This election is held via plurality vote, where votes may select the candidate of their preference.

SCHEDULE

Nominations will remain open during the period of 01 Mar 2023 14:00 (UTC) → 04 Mar 2023 14:00 (UTC). .Countdown.

First Round Voting will remain open during the period of 07 Mar 2023 14:00 (UTC) → 10 Mar 2023 14:00 (UTC). .Countdown.

Second Round Voting will remain open during the period of 11 Mar 2023 14:00 (UTC) → 14 Mar 2023 14:00 (UTC). .Countdown.

CANDIDACIES

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.

VOTING

Voters may cast their ballot via a poll that will be made available by the Election Commissioner at the appropriate time. The poll will be automatically restricted to allow only votes from Native World Assembly Residents, so anyone who is not able to cast a vote is, by definition, ineligible to vote.

Members of the Special Forces who are on deployment at the time of voting may cast an absentee ballot by posting their vote on the Regional Message Board and tagging the Commissioner within that post. A list of members who will be on deployment should be made available to the Commissioner by the Minister of Defence.

BALLOT

Candidate	Resources	First Round	Second Round
Chillicothe	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	2 votes	4 votes
Curlyhoward	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	9 votes	6 votes
Drew Durrnil	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	14 votes	18 votes
Evinea	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	32 votes .Elected.	-
Federal Eagle Empire	.Disclosure.	5 votes	4
Osheiga	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	2 votes	2 votes
Petea	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	7 votes	28 votes .Elected.
Thunderwave Cave	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	4 votes	4 votes
TescoPepsi	.Disclosure. .Campaign.	27 votes	38 votes .Elected.
Re-Open Nominations	-	2 votes	3 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.

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

Petea obtained the second highest number of votes in the second round after all votes were counted 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.