This is a regular election for the Local Council. Please take note of the information below related to the election and review the Local Council Elections Act for further information about the election process.

KEY DATES

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• Nominations | 01 Nov 2022 14:00 (UTC) → 04 Nov 2022 14:00 (UTC) .Countdown.

• First Round | 07 Nov 2022 14:00 (UTC) → 10 Nov 2022 14:00 (UTC) .Countdown.

• Second Round | 11 Nov 2022 14:00 (UTC) → 14 Nov 2022 14:00 (UTC) .Countdown.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

Candidates must meet all the following requirements within the nominations period in order to be listed on the ballot.

• Have a Residency value equal to or greater than 120. .Check Eligibility.

• Declare their candidacy by accepting a nomination made by a nation not under their control or access.

  • Nominations must be made on the Regional Message Board (RMB) by a member of the South Pacific without tagging the Election Commissioner. .Example.

  • Declarations must be made on the RMB by quoting the nomination, accepting it in a clear and unambiguous manner, and tagging the Election Commissioner. .Example.

• Publish a dispatch with a disclosure of all nations they control or access and all their current affiliations and positions within NationStates, and tag the Election Commissioner.

Pursuant to Article 3, Section 5 of the Local Council Elections Act, in the event that more than 11 candidates stand for election the 11 candidates with the highest Residency shall proceed to the first round, to the detriment of all other candidates.

INFORMATION FOR VOTERS

Voting will be restricted to Native World Assembly Residents and to members of the Special Forces who are on deployment at the time of voting, as communicated to the Commissioner by the Minister of Defence.

Voters may cast their ballot via polls that will be made available by the Commissioner at the appropriate time, where they will be able to select the candidate of their choice, including the option to re-open nominations. Polls will be automatically restricted only to those who are eligible to vote, so any nation who cannot use the poll is, by definition, ineligible to vote.

[Special Forces Only] Members of the Special Forces who are on deployment at the time of voting, as communicated to the Commissioner by the Minister of Defence, may cast an absentee ballot via a post on the RMB that states their candidate preference and tags the Election Commissioner.

BALLOT

Candidate	Resources	First Round	Second Round
A Place Somewhere	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	4 votes	2 votes
Ammar and Casentino	.Disclosure.	4 votes	2 votes
Canadian Goose Republic	.Disclosure.	2 votes	18 votes .Elected.
Chillicothe (13th in Residency)	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	-	-
Concrete Slab	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	12 votes	31 votes .Elected.
Curlyhoward	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	35 votes	43 votes .Disqualified.
Drew Durrnil	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	13 votes	7 votes
Evinea	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	41 votes .Elected.	-
Los estados confederates de Mexico	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	4 votes	5 votes
Petea	.Disclosure.	3 votes	2 votes
TescoPepsi (12th in Residency)	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	-	-
The funny man (also known as Orcuo)	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	13 votes	9 votes
The Stickmin Empire	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	2 votes	2 votes
Re-Open Nominations	-	6 votes	11 votes

RESULT

Evinea obtained the highest number of votes in the first round after all votes were counted and consequently is elected to the Local Council.

Curlyhoward obtained the highest number of votes in the second round after all votes were counted but is ineligible to hold the office of Local Councillor per the sentence from [2210.HC] Kris Kringle v. Curlyhoward and consequently is not elected to the Local Council.

Concrete Slab obtained the highest number of votes in the second round after all votes were counted and Curlyhoward was removed from the tally and consequently is elected to the Local Council.

Canadian Goose Republic obtained the second highest number of votes in the second round after all votes were counted and Curlyhoward was removed from the tally and consequently is elected to the Local Council.

The raw votes may be found here and here and a full repository of election results may be found in the Election Management Portal.