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--Election Special--

Hello once again, I'm Don Everns coming to you live from the Royal Congressional Complex. The recent dissolution of the Royal House of Representatives has thrown the political landscape here in Hamptonshire completely on its head. Isn't that right, Rick?

Yes, Don. Even though the House is the weaker of the two chambers, Prime Minister Olendorf would certainly get a boost of NURP could pick up more seats.

As always, Rick is right. If NURP comes away from this election with a majority in the House, the Prime Minister's Hamptonshire First Policy stands a more than fair chance of being implimented.

Yes, but if the Unity Coalition manages an upset we could see his Policy derailed or even Olendorf's resignation.

I think that this reporter can safely say that Hamptonshire hasn't seen an election of this importance in quite some time.

That's right Don. This special election could very well determine our nation's path for a generation to come.

Too true, Rick, too true...and that's why we're here to help you. We will be showing you some information about the five major parties of Hamptonshire and over the next week HNN will be bringing you live debates between the highest ranking members of the competing parties.

(Information on each party comes up on the screen)



Nationalist Union Party
Party Secretary: Senator Bernard Allenby, President of the Royal Congress (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hamptonshire/p_joachim_ribbentrop1.jpg)
Highest Ranking Member: Prime Minister Chester Olendorf (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hamptonshire/Neville_Chamberlain1.jpg)
Coalition: Nationalist Union/Republic Party, popularily referred to as NURP.
Platform: The Nationalist Union Party is a right wing, conservative party. Focused on national defense, national security, and nationalist foreign policy. The cornerstone of the Nationalist Union is the proposed "Hamptonshire First Policy". Ranging from domestic issues to foreign relations, the "Hamptonshire First Policy" seeks to make Hamptonshire into a first rate power, at nearly any cost.
Positives: Enjoys the support of nearly 2/5ths of the electorate, the loyality of most Royal Armed Forces officers, and NURP politicans are known foor their powerful oratory skills.
Negatives: While the mainstream of the Party is reasonable, the far right wing faction of the Party is highly militaristic and xenophobic.



Republic Party
Party Secretary: Governor Joseph Fredericks (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hamptonshire/ChretienStorm01.jpg)
Highest Ranking Member: Congressman Kyle Franks, Speaker of the Royal House of Representatives (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hamptonshire/pic1.jpg)
Coalition: Nationalist Union/Republic Party, popularily referred to as NURP.
Platform: The Republic Party is a centre-right, "Compassionate Progressive" party. While originally formed as a party devoted to the destruction of the monarchy, the Republic Party's mainstream has taken a decidedly softer stand, the creation of a Constitutional Monarchy with a figurehead Grand Duke. The Republic Party is the junior NURP Coalition member, and has adopted nearly all the polices of its larger patner. However, these two parties differ in one major aspect, the Republic Party favors the continuation of government sponsored social programs with the Nationalist Union Party supports the dissolution of all such programs.
Positives: Enjoys the support of many so called "Protectorate Hamptonians"- Citizens of Hamptonshire that don't actually live in Hamptonshire Proper.
Negatives: Strongly dislikes and is disliked by royalists and moderates alike.



Central Coalition Party
Party Secretary: Senator Henry Flint (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hamptonshire/petewilson.jpg)
Highest Ranking Member: Lord Phillip Rosecrans, Defense Minister (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hamptonshire/rosecrans.jpg)
Coalition: Unity Coalition
Platform: The aptly named Central Coalition Party is a centrist, progressive moderate party. It is focused on law and order and domestic issues. Both its supports and detractors call it the "Status Quo" Party. Up until quite recently, the Central Coalition was the most powerful and respected Party in Hamptonshire. Due to the changing international landscape and a lack of charisma among its Congressional Leaders, the Central Coalition Party has been losing ground to the more 'populist' parties.
Positives: Nearly the entire government bureaucracy and most of the Royal Family are members or supporters of the Central Coalition Party. Voters always know that they can rely upon the steadiness of the CC.
Negatives: Due to the centrist nature of the Central Coalition and the lack of charismatic figures, the Party is fast losing ground to the NURP Coalition.



New Frontier Party
Party Secretary: Governor Norman Koines (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hamptonshire/governor.jpg)
Highest Ranking Member: Currently no outstanding members of this party. The most recent Foreign Minister, Lord Patrick Easton (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hamptonshire/000005258_sxswbartleby1x.jpg), is a member of the New Frontier Party.
Coalition: Unity Coalition
Platform: Formed by the combination of the centre-left Union Democrats and the leftist Labor Parties, the New Frontier Party is Hamptonshire's only left leaning political party. They seek to place an income tax on the population (Hamptonshire currently has no income tax) to pay for a wide range of social programs. New Frontier pushes for a decrease in the funding for the Royal Armed Forces and increased regulation of business.
Positives: Widely admired as an idealistic party, New Frontier is the champion of Hamptonshire's lower classes.
Negatives: Only 4% of the population falls under the category of "Lower Classes".



Popular Party
Party Secretary: Congressman Jacob Astor (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hamptonshire/aznar__145x200propertyBild.jpg)
Highest Ranking Member: Daniel Pederson, Transport and Commerce Minister (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hamptonshire/frist.jpg)
Coalition: People's Front (formed with small parties and Independents)
Platform: The Popular Party is a centre-right, moderate conservative party. Focused mainly on business issues and smaller government. It is the choice of conservative voters who don't like the nationalism and militarism of the Nationalist Union and who do not support the anti-monarchy platform of the Republic Party. The Popular Party is a libertarian-type party, they support the idea that the people best know how to run their own affairs.
Positives: Favorite party of Hamptonshire's businessmen and women. Its libertarian policies have started to attract the youth.
Negatives: The Popular Party's waivering support of the Royal Armed Forces and its oppositon to a draft under any circumstance run contrary to traditional Hamptonian patriotism.



Well, Don, for better or worse those are our choices.

I'd like to thank Rick for coming by the studio. HNN will be keeping you updated all this week on the election.

Goodnight and a good tomorrow.


OOC: I'll come out and say this right now, the format of this post and thread were inspired by Granzi's recent election post. You can ask questions for the next week and each of the five parties will give you an answer. As for as the poll goes, the results will count not only as a foreign endorcement but as "Absentee Ballots". While the percentages will change, the ratio established in 1 RL week of voting will most likely stay in place.

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Pacitalia wishes the Republic and Popular Parties well in this election. May the people of your country elect wisely.

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Important Speeches:

Prime Minister Olendorf's speech announcing the dissolution of the House. (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7064684&postcount=13)

Foreign Minister Mel Ziller speaks to two different gatherings. (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7071646&postcount=20)

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((OOC: I don't trust NURP, too authoturion... or however you spell it. Bleh, and your Prime Minister looks Italian))

((OOC: I don't trust NURP, too authoturion... or however you spell it. Bleh, and your Prime Minister looks Italian))

OOC: When has a party with Nationalist and Union in its name not been authoritarian at least to some degree. As for the Prime Minister's picture, that's Neville Chamberlian Britain's Prime Minister in the 1930s. *hint*

OOC: When has a party with Nationalist and Union in its name not been authoritarian at least to some degree. As for the Prime Minister's picture, that's Neville Chamberlian Britain's Prime Minister in the 1930s. *hint*

((OOC: I knew he looked familiar. Hm, where do you get all your pictures by the way? I wanna get one of Sergei and his cabinet, but I'm afraid if I google their description, I might get porn =/)))

The Untied Pysiers wishes luck to the Popular Party.

(Had to do it, Libertarians)

((OOC: I knew he looked familiar. Hm, where do you get all your pictures by the way? I wanna get one of Sergei and his cabinet, but I'm afraid if I google their description, I might get porn =/)))


OOC: Using my knowledge of history and current events, I match the personality and general physical descriptions of my character to a RL person. For instance- Foreign Minister Mel Ziller is American Senator Zel Miller. I chose that person because I wanted Ziller to be a firebrand and a powefully emotional speaker. It's all about finding a person that looks like what you want and that has a similar personality.

Now if you knew who I used for the picture of Senator Bernard Allenby, you'd begin to be really scared of the Nationalist Union.

OOC: Using my knowledge of history and current events, I match the personality and general physical descriptions of my character to a RL person. For instance- Foreign Minister Mel Ziller is American Senator Zel Miller. I chose that person because I wanted Ziller to be a firebrand and a powefully emotional speaker. It's all about finding a person that looks like what you want and that has a similar personality.

Now if you knew who I used for the picture of Senator Bernard Allenby, you'd begin to be really scared of the Nationalist Union.

((OOC: Hmmm, I guess Putin for Sergei maybe? Eh...))

((Ted Kennedy?))

((OOC: Hmmm, I guess Putin for Sergei maybe? Eh...))

((Ted Kennedy?))


OOC: I see Sergei as Yeltsin.

Senator Bernard Allenby is Joachim von Ribbentrop. Google him to find why you should fear him ;)

((OOC: Great, Hammy, you never cease to amaze me. A Nazi in Parliament Heh. And Sergei's skinner then Yeltsin damn it >_<))

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Important Speeches:

Senator Henry Flint and Congressman Jacob Astor deliver campaign speeches. (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7085974&postcount=22)

We will be paying close attention to this race. Our initial leanings would be towards the Central Coalition, but we will let events roll on a little before we commit to supporting them.

OOC: Using my knowledge of history and current events, I match the personality and general physical descriptions of my character to a RL person. For instance- Foreign Minister Mel Ziller is American Senator Zel Miller. I chose that person because I wanted Ziller to be a firebrand and a powefully emotional speaker. It's all about finding a person that looks like what you want and that has a similar personality.

Now if you knew who I used for the picture of Senator Bernard Allenby, you'd begin to be really scared of the Nationalist Union.

Im aware of who Ribbentrop is/was but please give a run down.

remeber kiddies how you vote affects the attitudes of Hamptonshire to your nation/s and could result in mass genocide -looks at Nationalist Union suspiciously.
Im leaning that way any ways damn liberals.

OOC: As a multi-ethnic and racial nation, racism and genocide are not on the table. Even the most right-wing members of the Nationalist Union wouldn't think of racial or ethnic based warfare or genocide. Nationalism in Hamptonshire is not based on the race, ethnicity, or religion of the people but on the very fact that they are Hamptonian. At worst you'd see programs that would be semi-harmful to non-Hamptonians should NURP come to power.

Too True can you please give a run down of Ribbentrop?

Too True can you please give a run down of Ribbentrop?

OOC: Just do look him up at www.wikipedia.org

(OOC)Do i have to do everything for myself?



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A Message from The Confederacy Of Harlesburg
The Confederacy Of Harlesburg has thrown its support behined the Republican Party

Edward The Phoenix Duke De Harlesburg
Lord Of The Confederacy Of Harlesburg

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A Message from The Confederacy Of Harlesburg
The Confederacy Of Harlesburg has thrown its support behined the Republican Party

Edward The Phoenix Duke De Harlesburg
Lord Of The Confederacy Of Harlesburg


Statement Issued By the Secretariat of the Republic Party

The Republic Party is honored by your endorcement of our ideals of what the future governmental form of Hamptonshire should be. However, we cannot, by law, and by tradition accept any form of foreign endorcements.


Signed,
Joseph Fredericks (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hamptonshire/ChretienStorm01.jpg)
Governor, Northwest Eldenburen Province
Party Secretary, Republic Party

A Message from The Confederacy Of Harlesburg
It is not the intention of The Confederacy Of Harlesburg to interfer with foreign politics or to cause discomfort for a nation its support is only in word not in actions.Our appologies if this was construed as an offensive act towards your nation.

Edward The Phoenix Duke De Harlesburg
Lord Of The Confederacy Of Harlesburg

Polls Close in 12 hours

Poll is closed. I'll RP up the effects of the vote when my other RP cools down a bit.

Nationalist Union Party: 14 28.00%
Republic Party: 4 8.00%
Central Coalition Party: 7 14.00%
New Frontier Party: 11 22.00%
Popular Party: 14 28.00%

That's just for record keeping.

wow is the Republic party too dandy for the right but not dandy enough for the left?

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--Election Results--
Live from the Interior Ministry

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Interior Minister Micheal Ayers


Good evening my fellow Hamptonians and all those people around the world watching this broadcast. Sixteen hours ago, polls all across the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire closed; eight hours ago all votes were tallied; ten minutes ago I, as the Chief Elections Officer of the Grand Duchy, certified the results.

I am proud to say that nationwide voter turnout was at a near record 71%, with the highest turnouts in the western Provinces. This Special Election, called by Prime Minister Olendorf and the Royal Senate, has suprisingly ended the majority of the Nationalist Union and Republic Parties. I have notified the leaders of NURP and the Unity Coalition that as of this time no party or coalition has the majority necessary to select the Speaker of the House.

I strongly urge that Prime Minister Olendorf takes this as an opportunity to reform his proposed Hamptonshire First Policy as well as rethink the proposal by the Nationalist Union to increase military spending while cutting education wholesale.

I must, though, resist the tempation to use this opportunity as a personal speech. I have a job to do, and I better get to it.

Certified Results:
Nationalist Union Party- 145 seats
Republic Party- 38 seats
Central Coalition- 141 seats
New Frontier- 29 seats
Popular Party- 143 seats
Independent- 4 seats

NURP Coalition- 183 seats
Unity Coalition- 170 seats
People's Front- 147 seats


It is my hope that once the new Royal House of Representatives begins its session, a compromise between the three Coalitions can be worked out so that this Government may function as smoothly as it always has.

I thank you for your time and May God Bless the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire.


Broadcast ends

The People's Republic of Kay Son would like to congratulate it's ally in a fair and just election. It is hoped that this will cause much success in future policies.

Minister Yong Bak
Foreign Affairs Department
PRKS