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Bravado's not my usual game
but here, I'll try it just the same.
I've been in this region for thirteen years,
let's better hope you can lend me your ears.
We've danced this dance many a time,
a couple of times, even, in rhyme,
but every time I ask for your vote
is never the time to mumble by rote.
From ancient Athens comes the name
for the rite we make the game.
The voice of the people may be odd
of all the things to make a god,
But Winston had it right, I say,
when saying it's the least worst way.
There's majesty and grandeur, see,
in writing down your vote for me.
Even if you vote abstain,
your ballot disfavoring my campaign,
Your participation in our game
will make me happy all the same.
I've voted, read, campaigned, for years
and yet will scream, to deafen ears:
VOTE!Lord Lore: Lore has been in TNP for just under 5 years. He has been a Justice before and is a serving Security Councillor. He believes himself to be a trustworthy person. He doesn't believe that making campaign promises is smart for a Court Justice and instead he just provided us his history in the region as a benchmark for why he should be a Justice. He has a fairly robust knowledge of TNP law and Precedent and is very actively aware of the need to be careful when setting Precedent. He is very active in his roles as Cartographer for Eras on the forum and as Security Councillor and he doesn't believe that Justice is outside of his current workload.
The Vote
Due to Lady Raven Wing, losing their citizenship the vote was closed with a new round of voting beginning immediately. At the time of the suspension of voting, Lady Raven Wing was in 5th place with 16 votes. The top three positions were held by Eluvatar, Lord Lore and Dreadton respectively. The main beneficiary of the withdrawal of Lady Raven Wing was Dreadton, gaining an extra 5 votes. Surprisingly Gurundu lost 6 votes, Lord Lore lost 5 votes and Dinoium lost 3 votes. This may have been due to voters not returning.
The final vote is shown below.
The Winners
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Eluvatar, Dreadton and Lord Lore won the election and are now TNP Justices. Congratulations to them and all who took part.
ConclusionLeadership
Minister of Defense (MoD): General Bobberino
Deputy Ministers of Defense (DMoDs):
Colonel Knightblood and Colonel Koopa[/align]
Regional Assembly June 2019
Speaker of The Regional Assembly:
Artemis
Deputy Speakers of The Regional Assembly:
Funkadelia and
BrendogVote
Passed
Security Council Member Standards put forward by
Praetor.
Status: At VoteResults: 34 Ayes, 0 Nays, and 3 Abstentions.
Confirmation of Lord Lore and Robespierre as Election Commissioners put forward by Speaker
Artemis.
Status: Passed
Summary: The Delegate, El Fiji Grande, appointed members of the Election Commission Lord Lore and Robespierre to serve for six months as Election Commissioners. The debate was quick as many felt that these individuals both wielded enough experience to supervise elections in the North Pacific.
Results: Lord Lore - 21 Ayes, 1 Nays, and 2 Abstention.
Robespierre - 23 Ayes, 0 Nay, and 1 Abstention.
Instant Runoff Election Bill, put forward by
Gorundu.
Status: Passed
Summary: An amendment to the way that elections are run in the North Pacific. This bill introduces the idea of implementing an instant runoff voting system for the General Elections.
Results: 15 Ayes, 7 Nays, and 3 Abstentions.
Current Business
Lessening Repeating Work (L.R.W.) Bill, put forward by
Praetor.
Status: In DiscussionAffordable Transgender Hormone Therapy
Status: Passed
Delegate's Vote: For
Final Vote (World): For: 10,855 Against: 2,859
Final Vote (TNP): For: 369 Against: 146 Percentage of WA nations voting:
38.51[/align]
Recommendation:Prohibit Private Prisons
Status: Passed
Delegate's Vote: Against
Final Vote (World): For: 8,576 Against: 6,401
Final Vote (TNP): For: 245 Against: 257 Percentage of WA nations voting:
38.73[/align]
RecommendationProtecting Personal Privacy
Status: Passed
Delegate's Vote: Against
Final Vote (World): For: 6,173 Against: 7,954
Final Vote (TNP): For: 179 Against: 327 Percentage of WA nations voting:
39.46[/align]
Recommendation: Protecting Personal Privacy, while well intending, gets caught up in its own over-worded clauses and ultra specific definitions. The proposal denies governments the ability to view the data unless specific situations occur, which could cause governments to take larger action than realistically needed in order to view items pertinent to national security and gross crimes before an investigation could be opened. The definition of 'user' is so specific that there is not an easily discernible definition to 'non-user' seeing that it is not defined. This error makes Clause 3, sections 2 and 4 difficult to enforce. Clause 3, section 4 also allows for people to remove evidence of their specific person ever interacting with an organization unless 'there is a clear and compelling safety or disciplinary reason to do otherwise such as loans or criminal records'. This becomes an issue because there is no way to determine if such information could be used in the future for criminal or civil proceedings without those proceedings taking place, thus putting these organizations in a state of limbo. Additionally, Clause 4 allows organizations to prohibit a person from using services if they do not consent to their data being collected, however does not address what happens if a user provides falsified data. Furthermore, Clause 5, section 1 seems unclear if the resolution wants member nations to grant private individuals the ability to go after organizations who do not follow the resolution or if the WA member nation itself must take action against organizations who do not follow the resolution.
In accordance with the reasoning above, the Ministry of World Assembly Affairs recommends a vote
AgainstPreventing Unjust Warfare
Status:
At Vote
Delegate's Vote:
AgainstCommend The Rejected Realms
Status: Defeated
Delegate's Vote: Against
Final Vote (World): For: 2,568 Against: 10,668
Final Vote (TNP): For: 59 Against: 411 Percentage of WA nations voting:
35.39%[/align]
Recommendation: Commend TRR is the sixth attempt by this author at submitting this proposal. While this proposal has improved somewhat over its earlier iterations, it is still lacking. Unfortunately, there is a distinct lack of appropriate focus on TRR and their history. Of the solid arguments it possesses, it never goes into extensive detail and leaves the reader with little understanding. This is combined with awkward syntax and occasional subtle inaccuracies which cause it to appear as an unfinished draft at best. Furthermore, the author has seemed fairly reluctant to receive and apply criticism as well as perform edits and redrafts.
While believing that TRR is a very commendable region with countless contributions to the greater NS community, the Ministry of World Assembly Affairs must recommend a vote
againstCommend Auralia
Status: Defeated
Delegate's Vote: Against
Final Vote (World): For: 3,443 Against: 9,637
Final Vote (TNP): For: 67 Against: 402 Percentage of WA nations voting:
37.65%[/align]
Recommendation:Condemn Kyrusia
Status:
At Vote
Delegate's Vote:
AgainstThe North Star: Lighting The Way To The Truth
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