Nominations

Wednesday 23 June 2010 - 12:12:45 - Posted by Brittany Phelps in Admin Office

Due to an error on my part, I didn't realize that nominations should've already started by this point. I'd like to go ahead and open nominations up now. The window for nominations will close at midnight PST, on the 6th of July, and voting will take place throughout the day on the 13th of July. All officer positions are up for election. You can find further information about positions here

Instructions for nominations set out by the Constitution are thus:
"All nominations shall be accomplished by either announcing candidacy for a position, or by having someone else announce the candidate's nomination for the position. The nominee may withdraw the nomination at any time before the actual vote. Nominations shall be announced a minimum term of 7 days before a vote should be held. Nominations may be held open for up to 30 days. All nominations must be announced in a public area, such as the wiki, forums, or chat channels, where members are likely to be able to see them. There is no requirement for members to see them: if nominees are unwilling to get people to vote for them, that's not an issue the party needs to address. "

This process, as far as dates, is somewhat vague in the Constitution, hence our current predicament. That said, I'll also be proposing a solution to this at the next meeting, so we can edit the Constitution and not run into this issue again. I have an idea of what the proposal will be already, but if anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to email me at brittany.phelps©pirate-party.us

In other news, we will be sending a letter to Michael Meo tomorrow with questions to ask the candidate for Oregon's 3rd Congressional District. The answers will be reviewed by the membership and we will vote during the following meeting whether or not to endorse him. If you would like to add a question for Michael, please do so here.

Thank you for your time.

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