creates compromise, a negotiator / deal broker.

Bulldog
Qualities: Aggressive, brazen, outspoken, pulls no punches, frank, critical.

Grassroots Organizer
Qualities: Effective manager of personnel, rallies other people to action, good with logistics.

Maverick
Characteristics: Independent thinker, willing to buck party, nonconformist, dissenter.

Orator
Characteristics: Eloquent, persuasive, inspiring, articulate.

Policy Wonk: (area)
Characteristics: Highly credible, knowledgeable, and focused in a given issue area. Applicants should specify which one issue they think applies to them.

Workhorse
Characteristics: Active, tireless, industrious, takes on extra work (in-character).

Negative
Dirtbag
Characteristics: Corrupt, underhanded, dishonest, untrustworthy, unethical.

Elitist
Characteristics: Pretentious, snobby, high brow, out of touch with the common man, of the wine-and-cheese crowd.

Empty Suit
Characteristics: Inactive, unknown, do-nothing, powerless, ineffective.

Flip-Flopper
Characteristics: Hypocritical, changes positions suddenly or is unclear about what they are in the first place, promise breaker.

Gaffe-Prone
Characteristics: Commits blunders when speaking, inarticulate, unintelligible, puts foot in mouth.

Loose Cannon
Characteristics: Unstable, short tempered, excitable, impulsive, hot headed, high-strung.

Partisan
Characteristics: Loyal to the party (to a fault), closed-minded, biased, uncompromising.

Skeletons in Closet
Characteristics: Indicates some sort of personal scandal in the character's past, the severity of which are determined by the administrator of the simulated election.

Government Insider
Characteristics: A member of the "establishment", a career politician, often beholden to special interests.

Wingnut
Characteristics: Ideologically extreme, espouses outrageous positions that are far out of line with the mainstream.

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