Welcome to the Election Office!

This is the place for the answers to all your questions concerning the Demogame Elections.

If you have a question have a look at the FAQ, or in the Constitution and Code of Laws.

If the answer isn’t there then either ask in this thread or in the Judicial thread if it’s something you think the judges need to deal with.

Term 1 is already underway, so here’s the schedule for future terms:
Nominations Elections Elections Term
Start Start Finish Starts
Term 2 24 Aug 28 Aug 31 Aug 1 Sept
Term 3 23 Sept 27 Sept 30 Sept 1 Oct
Term 4 24 Oct 28 Oct 31 Oct 1 Nov
Term 5 23 Nov 27 Nov 30 Nov 1 Dec
Term 6 24 Dec 28 Dec 31 Dec 1 Jan
Term 7 24 Jan 28 Jan 31 Jan 1 Feb
Term 8 21 Feb 25 Feb 28 Feb 1 MarAll Start and Finish times are at 00:00 GMT (or thereabouts) on the day stated – ie: the beginning of the day.
00:00 GMT is 19:00 (7 PM) EST (or 20:00 EDT, 8 PM ) on the DAY BEFORE eg: 00:00 GMT 24 Aug = 19:00 EST 23 Aug

If you have any questions about the elections or getting elected please ask!

So how do the elections work?
How do I get elected?
I’m on holiday at the end of the month and won’t be here, can I still accept a nomination?
When’s the next Election?
Why do people Accept or Decline their nomination in Bold?
Can I nominate myself?
What positions are Elected?
Are Deputies Elected? How do I get to be a Deputy?
What if nobody runs against me?
So how do the elections work?
Elections are held every month in the Main Demogame Forum (http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=145) and each term starts on the first of the month. Nominations run for 4 days and start 8 days before the end of the month, elections then run for a further 3 days giving 1 final day to get up and running for the new term. It’s first past the post in the elections, the one with the most votes wins!

How do I get elected?
All our main officials are elected, so if you want one of those jobs either nominate yourself when the nominations start or get someone to do it for you! If someone does nominate you, please accept or decline before nominations close. It’s best to get noticed first, take part in the discussions and contribute to the game especially in the area you would like to be elected for, people are much more likely to vote for you then!

I’m on holiday at the end of the month and won’t be here, can I still accept a nomination?
Yes you can – if you nominate yourself in this thread beforehand and say you’ll be away you’ll be included in the election even if you can’t post in the nomination thread.

When’s the next Election?
Nominations for the next election will open according to the schedule in the first post.

Why do people Accept or Decline their nomination in Bold?
For the simple reason it stands out better and it’s easier to see who has accepted or declined amongst all the posts. You don’t have to bold it, but it helps the Election Office!

Can I nominate myself??
Yes you can! Just nominate yourself in the nominations thread – you may see people nominate themselves and accept, but if you nominate yourself it’s assumed you accept anyway.

What positions are Elected?President
Minister of Defence
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister for Trade and Technology
The Judges (Chief Justice, Judge Advocate, Public Defender)
The Governors (all 6 of them)
Designated Players
Are Deputies Elected? How do I get to be a Deputy?
Deputies are not elected, but appointed by the Minister/Governor concerned. Send a PM or post in the official thread if you are interested.

What if nobody (that’s no one, not Nobody ;)) runs against me?
Then you’ll be elected unopposed!

Extract from the Constitution (just the bits on Elections)

Article H. Elections
The Executive Branch positions, Governorships and the Judiciary positions are all elected positions with a fixed term not to exceed one month.

Article I. Multiple Offices
Citizens may hold only one elected office at any given time, or be a deputy to only one elected office. Citizens may not have more than one accepted nomination at the commencement of the general election.

The complete Constitution is to be found (or will be when it is posted)

Extract from the Code of Laws (just the bits on Elections):

Section H.1 Elections
The Election Office, a citizen’s office supervised by the President, will perform all actions needed for each election cycle.

Each Governor position will be a separate election, and all will be held each term, even if the city does not exist. In the event the city does not exist, the order of priority will be clearly stated in the election description (ie: Gov. 1, Gov. 2).

The regular election cycle starts at the posting of the nomination threads, and concludes when the last poll, including runoff polls, closes. Nomination threads will be posted 8 days before the end of the current term. Election polls will be posted 4 days later, and will list all accepted candidates for each election. Election polls will be marked private, and last for 3 days.

Each position will be granted to the candidate receiving the largest number of votes in that election. In the event of a tie between two or more front runners, a runoff poll shall be opened between those candidates only. This poll shall run for 2 days, and be repeated as often as needed to resolve the tie.

Except for the first term, all terms will start on the 1st of the month, and end on the last day of that month.

Section H.2 Designated Player Pool
During each regular election cycle, a separate thread will be created during the nomination process for DP Candidates. Any citizen that wishes to be a DP must post in this thread. When the election polls are posted, a separate poll, in multi-choice format, listing each candidate will be posted. Citizens will vote their approval for a candidate by selecting their name.

A citizen may run for an elected office and apply to be a DP in the same term. The DP Pool does not count as an elected office.

Each candidate that receives a vote from more than ½ of the citizens that vote in the poll will be accepted as a DP for that term. The Election Office will put together a list of the Designated Players, ordered by the number of votes in support for that term. In the event of a tie, the order of posting in the nomination thread will be used. All DP’s that actually ran a game session in the previous term will be put below those that did not, regardless of the number of votes. This list will determine the order that the DP’s will be used for game sessions. If there are more game sessions that DP’s, start again from the top of the list.

The complete Code of Laws is to be found [url=]here (]here[/url) (or will be when it is posted)

Elected citizen is shown in bold, Number of Votes received are in Brackets

President
Octavian X (20)
Classical Hero (12)
Minister of Defence
vikingruler (16)
CivGeneral (14)
Ranger99 (5)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Nobody (17)
Icmancin (15)
Minister for Trade and Technology
truckinpete (unopposed)
Chief Justice
Ravensfire (unopposed)
Judge Advocate
Black Hole (unopposed)
Public Defender
mhcarver (unopposed)
Governor 1
DaveShack (16)
Provolution (12)
Governor 2
Chieftess (unopposed)
Governor 3
greekguy (unopposed)
Governor 4
Stuck as a Mac (unopposed)
Governor 5
admiral-bell (unopposed)
Expatriate Governor
RegentMan (unopposed)
Designated Players (all elected)
Ravensfire (26)
Chieftess (26)
Octavian X (25)
DaveShack (24)
classical hero (21)
Stuck as a Mac (21)
vikingruler (19)
Nobody (19)
CivGeneral (17)

Thanks for all of your hard work for putting this together Furiey :goodjob:

Thanks Black_Hole, I've put the schedule up, now I just have to set up the reminders in my calendar....

This looks excellent, Furiey. Should I put you down as the Director of the Elections Office, then? :)

Well, I volunteered and nobody else did anything so I stuck this up, if you've got someone else in mind no worries, otherwise I'll be happy to keep it going.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for making a schedule. After a whole demogame or two of requesting one put in the nomination thread, I get one. Thanks again!

By the by, the thread looks great! Nicely organized and informative.

[QUOTE=Furiey]
Each Governor position will be a separate election, and all will be held each term, even if the city does not exist. In the event the city does not exist, the order of priority will be clearly stated in the election description (ie: Gov. 1, Gov. 2).[QUOTE]

Does this mean a govoner would lose their goveronership one month after being elected regardles of weather their city was founded or not? :hmm:

Each Governor position will be a separate election, and all will be held each term, even if the city does not exist. In the event the city does not exist, the order of priority will be clearly stated in the election description (ie: Gov. 1, Gov. 2).

Does this mean a govoner would lose their goveronership one month after being elected regardles of weather their city was founded or not? :hmm:

No. That rule states that if a city is still unfounded by the next election, the election for the governor position will be "Election for Governor of City #4 (or whatever number it is)." The name chosen by the current governor won't be included. The only way to lose your governorship is either by losing the next election, or by being kicked out by the people mid-term.

By the by, the thread looks great! Nicely organized and informative.

ditto, thanks for the great job you're doing Furiey!! :goodjob:

@RegentMan: Thanks RegentMan, as I could never work out what started when either, a schedule was the first thing I did! Now as long as Outlook reminds me.....

@admiral-bell: I think RegentMan has answered, but if you want to keep your governorship you will have to run in the election next term even if the town has not been founded yet.

Does this mean a govoner would lose their goveronership one month after being elected regardles of weather their city was founded or not? :hmm:
yes, if you don't get nominated again and win, you will lose your governorship, no matter what...

Nomination threads for Term 2 are up in the main forum. The Nomination Tracker is here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=126985). Elections will start in accordance with the schedule at 00:00 GMT (or as close as I can get) on 28 August.

Note: you'll find me self-nominated in both the Public Defender and Expatriate Governor races. The PD one went first and takes precedence. I plan to drop one based on who else accepts, as noted in each thread, but just in case I get tied up and nominations close before I have a chance to do that I wanted to make the Election Office aware of the situation. :D

Thanks DaveShack, I'll make a note in my spreadsheet.

After a frustrating time with the 30 second limit between posts, the Elections for term 2 are now up!

Congratulations to all those elected unopposed, and Good Luck to all the candidates in contested elections.

Elections close approximately 00:00 on the 31 August, 3 days after the poll was opened.

Term 2 will start at 00:00 GMT on 1st September.

Looks like I posted these in the main forum but not here, oh well for the record... Elected citizen is shown in bold, Number of Votes received are in Brackets

President
Donovan Zoi (18)
Octavian X (9)
Minister of Defence
vikingruler (unopposed)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Icmancin (unopposed)
Minister for Trade and Technology
truckinpete (unopposed)
Governor of Olympus
Civlord (unopposed)
Governor of Civatonia
Chieftess (unopposed)
Governor of The Augean Stables
greekguy (20)
CivGeneral (4)
Nobody (2)
Governor 4
Stuck as a Mac (unopposed)
Governor 5
Provolution (15)
admiral-bell (10)
Expatriate Governor
RegentMan (14)
DaveShack (12)
Chief Justice
ravensfire (unopposed)
Judge Advocate
Strider (14)
Black_Hole (10)
Public Defender
Bootstoots (18)
Civman2004 (8)
Designated Players (all elected) in DP Pool order, Players indicated * played previously and are moved to the bottom of the list
Donovan Zoi (21)
Provolution (19)
Regentman (18)
CivGeneral (14)
DaveShack (22)*
Ravensfire (21)*
Chieftess (20)*
Octavian X (19)*

Nomination threads for Term 2 are up (an hour to an hour and a half early) in the main forum. The Nomination Tracker is here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=129379). Elections will start in accordance with the schedule at 00:00 GMT (or as close as I can get) on 27 September.

Please Note: I shall start closing the nomination threads and posting the polls approx 1½ hours early at 22:30 GMT (6:30 PM EDT), 26 September.

Term 3 Elections are now up.

Congratulations to all those elected unopposed, and Good Luck to all the candidates in contested elections.

Elections close between approx 22:30 and 23:30 GMT on the 29 September, 3 days after the poll was opened, slightly earlier than the deadline of 00:00 GMT on 30 September.

Term 3 will start at 00:00 GMT on 1st October.

Elected citizen is shown in bold, Number of Votes received are in Brackets

President
ravensfire (14)
Donovan Zoi (14) conceded
Minister of Defence
Ranger99 (20)
vikingruler (8)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
greekguy (19)
Nobody (5)
Minister for Trade and Technology
Strider (16)
admiral-bell (8)
Governor of Olympus
CivGeneral (unopposed)
Governor of Civatonia
Ginger_Ale (18)
Chieftess (4)
Governor of The Augean Stables
Furiey (unopposed)
Governor of Styx
DaveShack (unopposed)
Governor of Priapos
Gerikes (21)
Tboy (7)
Expatriate Governor
TimBentley (15)
RegentMan (9)
Chief Justice
Bootstoots (unopposed)
Judge Advocate
Black_Hole (unopposed)
Public Defender
mhcarver (unopposed)
Designated Players (all elected) in DP Pool order, Players indicated * played previously and are moved to the bottom of the list
TimBentley (23)
Ginger_Ale (19)
ravensfire (24)*
DaveShack (23)*
Donovan Zoi (22) withdrew
Provolution (19)* and accepted before Chieftess
Chieftess (19)*
CivGeneral (15)*

Nominations for Term 4 will go up tonight (23 October) approximately 1½ hours early starting 22:30 GMT (18:30 EDT).

I will post a link to the tracker thread as soon as I post it.

It is also likely that I will start closing Nominations and opening the Elections approximately 1½ hours early at 22:30 GMT on 27 October. I will confirm this nearer the time.

Term 4 Nomination threads are now up.

You will find the Nomination Tracker thread here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=132373)

Elected citizen is shown in bold, Number of Votes received are in Brackets

President
ravensfire (unopposed)
Minister of Defence
Ranger99 (unopposed)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
greekguy (unopposed)
Minister for Trade and Technology
Donovan Zoi (unopposed)
Governor of Olympus
CivGeneral (unopposed)
Governor of Civatonia
Vacant - No Citizens stood for election
Governor of The Augean Stables
Furiey (unopposed)
Governor of Styx
DaveShack (14)
vikingruler (4)
admiral-bell (3)
Governor of Priapos
Vacant - No Citizens stood for election
Expatriate Governor
TimBentley (unopposed)
Chief Justice
Bootstoots (unopposed)
Judge Advocate
Black_Hole (unopposed)
Public Defender
mhcarver (17)
Nobody (9)
Designated Players (19 voters therefore all elected), Players are in order of number of votes with those that played last term put below those that did not.
Furiey (18) (not played before)
Donovan Zoi (15) (last played term 2)
Bootstoots (14) (not played before)
vikingruler (13) (not played before)
RegentMan (13) (last played term 2)
Stuck_as_a_Mac (12) (last played term 1)
TimBentley (17) (played last term 3)
ravensfire (16) (played last term 3)
DaveShack (14) (played last term 3)
CivGeneral (13) (played last term 3)

Nominations for Term 5 are now up. The Nomination Tracker thread is here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=142731). Elections will start in accordance with the schedule at 00:00 GMT on 27 November.

Elected citizen is shown in bold, Number of Votes received are in Brackets

President
greekguy (unopposed)
Minister of Defence
vikingruler (10)
admiral-bell (3)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Vacant - No Citizens stood for election
Minister for Trade and Technology
Civ General (unopposed)
Governor of Olympus
ravensfire (unopposed)
Governor of Civatonia
RegentMan (unopposed)
Governor of The Augean Stables
Furiey (unopposed)
Governor of Styx
DaveShack (unopposed)
Governor of Priapos
Vacant - No Citizens stood for election
Expatriate Governor
Vacant - No Citizens stood for electionChief Justice
Bootstoots (unopposed)
Judge Advocate
Black_Hole (unopposed)
Public Defender
Cyc (unopposed)
Designated Players (16 voters therefore all elected) in DP Pool order, Players indicated * played in the previous term and are moved to the bottom of the list. Ravensfire played when the Chain of Command was invoked but did not play his regular DP slot. This will need to be queried with the Judiciary once the Term 5 Judicial thread is up.
DaveShack (15) (elected but didn’t play as DP last term
ravensfire (14) (elected but didn’t play as DP last term, only in the COC)
CivGeneral (12) (elected but didn’t play as DP last term)
Furiey (16)*

The Nominations Threads for Term 6 will be going up sometime around 00:00 GMT on the 24 December (probably slightly early).

If you're not going to be around during the nomination period and wish to run for office then please post in this thread that you wish to be nominated (or PM me if you don't want to go public just yet) and you will be included as a candidate.

Please bear with me if the nomination index is not updated as often as usual, but I will be at relatives over the Christmas period and will only be able to sneak away and commandeer the PC every so often.

Just realised i'm about to post Nominations for Term 7 and haven't posted these yet :blush:

Elected citizen is shown in bold, Number of Votes received are in Brackets

President
Furiey (unopposed)
Minister of Defence
ravensfire (unopposed)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
AlphWolf (unopposed)
Minister for Trade and Technology
Civ General (unopposed)
Governor of Olympus
Vacant - No Citizens stood for election
Governor of Civatonia
RegentMan (unopposed)
Governor of The Augean Stables
Vacant - No Citizens stood for election
Governor of Styx
DaveShack (unopposed)
Governor of Priapos
Bootstoots (unopposed)
Expatriate Governor
Vacant - No Citizens stood for electionChief Justice
mhcarver (unopposed)
Judge Advocate
Black_Hole (unopposed)
Public Defender
Cyc (10)
xyourxmomxcorex (4)
Designated Players (12 voters therefore all elected) in DP Pool order.
TimBentley (12)
Furiey (12)
DaveShack (11)
ravensfire (11)

Elected citizen is shown in bold, Number of Votes received are in Brackets

President
Furiey (unopposed)
Minister of Defence
ravensfire (unopposed)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
DaveShackf (unopposed)
Minister for Trade and Technology
RegentMan (unopposed)
Governor of Olympus
RikMeleet (unopposed)
Governor of Civatonia
Vacant (RegentMan - by appointment)
Governor of The Augean Stables
Vacant (TimBentley - by appointment)
Governor of Styx
Vacant (DaveShack - by appointment)
Governor of Priapos
Vacant (RikMeleet - by appointment)
Expatriate Governor
TimBentley (unopposed) Chief Justice
Cyc (unopposed)
Judge Advocate
Black_Hole (unopposed)
Public Defender
mhcarver (unopposed)
Designated Players (14 voters therefore all elected) in DP Pool order.
Furiey (14)
ravensfire (13)
TimBentley (13)
DaveShack (13)

Believe it or not it's that time again, Nominations are now up.