Nominations for the February 2018 Speaker Election

[Courelli]

February 2018 Election
for
Speaker of the Union

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According to Article 3, Section 2 of the Third Constitution of the Social Liberal Union, an election for the office of Speaker of the Union is now triggered.

I, Courelli , am serving as Election Administrator, and will dutifully and impartially execute the duties and powers of this position to the best of my ability.

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The Speaker of the Union is the presiding officer of the Open Parliament and Chief Officer of the Legislative branch. The Speaker is a member of the Administration, and is privy to all Cabinet discussions.

Duties include:

• Impartially administering parliamentary procedure made by or pursuant to law or the Constitution;
• Appointing a Speaker pro tempore to act in their absence;
• Determining the end of voting on bills, in accordance with constitutional minimum and maximum voting timeframes;
• Ensuring the constitutionally-prescribed legislation classification system is used and implemented;
• Serving as the custodian of all records of the Open Parliament, and updating them when necessary;
• Archiving and preserving past historical and legislative records;
• Breaking ties in Cabinet decisions.

The term for Speaker of the Union is to last FIVE (5) months, beginning Monday, 19 February 2018, and ending on Monday, 9 July 2018, and may be renewed once consecutively. 

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Nominations will last for a period of SEVEN (7) days, starting on Monday, 5 February 2018, and concluding on Monday, 12 February 2018.

Any Member State may nominate themselves (if eligible) or another eligible Member State (subject to their acceptance) to run for this position.

Eligible States are those who:

• Are Member States, as defined by the Constitution;
  
• Have been Member States for at least two months prior to 19 February 2018;
  
• Have not served two consecutive terms as Speaker of the Union.
  

Voting will begin immediately thereafter; starting Monday, 12 February 2018, and concluding Monday, 19 February 2018.

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Nominees
Kanoria | NS
North American Republics | NS

Candidates
Anaaxes | NS

Hirematia | NS

[Omerica]

I'd like to kick things off by nominating Anaaxes.

[Anaaxes]

Feb 5, 2018 15:55:03 GMT Omerica said:

I'd like to kick things off by nominating Anaaxes.

Thank you! I accept the nomination!

[Goncar]

I'd like to nominate Hirematia and NAR.

[New Lettia]

I'd like to nominate Anaaxes (well, second, that is) and Kanoria.

[Kanoria]

Feb 8, 2018 17:27:29 GMT New Lettia said:

I'd like to nominate Anaaxes (well, second, that is) and Kanoria.

I thank New lettia for the nomination, but I will remain in my backstage role, should it please the Speaker upon their assuming the office, in preference to taking on the role myself. I would however further lend my support to our incumbent speaker Anaaxes .
(Edit to clarify:This is me declining nomination)

[Hirematia]

Feb 8, 2018 17:26:57 GMT Goncar said:

I'd like to nominate Hirematia and NAR.

Thank you for the nomination Goncar! I will accept.

[North American Republics]

I appreciate the nomination, but I will decline. I will be unable to put forth the time and effort to understand our laws to the degree needed for the position at this time.

[Courelli]

Nominations are now closed, and the election has begun.

[Courelli]

Results
of the
February 2018 Election
for
Speaker of the Union

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Pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the Social Liberal Union, it is my duty to declare that Anaaxes has been duly-elected as the Speaker of the Union, to 4 month term, beginning immediately.

The results of the election are as follows:

Anaaxes
First Preference: 19
Second Preference: 0
Abstentions: 4

Hirematia
First Preference: 2
Second Preference: 20
Abstentions: 1

Thanks to all the candidates for standing for election, and thank you to everyone who voted!

This election was administered and counted by Delegate Courelli, and verified by Speaker pro tempore Kanoria and Minister of Foreign Affairs Goncar .

DONE this 19th day of February in the year 2018.