Presidential race pt.4: Fixtures

I've got some suggestion to postpone this election because of the current inactivity of the forums. Do you guys think that this should be postponed to the next year when activity comes back?

Edit: The poll means to say 2025 and not 2024.

Can anybody tell me what this is about?

seems to me if you give someone a chance to revolt-screw up the whole thing, someone will.

Joe Bartolozzi wrote:

FORUM PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 2024

Hello everyone! We're only 3 months from holding the presidential elections of the forums. So, this is why I'm releasing the fixtures and other important information for this election.

CANDIDATE REGISTRATION

• Candidate registration begins on 17th of July and ends on 2nd of August. Candidates can feel free to register themselves for contesting in this elections during this time frame.
• The deadline for registration can be increased.
• Once the registration ends, one would not be able to register.

REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTERING AS A CANDIDATE

• You should be a member of the forums for at least 15 months (As of 4th July 2024).
• You should not have a past record of being a troll (Or any bad activity).

• You should be an active member who at least logins once in a week.

RULES FOR CANDIDATES AND COALITIONS

• You will have to accept the mandate of the election without causing a revolt, if you try to ignite a revolt, then you will be banned from participating again.
• Do not force people to vote for you, if found guilty of doing so, then you will face a ban.
• Be respectful, don't insult other candidates.
• A coalition can only comprise of 2 candidates at max.
• You can register your coalition till the polling starts, after that, you can't leave or change your coalition partners.

** Candidate registration will take place in this thread itself.

CAMPAIGNING

• Candidates can start campaigning from 20th August and the final day of campaigning will be 30th September.
• A separate thread for campaigning will be made by 20th of August. Candidates can campaign there itself and lay down their policies and plans for the future of the forums.
• Candidates can campaign on people's walls and on other popular threads (Like the OBCR), the official thread for campaigning, would be the one made by me.
• Once again, don't be a menace and avoid spamming.
• Derogatory way of campaigning would be punished.

POLLING/VOTING

• [size=10]Polling will start on 2nd October and will end on 7th October. [/size]
• [size=10]A separate thread will be created where the polling will occur. We won't use any sites for voting (To avoid rigging)[/size]
• [size=10]Format for voting would be issued soon. [/size]

RULES:

• Your first vote is your final vote, once you have voted, your vote CAN'T be changed under any circumstances.
• Do not delete or edit the post through which you voted, if done so, then your vote won't be counted and would be declared illegitimate. (Candidates are expected to encourage their voters to comply by these rules)
• You need to be a member of the forums for at least 3 months to vote (As of 30th September).
• You should not have a record of being a troll.
• Once the voting period ends, you can't vote.

I'll add more details and make a post regarding all the rules.

@Carking the 6th @Claudio NVKP @Talvisota @Zaktty @NEPTUNE the great @stardragon225 @Lady Aragosta @K.Rokossovski

I've just pinged some people so that this thread gets some attention in the currently dead forums. Perhaps, the elections can bring some life back into the forums.

I don’t think many of us have. That requirement should be lowered.

Alright, I will decrease it to 12 months.

And, it looks like, the election will not happen this year, but rather the next year.

No, I think it should be 3 months

Joe Bartolozzi wrote:

Alright, I will decrease it to 12 months.

And, it looks like, the election will not happen this year, but rather the next year.

Tragic

Talvisota wrote:

Joe Bartolozzi wrote:

Alright, I will decrease it to 12 months.

And, it looks like, the election will not happen this year, but rather the next year.

I joined in September last year, so I've only been on for 10 months as of now

Talvisota wrote:

Joe Bartolozzi wrote:

Alright, I will decrease it to 12 months.

And, it looks like, the election will not happen this year, but rather the next year.

I joined in September last year, so I've only been on for 10 months as of now

JK no hard feelings

Komrade Khrushchev wrote:

JK no hard feelings

Ill become active agian if this thing gains traction soon.

Honestly I think delaying events because of inactivity is going to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Delay it only if the turnout on this thread turns out to be really low.

I've also just realised that this thread is older than I thought, and am not sure if this strengthens or undermines my point. Probably the latter.

Lady Aragosta wrote:

Honestly I think delaying events because of inactivity is going to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Delay it only if the turnout on this thread turns out to be really low.

I've also just realised that this thread is older than I thought, and am not sure if this strengthens or undermines my point. Probably the latter.

That is why, this shouldn't be delayed now.

Better hope this place comes back to life by then

I doubt it

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I think I should I enter this race.Should I become president I promise and guarantee that on this forum it will be made official that pineapple does go on pizza and toasted bacon and banana sandwiches are the pips.

@Geden I need your influence here please, this must be in your next news release...

BTW JUST AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

Candidate registration has started.

One needs to be a member of forums for at least 9 months to register. (This has been brought down from 12 months to boost participation)

Vanrendo wrote:

I think I should I enter this race.Should I become president I promise and guarantee that on this forum it will be made official that pineapple does go on pizza and toasted bacon and banana sandwiches are the pips.

@Geden I need your influence here please, this must be in your next news release...