NationStates Jolt Archive

The emergency committee has announced that elections will be held very soon now. More information on the elections should be announced within the next RL day.

The parties are preparing...

Major Mainstream Parties (15% of electoral support or greater)
Zen Democrat Party (ZDP)
17.7% of registered, affiliated voters.
Party Leader: Tien Zhou.
Economically left, socially conservative Buddhist based party.
Platform: keep military and social spending at same level, support a
modest increase in police spending, provide private Buddhist schools with
government funding, anti-abortion, anti-capital punishment, pro-gun
control, raise taxes, increase moral behavior, end compulsory military service.

Progressive Action Party (PAP)
15.3% of registered, affiliated voters.
Party Leader: Bae Tao
Left of center party.
Platform: drastically downsize military, increase social spending,
pro-abortion, anti-capital punishment, pro-gun control, raise taxes,
introduce a progressive income tax.

Libertarian Democratic Party (LDP)
30% of registered, affiliated voters.
Party Leader: Pap Ti
Platform: maintain current military spending, increase police
spending, reduce social spending, increase civil, political, and economic
freedoms, pro-abortion, pro-capital punishment, anti-gun control, do away
with income taxes, cut taxes in general.

Daistallian Economic Party (DEP)
15% of registered, affiliated voters.
Party Leader: Hans Feild
Centerist party.
Platform: increase military and police spending, decrease social
spending, increase trade protections, anti-abortion, pro-capital punishment,
pro-gun control, decrease taxes.

Minor Parties (between 5% and 15% of electoral support)

Economic Reform Party (ERP)
7% of registered, affiliated voters.
Party Leader: Ae Chae
Left of center party.
Platform: increase social spending

Union Party (UP)
10% of registered, affiliated voters.
Party Leader: Rikard Weart
Left of center party.
Platform: workers rights

Fringe Parties (less than 5% of electoral support)

People's Communist Party (PCP)
.2% of registered, affiliated voters.
Party Leader: Baed Boi
Radical Marxist party
Platform: communist, nationalization of all industries

Stalli Heritage Independance Today Party ((^_^))
1% of registered, affiliated voters.
Party Leader: Kaph Meim
far right facist/racist party.
Platform: Stalli independance,

Whilan Freedom Party (WFP)
2% of registered, affiliated voters.
Party Leader: Jae Roan-ting
Ethnic/independance party.
Platform: Whilan independance, restoration of the Whilan Lama as head
of state

Socialist Party (SP)
1.8% of registered, affiliated voters.
Party Leader:
Far Left party.
Platform: nationalization of major industries

[Still want the international election monitors?]

Yes, thank you. We have to make a few more preparations before we begin.

OOC: This is the final bit of election data.
(pop. figures may be slightly off due to estimation and passage of game time.)

When the election monitors arrive, we can begin. :)

IC: We are posting this data in relation to the upcoming election.

President: The term of office for president is 10 years. There is a 2
term limit.
House of Advisors:
The House of Advisors is a 200 seat lower legislative body. The seats
are apportioned between the 23 states and territories on basis of
population. Terms are 3 years. The number of terms is unlimited.
House of Directors:
43 seat upper legislative body. The seats are apportioned 2 to each of
the 20 states and 1 to each territory. Terms are 10 years. The number
of terms is unlimited. Elections are staggered at every 5 years.
250 million total population (adjusted for changes).
200 million of voting age.
190 million registered voters
90 million voters registering affiliation with a party
State Name (population in millions - total 250, House of Advisors
seats)
States:
Daels Region: 15 states, 70% of population, less the Capital Territory
(159 million)
Baing (16,13)
Shi (14,11)
Shang (13,10)
Ping (13,10)
Noa (12,10)
Tae (12,10)
Goang Bathaeng (11,9)
Fritz (11,9)
Biao (10,8 )
Hsi (10,8 )
Bader (9,7)
Tien (8,6)
Akaso (7,6)
Kim Bap (7,6)
Soa (6,5)
Highlands Region: 5 states, 25% of population, less the Great Kraels
Territory (61)
Doa (11,9)
Fael (10,8 )
Mischk (10,8 )
Stal (10,8 )
Whilan (20,16)
Territories:
Daistallia City Capitol Territory (16,12)
The Great Kraels (1.5,1)
Faerk (12.5,10)

Edited to get rid of the )&*%*&_)*(*&* smilies. :?

Celeborne delegates are here and prepared to assist.

The Celdonian observers arrive by plane.

OOC: Post more when I get the chance.

The delegation from Fluttergork should be arriving any moment. They consist of Eddie Dean, our poet laureate, and Grimm Flood, chief of Internal Police.

Election monitors are met on arrival by either a member of the Emergency Committee or an election official.

*Welcome to Daistallia, and thank you for your assistance.*

OOC: last call for the missing monitors. Elections begin tomorrow late morning/early afternoon, local time to me (Japan).

We are the Vadanese. We are an honourable people, an honour that was bread through thousands of years of tradition and culture. We are on the whole a wise, just and impartial people who would be more than happy to assist in your electoral process.

Emperor Sakdo
The Empire of Vadan

Local bookmakers odds on the party to win the presidency:

ZDP 2/1
PAP 10/1
LDP 1/5
DEP 1/2
URP 250/1
UP 500/1
PCP 5000/1
S.H.I.T. 1000/1
WFP 1500/1
SP 2500/1

(OOC - How active a role would you like the election officials to take?)

OOC: run around, have fun, find *minor* irregularities. The elections are quite clean, but I am sure you can find some minor dirt. All monitors have my permission to find some small dirt, as long as the election reports come out clean. :) Reports of exess dirt will be ignored as unrealistic. Other than that, the odds and percentages posted should be a fairly accurate indication of the peoples wishes, and will be reflected as such in the end.

*Hello, I*m Gerard Taeing and this is the DBN morning news. For the first time since our nations founding national elections are being held today. Polls opened at 8:00 am local time and will remain open until 8:00 in the evening.
*We would also like to welcome the monitors from Fluttergork, Celeborne, and most especially Celdonia. The Celdonian monitors had a spot of trouble upon arriving, as they went unrecognised at the airport by their official greeters.
*And now on to other news...*

"Good afternoon! Gerard Taeing with an update. Minor conflicts have been reported between Stalii Heritage Part supporters and WFP supporters at some polling stations in the Great Kraels. Reports are sketchy at the moment, but we will bring you updates as we get more information."

Fluttergorkian Monitors report shady activity at one of the voting booths on the south side. It seems that poll workers are keeping small flasks of whiskey in their desks...

"Good afternoon! Gerard Taejing again with another update. It appears that election monitors from Fluttergork have discovered drunken polling officials at a polling station in Faerk! For shame!"

[ooc: Apologies for lack of presence. Assume they've entered the country and all?]

"Good afternoon! Gerard Taejing again with another update. We have reports that election monitors from Anhierarch have entered the country after all. It seems the monitors have chosen to observe the elections with a low profile. We hope this makes for good clean elections!"

OOC: How odd I could not sign in through the front page, but got in here. :?

"Good afternoon! Gerard Taeing here again. Jon "Quickbuk" Fraek, athe leading handicapper in Daistallia city is here in the studio.
"Jon, how do the elections appear to be turning out?"

JF: "Well, Gerard the favorites going into this election, that would be the LDP and DEP, do appear to be doing quite well according to the most recent exit polls. There has been a bit of a surprise from the Union Party, however. In some exit polls the UP's numbers are matching some of the major parties numbers. The numbers aren't good enough to reach the presidency, but are surprising none the less."

OOC: We'll probably let this drag on til at least Tuesday or Wednesday. I'm cooking my Yankee Killer Chili tomorrow for a bunch of new Yorkers, Canadians, and Japanese hangers on... hope they can handle the chipoltles, jalapenos, thai chiles, and habaneros.... :D Then Monday is a bit of an early day at work. Hopefully I'll have a bit of time to post in between. And even better, I hope the server is back up before then....

Evening approaches. The polling stations are begining to ready the voting boxes for collection. There are still a few hours left however...

The polls are now officially closed. The counting begins....

OOC: Still a bit busy to properly attend to this. Soon, I promise.

"Good evening! Gerard Taeing here with election night coverage. Some election results. With 23% of precincts results in, Pap Ti appears to be in the lead with 51% of the votes counted."

"With 36% of precincts in, Pap Ti still leads with 55%"

OOC: Sorry for my lack of activity, but I;ve been really busy and haven't been on the forums for a few days.

IC: The Celdonian team are watching the counting process with interest, and have given special attention to the security arrangements surrounding the ballot boxes. (OOC: Mainly because I'm too late to say anything about the voting :oops: )

"Good morning. Gerard Taeing agaibn. As the votes are still being counted, Libertarian Democratic Party (LDP) Party Leader Pap Ti seems to have pulled far ahead of the other candidates with 60% of the vote."

"Good morning. Gerard Taeing again. These appear to be the final results!"

A series of graphic maps makes their way accross the TV screen showing the
final election results:

Presidency
Pap Ti (62% of the vote)

House of Advisors (200 seat lower legislative body)

Zen Democrat Party (ZDP) 36 Seats

Progressive Action Party (PAP) 30 Seats

Libertarian Democratic Party (LDP) 61 Seats

Daistallian Economic Party (DEP) 30 Seats

Economic Reform Party (ERP) 14 seats

Union Party (UP) 20 Seats

People's Communist Party (PCP) 1 Seat

Stalli Heritage Independance Today Party ((^_^)) 2 Seats

Whilan Freedom Party (WFP) 4 Seats

Socialist Party (SP) 2 Seats

House of Directors
(43 seat upper legislative body)

Zen Democrat Party (ZDP) 8Seats

Progressive Action Party (PAP) 6Seats

Libertarian Democratic Party (LDP) 13 Seats

Daistallian Economic Party (DEP) 6 Seats

Economic Reform Party (ERP) 3 seats

Union Party (UP) S4 eats

People's Communist Party (PCP) 0 Seats

Stalli Heritage Independance Today Party ((^_^)) 1 Seat

Whilan Freedom Party (WFP) 2 Seats

Socialist Party (SP) 0 Seats

OOC: All monitoring teams are invited to submit their reports here or in a thread of their own.
Any one wishing to be interviewed on national TV by Gerard Taeing (or another reporter) please let me know. We hope this has provided some small entertainment. :P

***MEMORANDUM***

To: Daistallia
Fm: Empire of Fluttergork Election Monitoring Team

A hearty greeting and overdue congratulations on running a successful election and gaining a wonderful new president. King Roland has asked us to invite you for a state dinner at a date of your choosing. We do hope you will be able to attend.

As for our report, we noticed a few difficiencies that were too minor to bring attention to at the time.

1. We were amazed to see that so many people brought their household pets to the election booths with them. However, we feel that this is a security risk because a lot of horses could look like a person if dressed properly. It would be horrible if one snuck in and cast his own vote!

2. The incident with the alcohol and one of the vote counters was a big misunderstanding. It turns out that it wasn't several people drinking, just one old fat guy who only said that "My roach died." We leave it to you to determine if the roach in question met with foul play.

3. Absentee Ballots were arriving in the mail for days after the election. In the future set the deadline date for absentee ballots for the day of the election, not two weeks after. Unlesss of course they have a doctors note proving they were sick, drunk, or stoned.

All in all, a fair election. If we are ever needed again, please don't hesititate.

Sincerely,

These humble representatives of the Empire of Fluttergork.

President Ti sends his thanks. We will make a state visit as soon as is feasable.

Meanwhile, please feel free to attend the celebration (national celebration thread).