Election reform muthafuckah!!

Well i have put forward a reform for the election that was looked by 2 mods and and they both agreed with me, (Uni and Observer) so basicly this is exactly what I proposed with minor changes to the length of the election and nomination period;

Aight bitches, no, i'm not going to do that. I will calmly write a list of reforms that I will create a thread about, my reforms:

1. Nomination question;

1a, user must have 5 nominations from users (to prevent randoms and clean up the election poll)

1b, users must state there nominations by post rather then like, this will make it easier to track nominations and make sure that people do not support more then one person, if in the case they change there vote, said user must then delete the post that they nominated the possible tribune in.

1c, Possible tribunes can not nominate themselves, this will allow people with the adequate support to run, and not worry about other nominees splitting voters because they share virtues, and want to enact the same "reforms"

2. Campaign threads;

2a, Nominees cannot create there thread until they received an adequate 3 nominations, this will help keep the PA clean and not clutter it with numerous threads.

2b, Nominees may not slander other nominees. (although I think this may violate free speech.) I think that it should be necessary to not slander other nominees, as this creates unwanted animosity between users and might create unwanted social cliques that will turn against each other into all out hate speech.

3. Actual Election time;

1a, once the nomination period ends which should take 5 days, after that a 1 day period of campaigning and waiting time will commence. (for aesthetics and final promises)

1b, The election will take 3 days of voting, during this time the poll will be created and monitored by staff.

State your opinions and problems with this system, and vote too.

Sounds to complicated. The Rules currently are just fine if you ask me.

Also I hate to bitch but, 5 nominations? 50-60 people use the forum regularlly! We would get 1-2 people in the ending election.

Did Fey weigh in on this as well Rom? He had ideas for reform as well.

Exactly, it will keep the unmotivated out of the election and it will value peoples votes.

Well i created the thread yesterday and he hasnt been on that much so i figured I would take the initiative.

Careblast.

I doubt the majority of the fourm even care about these elections, I mean it was all fun and games in the start but now... meh. Sorry if i burst your bubble.

Also did you talk to the mods?

Yeah, but I admit it was hastily done, also don't expect this to pass immediately I expect this tho take at least 2 weeks.

Hmm I will vote Yay because it seems like it might work.

Very nice, Romulus, however I don't think these forums are large enough so that we can have five votes for nominations, although this may be for the better.

And for election period, sometimes people might miss out, we want to ensure that people know where and when the elections are happening, should we either, extend the time to a full week? Or, give notices somewhere obvious? for example, we could put an Election Timer at the top of each page, the black profile menu bar, or beside the word STALIN!

I am all for everything else, and have no ideas on how to improve it.

I was going to ask that it be 3 for nomination.

This wouldn't be a bad idea and I also said 3 days for nomination 2 days for campaigning and other stuff then 2 days for elections.

That doesn't stop vote splitting. If anything it will increase it as candidates will aid in the nomination of people they are most similar too.

Running should count as nominating yourself.

How do we know if the candidate is being truthful then? Candidate A could make a thread and say he's done this and that for the people, and if someone says that's not true he can accuse them of lies -> slander -> delete post.

More good than bad though, so yay.

Well, at least it will make things more smooth than the recent elections we had.

Didn't think of that, but wouldn't that mean that we would have tribunes that would have huge groups of supporters? because of user endorsements (not bribery)

I put this forward because slander is also a offense under hate speech and its more of a "just to make things clear" rule.

Ultimately, there is no good way to combat vote splitting. Without political parties and thus with no clear frontrunners there will likely always be similar candidates sucking votes from each other.

Fix't. (Although I am being quite liberal here.)

Nice, I estimate a full year.

I like roms original plan, except I would ask that electon times be longer, like five days, or until like the next saturday so that more people vote.

I think people should be able to nominate two tribunes since two tribunes will be elected. Also, I tihnk it should be changed to 3 nominations to be eligible. The election should last 5 days. Thats just my opinion.