Autumn 2011 General Election

Sixth General Election of the AIN

Declaration Deadline: 31st August 2011
Campaign Period Begins: 1st September 2011
Campaign Period Ends:14th September 2011
Voting Opening: 15th September 2011
Voting Closing: 22nd September 2011

General Election Commissioner: Daniel Raffaele

Running for Office and Campaigns

This month's election will be following the same system as we did in February - members who wish to run for a specific ministry will post below and will be added to the list of nominees for that ministry. If there is only one person running for a ministry, then "other" will be the option at the ballot, and those who vote other will have to email the electoral commission email (below) with their vote. If nobody is running for a department then a member will be assigned to it by the admins and the new Executive. You can only run for two ministries maximum.

Anyone contesting these positions are free to begin working on a campaign now, but you are not permitted to post it on the forums or have a campaign signature until 1st September.

Nominees

All nominations must be posted here, and no changes or new nominations are allowed after the 31st August 2011.
Departments: Here is the list of the departments, incumbent ministers running for re-election are in italics...

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

President of the Alliance
Daniel Dabu
Kevin

Vice President of the Alliance
Constantine
Forthwall
Neil

MINISTRIES

Ministry for Justice and Constitutional Affairs (MJCA) - Elects the new non-permanent members of the Security Council in December. Reviews the permanent members based on their general activity and contributions to the Security Council in September. Manages the Union Constitution.
Daniel Raffaele


Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) - Ambassador to other unions, also makes sure that everything runs smoothly between AIN nations.
Spy9600
Julien

Ministry for Parliamentary Services (MPS) - Manages the Senate and Legislative Assembly, maintaining debate and voting polls.
Jo

Ministry for Citizens’ Affairs (MCA) - Manages union education, safety, health and other situations affecting citizen's.
Forsma
Thomas

Ministry for Culture, Arts and Sport (MCAS) - Manages cultural events, art events and sport. Runs the Media forums.
Jo

Ministry for Innovation, Trade and Investment (MITI) - Manages union trade and finance, and may be the president of the union bank.
Miguel Leal
Thomas


Ministry for Transport and Infrastructure (MTI) - Manages union transportation and infrastructure affairs.
Blakeway4 (Julien)

If you have any questions please post below, PM me or alternatively email: thomas@aoinmail.eu

I will run for Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs

You have 9 more days to declare what you are running for. At 0:00 BST on the 1st September, you cannot change what you are running for.

I will run for ministry of Foreign Affairs.

I shall run for vice-president

I shall run for Vice President of the Alliance

Excellent news! Thank you all for putting your names forward for these roles.

btw are you run for a president again Thomas?

I am running for the position of Minister for Innovation, Trade and Investment.

3 more days to declare. Make sure you're starting work on those campaigns too!

I change my mind, I will run for Vice Pres

Okay. We still need a Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, a Minister for Culture, Arts and Sports and a Minister for Citizens’ Affairs.

I would run for Minister of Transit.

But glad to see all is well in the AIN.

Wish I could run for Ministry for Culture, Arts and Sport Is there anything in the ministries or stats dept. Ambassadorial Members can be part of besides submitting information on their nation?

I will run for Minister of Transport as no one is running for it... :bounce:

I am announcing a switch from contesting for the position of Vice-President to that of the position of President

Will, anyone can join the AINSI team, just PM me

Well the door is always open, Edge.

We still need a Minister for Culture, Arts and Sports and a Minister for Citizens’ Affairs.
Don't feel forced to run, but it would be a shame if nobody did run for the position and someone got chosen by an email poll. Then we might end up with some people fulfilling two Cabinet roles, which wouldn't really be fair on them.

Or, if people wanted, we could allow people to run for two ministries if they wanted to. If nobody decides to run for MCAS or MCA then that is another option.

Thomas wrote:Well the door is always open, Edge.

I know, I know, stop pressuring me!!

But really, thanks for leaving the door open for so long. I bet it's getting a chilly from it just being open...

Thomas wrote:Or, if people wanted, we could allow people to run for two ministries if they wanted to. If nobody decides to run for MCAS or MCA then that is another option.

TOTALLY. LIKE. SO. YOU KNOW. LIKE.



Sure, it's a great idea. Then there will be more competition and I guess no one will be running alone against nobody.