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Emerald Sustrai ([personal profile] unhappy) wrote in [community profile] genessia_ooc2017-01-31 04:48 pm
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MOD POST: Guardian Elections Going Forward

Hello everyone! Tay-mod here on a character account because it's paid and that means I can make polls with it.

We've had a few things brought up to us during the course of this last City Guardian election season. There are a few decisions that the moderators have decided to set in motion going forward as well as a few issues we'd like to see what the majority of the community has to say about.

Set changes to the City Guardian system going forward:
    •If a City Guardian candidate does not participate in any part of the election process beyond declaring that they are running, their name will be removed from the polls. Moderators will check before the poll is posted to confirm.
    •If for whatever reason a candidate is declared the winner of the poll and then decides to drop or concede, the next runner up will be named as long as it is within 2 weeks of the poll's close.
    •If no candidate runs for a position, the current City Guardian will be asked to continue their position until the next election regardless of term limits if they are set. If the current City Guardian declines, the position will be offered to their first hired, currently working deputy, then to their second deputy. If all parties decline, the election nomination process will be reopened solely for the city in question.
Now for the polls, which we would like you to consider the following definition for what the phrase "term limit" means: A term limit is a maximum amount of time that a character would be able to maintain a position. This means that if they have already maxed out their terms, they would not be able to run for the same elected position again. However, they would still be required to run in each election and are not guaranteed to get their full terms, as it would be based on the will of the people. Each term is still 6 months (same as current system.) A system with term limits would be the same system we currently have, just with a maximum number of times any one character can hold the position.

Poll #17952 Term Limits
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 30

Would you like to see City Guardian term limits set in Genessia?

Yes, apply term limits.
10 (33.3%)

No, leave things as they are.
10 (33.3%)

I don't care either way.
10 (33.3%)

If term limits are applied (whether you answered yes or no) how long do you think they should be?

2 terms (1 year)
9 (31.0%)

3 terms (1.5 years)
5 (17.2%)

4 terms (2 years)
15 (51.7%)

More (please reply to this post with an explanation or an alternate idea)
0 (0.0%)



Please note that the second question will not be applied if the majority vote on question one states that the game would not like to see term limits added for City Guardians. The second question is subject to mod discretion if term limits are desired by the majority of players and if no specific answer stands out by more than a few votes.

Poll #17953 Guardian Debates
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 26

Do you use the Guardian Debate answers to inform your character's decision when voting for a character?

Yes.
24 (92.3%)

No.
2 (7.7%)

What would be another thing you think could be included during the election season that would help you better decide what choices your character would ICly make in voting?



Is there an issue here you don't see addressed that you would like to bring up? Feel free to reply to this post or PM a mod with what you'd like to say!

Do not reply to the Plurk that links to this post for questions/suggestions as moderators will only be checking the designated areas (this post and PMs to [personal profile] plungeintofire) for responses in order to keep things organized and make sure that no one's suggestions are lost.

POLL WILL CLOSE ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH @ 11:59PM PST. PLEASE GET YOUR ANSWERS IN ASAP!
swordprincess: (Wandering)

[personal profile] swordprincess 2017-02-01 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
"This means that if they have already maxed out their terms, they would not be able to run for the same elected position again. However, they would still be required to run in each election and are not guaranteed to get their full terms, as it would be based on the will of the people."

^ What does this mean, exactly? If they can't run for the same position again, what position are they "required" to run for?
plungeintofire: (Default)

[personal profile] plungeintofire 2017-02-01 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
It means that they still have to run for election every 6 months if they want to keep the job. Basically this just puts a maximum on the number of times they're allowed to run. They are not allowed to run again after they have reached the maximum, to be specific, but must if they want to continue while they still have not reached the limit.
Edited 2017-02-01 01:19 (UTC)
swordprincess: (Wandering)

[personal profile] swordprincess 2017-02-01 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
I see.

Would there be a term limit for deputies as well?
swordprincess: (Default)

[personal profile] swordprincess 2017-02-01 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. So the new Guardian can't hire the deputies that worked under the previous Guardian?
whiteas: (Default)

[personal profile] whiteas 2017-02-01 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
They can hire whoever they want but would be under no obligation to hire any of the previous Deputies.
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[personal profile] sakuya_izayoi 2017-02-01 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel like term limits are a fine idea but instead of making it absolute, put it on a cooldown. So say a character hit term limit. Maybe let them wait two terms or so before trying to run again.

Because there have been issues about no one wanting to run for a particular city. If there's only a small pool of characters interested in it, it would afford little competition if one or more interested characters were barred forever.
redcinemareel: (Grell: green eyes)

[personal profile] redcinemareel 2017-02-06 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
I like this idea of a cooldown!
redcinemareel: (Grell: uh oh)

[personal profile] redcinemareel 2017-02-06 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I seem to have missed the poll. Sorry about that. But I hope my suggestion can still be included >.>;;