Governors Needed

[Octavian X]

With the newly approved Western provinces, we have a few governors mansions to fill for the rest of the month. The 'Lake Land' and 'Hill-arious' provinces are at a size that allows for a governor to be appointed. As a note, the first governor of these provinces is allowed to give them their permanent names.

Thank you.

 

[disorganizer]

how about provincial maps?

 

[Noldodan]

I signed up to be governor of Hill-Arious.

 

[Donovan Zoi]

Octavian, the first elected governor gets to name the province.

Therefore, folks appointed here will not get to name the province, and will only get to post instructions for Wednesday's turn chat.

I encourage anyone responding here to run for election in these provinces. You do not need to wait for a nomination. Go ahead and throw your hat into the ring!

 

[Octavian X]

Just ruin all the fun, why don't ya?

The historical presedence has always been that the firest governor named the province, elected or appointed. Three provinces (afaik) in DG1 were named by the appointed governor, one of them being myself.

Besides, using that argument, you could argue appointed leaders need not obey Article J of the Constitution (Elected Officials must plan and act according to the will of the people).

 

[Shaitan]

That did happen in DG1 but this game has so far held that the privilege of naming a prov goes to the first governor to get the job throught the election process. Sugar & Spice was named by it's 3rd governor, I believe. The first was appointed due to mid term growth. The second was appointed when nobody ran for the position in elections.

 

[Cheetah]

Why cant we have elections when there are only one candidate? We could have a yes-no poll or something.

It might be a problem if a governor candidate is voted "no" though...

 

[Shaitan]

We actually did have "Abstain" win an election once.

If you become a governor through the election process you are elected. If you go for a spot and nobody contests it you are still "elected" even if you didn't get polled into office. In the example I gave above neither of the 1st two governors got their positions through the election process - they were both appointed by the President.