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== Background == | == Background == | ||
On October 26th of 2023, CruxyMC made a public forum post on the RMC Discord guild for a call to action on gathering possible candidates for the 3rd Spawn Town election and in under 24 hours, the candidates arrived and participated.<br /> | On October 26th of 2023, CruxyMC made a public forum post on the RMC Discord guild for a call to action on gathering possible candidates for the 3rd Spawn Town election and in under 24 hours, the candidates arrived and participated.<br /> | ||
The election was supposed to be held sometime during the summer | The election was supposed to be held sometime during the summer vacation, but was delayed due to a low player count and lack of quality candidates to field from.<br /> | ||
The main issue that candidates ran into was action, or lack thereof - the 2 leading candidates, {{user-nonwiki|Meowser_}} and {{user-nonwiki|aq2a}}, felt that the then-incumbent {{user-nonwiki|Orknarok_666}} didn't do enough as mayor. | The main issue that candidates ran into was action, or lack thereof - the 2 leading candidates, {{user-nonwiki|Meowser_}} and {{user-nonwiki|aq2a}}, felt that the then-incumbent {{user-nonwiki|Orknarok_666}} didn't do enough as mayor. | ||
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Initial excitement followed {{user-nonwiki|Meowser_}}'s victory, but when no action had been taken in over a week by the new mayor concerns from RMC citizens began to emerge. Despite {{user-nonwiki|Meowser_}}'s reassurance that "big things were in the pipeline", it wouldn't be until November 21, 2023 that his first major project as Mayor would be initiated, the new Senate chambers. This building is intended to serve as a place of deliberation and decision making for the Mayor and his cabinet. | Initial excitement followed {{user-nonwiki|Meowser_}}'s victory, but when no action had been taken in over a week by the new mayor concerns from RMC citizens began to emerge. Despite {{user-nonwiki|Meowser_}}'s reassurance that "big things were in the pipeline", it wouldn't be until November 21, 2023 that his first major project as Mayor would be initiated, the new Senate chambers. This building is intended to serve as a place of deliberation and decision making for the Mayor and his cabinet. | ||
== No Confidence Vote == | == No Confidence Vote == | ||
[[File:Aq2avoteno.png|thumb|aq2a spreading false information in order to gain support for the vote of no confidence. Jc7 was infact not a candidate.]] | |||
On November 28th, the first Vote of No confidence was privately sent to the election Committee. Howard is expected to survive but time will tell if the growing pressure will make him resign or not. | On November 28th, the first Vote of No confidence was privately sent to the election Committee. Howard is expected to survive but time will tell if the growing pressure will make him resign or not. | ||
On November 29th, with only 30 minutes left in the vote of no confidence {{user-nonwiki|aq2a}} initiated a campaign to capture the additional votes needed for it to pass. Utilizing in game chat he was able to convince enough players to vote no confidence and the 10 vote threshold was quickly reached (although some say his tactic of misrepresenting the actual function of the vote to gain Wanderer's support could be deemed unethical. It was found to be effective). Election committee member {{user|CruxyMC}} promptly sent out a special election poll. | |||
== Special Election == | |||
[[File:Specialelection.png|thumb|Special election ballot]] | |||
The special election poll was posted on November 29th. It gave voters two choices: | |||
# Install the second place candidate (aq2a) as Spawn Town Mayor | |||
# Hold a special election with new candidates | |||
Revision as of 11:03, 1 December 2023
The 3nd Spawn Town Election was held between November 1-4 at 5:00 AM (UTC) on both days and of 2023 and is the most consequential one on RetroMC to date.
This was another election to select the new mayor of Spawn Town; the role itself is mostly ceremonial.
Candidates had to pay the election commitee (
CruxyMC) $2000 before Oct 31st 2023 at 12:00 AM (24:00, UTC).
Background
On October 26th of 2023, CruxyMC made a public forum post on the RMC Discord guild for a call to action on gathering possible candidates for the 3rd Spawn Town election and in under 24 hours, the candidates arrived and participated.
The election was supposed to be held sometime during the summer vacation, but was delayed due to a low player count and lack of quality candidates to field from.
The main issue that candidates ran into was action, or lack thereof - the 2 leading candidates,
Meowser_ and
aq2a, felt that the then-incumbent
Orknarok_666 didn't do enough as mayor.
| 3rd Spawn Town Election | |
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| Elections | <- Previous |
| Candidates |
 TellTheL |
| Vote Percentage (sorted by most votes) |
TellTheL - 4.1% (2 votes) |
| Votes From Towns | |
Election rules
- You could run for an infinite amount of terms.
- This is to keep a peaceful transfer of what little power the mayor actually has.
- Only players with Citizen or above could run for mayor.
- A $2000 entrance fee must be paid in order to run for mayor.
- Candidates could make up to 3 billboards/advertisments in Spawn Town and must be removed after the election.
- Candidates could make a manifesto and could send it to
CruxyMC for revision before posting it in the forum post.
- The winner of the election would receive 100% of the total pot + $20,000 from the Election Committee.
- The winner could do whatever they wanted with the money.
- The winner gets access to the White House in Spawn Town as their base of operations on RMC until the next election arrives.
- Everyone on RetroMC has the right to vote except banned/muted players, and votes casted by alternate accounts are disregarded.
Aftermath
Initial excitement followed
Meowser_'s victory, but when no action had been taken in over a week by the new mayor concerns from RMC citizens began to emerge. Despite
Meowser_'s reassurance that "big things were in the pipeline", it wouldn't be until November 21, 2023 that his first major project as Mayor would be initiated, the new Senate chambers. This building is intended to serve as a place of deliberation and decision making for the Mayor and his cabinet.
No Confidence Vote
On November 28th, the first Vote of No confidence was privately sent to the election Committee. Howard is expected to survive but time will tell if the growing pressure will make him resign or not.
On November 29th, with only 30 minutes left in the vote of no confidence
aq2a initiated a campaign to capture the additional votes needed for it to pass. Utilizing in game chat he was able to convince enough players to vote no confidence and the 10 vote threshold was quickly reached (although some say his tactic of misrepresenting the actual function of the vote to gain Wanderer's support could be deemed unethical. It was found to be effective). Election committee member
CruxyMC promptly sent out a special election poll.
Special Election
The special election poll was posted on November 29th. It gave voters two choices:
- Install the second place candidate (aq2a) as Spawn Town Mayor
- Hold a special election with new candidates