r/SimDemocracy • u/Olivebear01 • 17h ago

(Copy of what i said in discord for more engagement)

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Okay I have been in the discord for about a day and i,ve noticed that this community is on hard times: voter turnout looks terrible, the number of inactive citizens and political parties makes the discord look like a deserted wasteland, border control is choking our community, and voter fraud is rampant. Now i would love to start working on things that i believe in for the server but it looks like were basically in a state of emergency with the stagnancy that is plaguing our community. Im planning to form a one-issue party called the citizen engagement and accountability party (CEAP) unless I hear what is actually being done to address these issues. If you would like to hear my opinions on what needs to immediately be done:

  1. clean out inactive political parties from the discord.
    i think a chance for each active party to contact either the discord supervisor or someone else in a position of power and restate their party's objective and policies. Any party that doesn't respond within a set timespan will be removed from the discord until they show activity.

  2. focus efforts on bringing people in.
    ever since simulated online democracies started getting made there has been a question of why people join. I truly believe that it is a genuine interest in making a difference in a working democracy. So I think that showing people this will naturally bring more engagement to the server and reddit.

i think there is also something to be said about maybe lowering border control but keeping people online to watch out for people trying to disrupt the peace and we can deal with those through the set up legal system. I do understand that our border control is there for a reason and respect people who might have a problem with that

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r/SimDemocracy • u/Syndicality • 10h ago

Call for Candidates 173rd Presidential Election: Call for Candidates

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This is the Presidential Call for Candidates. If you want to be President, please comment on this thread. Include your username, party affiliation (or lack thereof), Vice Presidential candidate, and a statement explaining your platform and why you believe you are a good candidate.

The format you should adhere to is as follows:

u/YourRedditUsername | Your political party/coalition
Vice President: u/YourVPsRedditName | Your VP's political party/coalition
Statement

Before you submit your candidacy, check that you satisfy the requirements below.

  • Make sure you adhere to the format exactly. It makes it a lot easier for the Electoral Commission to sort through candidates if you do. Failure to do this may potentially result in mistakes on your ballot entry or in result tabulation, which can be difficult to fix.
  • Ensure that your party affiliation is accurate. If you are not affiliated with a party, enter Independent as your affiliation. Otherwise, put your current party affiliation. If you are not a member of the party given or the party is not valid, the listed party affiliation on the ballot may be subject to change. The same rules apply to the vice presidential candidate's affiliation.
  • Make sure to register to vote. Only users with a SimDem Unique Identification Token (SUIT) are able to vote. If you do not have a SUIT, be sure to fill out the Voter Registration Form or contact the Registration Officer.

This Call for Candidates will be open for 24 hours. Good luck!

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r/SimDemocracy • u/Syndicality • 10h ago

Call for Candidates 20th Minecraft Server Gubernatorial Election: Call for Candidates

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This is the Minecraft Server Gubernatorial Call for Candidates. If you want to be Minecraft Server Governor, please comment on this thread. Include your username, party affiliation (or lack thereof), and a statement explaining your platform and why you believe you are a good candidate.

The format you should adhere to is as follows:

u/YourRedditUsername
Your Minecraft username
Your Discord username (either your username or a recognizable display/nickname)
Your political party/coalition
Statement

Before you submit your candidacy, check that you satisfy the requirements below.

  • Make sure you adhere to the format exactly. It makes it a lot easier for the Electoral Commission to sort through candidates if you do. Failure to do this may potentially result in mistakes on your ballot entry or in result tabulation, which can be difficult to fix.
  • Ensure that your party affiliation is accurate. If you are not affiliated with a party, enter Independent as your affiliation. Otherwise, put your current party affiliation. If you are not a member of the party given or the party is not valid, the listed part affiliation on the ballot may be subject to change.
  • Make sure to register to vote. Only users with a SimDem Unique Identification Token (SUIT) are able to vote. If you do not have a SUIT, be sure to fill out the Voter Registration Form or contact the Registration Officer.
  • In your comment, attach an in-game screenshot of your playtime taken from the third-person view, with the camera facing the front of your character. Under the Minecraft Governor Responsibilities Act, you must have two (2) days of playtime on the Minecraft server in order to appear on the ballot for Minecraft Server Governor.

This Call for Candidates will be open for 24 hours. Good luck!

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r/SimDemocracy • u/Syndicality • 20h ago

Election Result 172nd Senatorial Election Countback #1: Results

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Now, for the countback.

Congratulations to [PLACEHOLDER]/minecraftfan69420 (on Discord) of the Civil Liberties Party on taking the Senate seat vacated by u/ClubWonderful4114!

Here's the program output: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m_6QiV2rWK_o2Wig3QQYsd7Iw4BOvrWPQMYKn6575XA/edit?usp=sharing

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