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On Sunday June 12, the CDS will hold their Inaugural Ball, from Noon to 2 PM at the Schloss Ballroom.
The schedule for this spring's election go as follows:
April 8 - Census of citizens for eligibility to run for office
April 15 - Citizen qualification deadline for right to vote
April 18 - Call for Candidates for Chancellor and for RA
May 1 - Deadline for Declaration of Candidacy
May 4 - Dean posts list of candidates
May 7 - Campaigning starts
May 14 - Polls open
May 21 - Polls close
May 22 - 31, incoming RA take their affirmations of office and members meet to elect their officers
June 1 - The RA and Chancellor of the 37th Government of the CDS take office.
It was on April 17, a day early, that the Call for Candidates went out.
Today (April 17) is the first day to declare your candidacy for the offices of Representative Assembly (RA) and Chancellor. These are very important offices for our CDS Community. When we elect these representatives we are electing friends and neighbors to work on our behalf to set the direction of our community, enact our laws and regulations, and manage all the tasks that keep the CDS a wonderful place to live. Now is your time to participate and declare candidacy.
So far, one person, Almut Brunswick, has declared his intention to run. More will certainly follow in the next ten days.
In contrast to many real-life elections, the CDS elections have remained largely drama-free for some years.
Stay tuned for more information.
SC Dean Delia Lake
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As a fellow citizen and current chancellor I want to thank all of you who declared as candidates for Term 36
Chancellor Kyoko Barzane (Samara Barzane)
It's time!!! I know you appreciate all our CDS government does for us. CDS is unique. Because we elect our government, we have a say in what's done. Over the years, many of our citizens have stepped up and taken a turn at running for, and running our government. While there are responsibilities, there are also so many opportunities to get to know your neighbors better, to enjoy the satisfactions from helping people. So how about it? Is this term your time to step into the governmental limelight? Will you declare your candidacy to be a member of the 35th Representative Assembly? Will you declare your candidacy to be the next Chancellor?
As stated in the announcement, this will be the 35th term for the CDS's government. Elections are held twice a year, in the spring and fall. Candidates are asked to step up for the offices of the Representative Assembly, or RA, and the office of Chancellor. To be eligible to run, one needs to be a landowner in the community.
So far, as of the writing of this article, four people have stepped up to run (and rerun) for office in the RA, Almut Brunswick, Tailsworth Horsley, Laure Levenque, and Rosie Gray. For Chancellor, Kyoko Furse-Barzane (Samara Barzane) is running for re-election for the office. Anyone else interested in running has until Tuesday May 4.
For any questions about the election ask Delia Lake.
Bixyl Shuftan
Usually at this time campaigning starts, but with only 5 RA candidates for 5 seats and only one chancellor candidate there are no real elections necessary.
Soon after, Chancellor-elect Emilia Dagostino (Emilia Avindar) congratulated the winners of the Representative Assembly in another announcement, followed by:
Each of the RA members gave their oath, including MadmaxSoulLover Resident. the freshman."Thank you everyone," he told the people, "I am truly honored." "Yay! I'm no longer the newest newbie!" commented Lyubov, " Boy we have work for you Max!" Han Held, a former Chancellor, commented, "I'm excited to see our government filled with 'new blood'; this is awesome!"
?? Kyoko (samara.barzane)
In contrast to the real-life American elections, which were often full of political drama, the CDS elections appear much more low key. The guidelines given out state that campaign signs are limited to a few public locations. Going about, I did see a couple signs at public places. I noticed a number of signs for Kyoko, though none for Drewski Northman. Drewiski did hold a Q & A discussion in which a few issues were discussed such as outreach to other SL communities and bringing back some discontinued events.
In the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, it was late last month that there was a vacancy in one of the seats of the Representative Assembly due to the resignation of Bagheera Kristan. So the CDS began preparations for a special election this month. But not unlike what happened in the regular elections in spring, only one person, Lyuboy, offered to become a candidate. So he was given the position by default.
