Voting Thread

[Election Commission]

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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
JANUARY 2024 GENERAL ELECTION
VOTING 

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CEC: Nirupama
Election Commissioners: Vajji, Awellia

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The First General Elections after the passage of the new constitution will start now. The Elections process would commence from January 3rd 2024 to January 13th 2024.
The Election Process will consist of three phases. Which are Nomination, Campaigning and Voting Phase. The Dates for the phases are as follows:
    Jan 3 - 6  : Nomination
    Jan 6 - 9  : Campaign
    Jan 10 - 13 : Voting

The Elections are for the Post of Prime Minister (WA Delegate) and Members of Parliament. According to the new formulae for seat calculation, there is eight seats in the Jana Sabha. The Ministers will be appointed by the Prime Minister and the tenure of the PM, Cabinet and Parliament is eight month.
1. Eligiblity for PM Candidate:
    (i)  Should be a Citizen,
    (ii) Should be a World Assembly Member

2. Eligiblity for Jana Sabha Member:
    (i)  Should be a Citizen

Citizenship List (Eligible Candidates) : click here.

According to the constitution,
Article V: The Executive, Section 10 talks about the Prime Minister.
Article VI: The Legislature, talks about the Parliament (The Jana Sabha).

Candidates for Prime Minister: 
Akhand Bharatam

Candidates for Jana Sabha Members:
Safariana
Vincenzonia
Legendenex
Gujarati Republic
Hindu Ram Rajya
Indiana Republican
Mexico Trigarante
Sanatan Bharatam
Purvanchal
Indopersia

To vote in the elections, make sure you are an eligible citizen and fill the below form and post in the thread below. You are allowed to cast votes until 11:59 PM IST 13th January 2024. Results for the elections will be declared within 3 days after the end of voting. 

Private ballots can be sent to the Election Commission account using the same form below. But do include a three digit number which will be posted here for your identification. 

Method to fill the form [Read! It's Important]:
The user is entitled to fill their citizenship eligible nation name in the "nation name" column of the form. Under the Prime Minister column, you have to select one option since there is only one eligible candidate and the other option is RON. You can use [✓] or [x] or any other identifiable means to cast your vote for the Prime Minister option. Now for the Jana Sabha Section, there exists 11 eligible candidates and only 8 gets selected. So here we will be using a ranking system, you've to fill the boxes with the number of your choice [1-11] where 1 means your favourite candidate and 11 means your least favourite from the lot. The number 1 choice would be granted with 10 points for the vote, number 2 with 9 points and so on. The least favourite, number 11 will receive zero points from the lot. The top 8 candidates with the maximum points gets declared as the winners. Please note that RON is also an option in this section. 
RON stands for Re-open Nominations and can serve as the NOTA option too. If you rank more than one candidate with the same rank then the ballot under that particular section will be deemed invalid. 

Only Votes casted after 11:59 PM IST 9th January 2024 and before 11:59 PM IST 13th January 2024 will be treated valid. All other votes which are casted before and after this time period will be declared invalid. 

Nation Name:
Prime Minister:
[ ] Akhand Bharatam
[ ] Re-open Nominations
Jana Sabha Member:
[ ] Safariana
[ ] Vincenzonia
[ ] Legendenex
[ ] Gujarati Republic
[ ] Hindu Ram Rajya
[ ] Indiana Republican
[ ] Mexico Trigarante
[ ] Sanatan Bharatam
[ ] Purvanchal
[ ] Indopersia
[ ] Re-open Nominations