Parliamentary General Election - October 2024

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Welcome to the Official General Election for the 38th session of Parliament!
This General Election will fill 5 seats in the Parliament of Stratham. Please read everything on this page carefully, the Department of State will not assist you in any way to tell you if you do not meet the requirements to run or if you have not fulfilled the necessary campaign requirements.

Please read the following requirements below to run for Member of Parliament:

1. Maintaining a minimum of twelve hours (12) of playtime in the 30 days prior [as seen in /bcseen].
2. Having a join date on the BusinessCraft server of more than four (4) weeks prior to the beginning of the election cycle.
3. Holding no foreign office of any kind in a state recognized by the Republic of Stratham or otherwise.
4. Must have a discord account and forums account linked to their in-game account

Note:
If you do not have 12 hours of playtime by the start of this election, you will be disqualified.

The Campaign Clause:
No person shall be able to run in an election for Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, or Member of Parliament without making a public campaign post prior to the start of the voting period.

The Official Timeline for this Election is as follows:
Declaration Period - 48 hours (Ending on October 9th, 2024)
Voting Period - 48 hours (Ending on October 11th, 2024)

In order to declare your candidacy please complete the following:

In order to follow the campaign clause, there are 2 choices you have to make your campaign statement.

If you intend to make a campaign post on forums please use this format to reply to this thread. "I, username, am seeking the position of Member of Parliament, and here is my campaign thread: link to thread. I will be running as an independent/member of [party name]."
The title of the thread should be as such: (Username’s) Parliament Campaign (October 2024)

If you intend to make your campaign post through Discord, use this format to reply to this thread. "I, username, am seeking the position of Member of Parliament. I will be running as an independent/member of [party name]."

Note: If you do not make a campaign post by the official 48 hours mark after declarations have begun, you will be disqualified from the Election.

 

[LobsterRoast]

I LobsterRoast, am seeking the position of Member of Parliament. I will be running as an independent.

 

[Saarthigaming]

I, Saarthigaming, am seeking the position of Member of Parliament. I will be running as an independent.

 

[Tokyosap]

I, TokyoSAP, am seeking the position of Member of Parliament. I will be running as an independent.

 

[shadownba]

I, shadownba, am seeking the position of Member of Parliament, and here is my campaign thread. I will be running as an independent.

 

[bharatj]

I, bharatj, am seeking the position of Member of Parliament. I will be running as an independent.