Napoleon/Kalwejt June 2012: Time to Revive This Game!!!!

[Proud Lieberal from Northeast]

I must say, at first I was kind of surprised with Tmthforu's endorsement, giving all ideological stuff, but then I reminded myself that he's been always caring about improving the game first. I can only be honored that he thinks Napoleon and me are the right team to make some improvements

Thanks, Isaac!


Also, I think you all owe some explanation of my recent limited activity. The thing is, I'm during my finals so I'm mostly just checking the forum. One, two days more and I'll be back.

[Jayhawker]

I'm glad to endorse the ticket I believe will best move Atlasia forward.

Poor Kal - one thing I'm dreading about college is semester exams.

[Jbrase]

I'm glad to endorse the ticket I believe will best move Atlasia forward.

Poor Kal - one thing I'm dreading about college is semester exams.

No need to worry Tmth. I've found that college exams are only bad if you let them be. Don't let yourself become one of those  people who can never do anything fun because you are busy studying for an exam 2 months away

And to get back on topic, I wish the Napoleon/Kalwejt ticket the best of luck

[Senator Napoleon]

Added to schedule:

June 20- Farewell Speech, New York City (Governor's Office)
June 21- Moving out, total campaign recap (Hartford)
June 22- campaigning in Seattle, WA
June 23- campaigning in Detroit, MI
June 24- campaigning in Miami, FL

[IDS Legislator Alfred F. Jones]

Hahahahahaha!
Ahahaha!

[IDS Legislator Alfred F. Jones]

Snowy and Oak asked me to take it down, so now I'm a sad panda.

But I have an iron fist with which to control Snowy now.

[Senator Napoleon]

I have placed Ham Rove in charge of all GOTV operations.

[Senator Napoleon]

On behalf of a constituent:

Census Deep Cleaning Act of 2012

1. The Registrar General of the Census bureau shall, after the conclusion of a regular federal election, remove from the voting rolls all citizens who:

- failed to cast a ballot in that same regular federal election
- were not registered with the Census Bureau as being eligible to cast a ballot at the beginning of the previous regular federal election AND
- did not cast a ballot in any federal special election occurring within the previous two months

2. No prohibition shall be made of the subsequent re-registration, at any time, of persons removed from the voter rolls through section 1 of this act.

I do not believe this would hurt the game at all, as this bill simply removes clutter and allows inactive players to re-register if they would like.

Personally, I am glad Redalgo wasn't deregistered and is eligible to run for the Senate. Then again, I value functionality over...whatever one might call kicking voters out and forcing them to re-register...unnecessary hassle?

There are many reasons why one might miss an election...especially there first one, when they might not know the election dates. Even our President missed the last election. It happens. I hope you withdraw this bill.

I believe in growing Atlasia. We don't have enough players. Kicking people out of the game for silly reasons is crazy. I hate seeing unopposed elections. I don't like having empty offices. This bill is not a solution; it creates problems. I am proud of the fact that as Governor, there has never been less declared candidates than offices being elected during my term in the Northeast, which is hopefully going to be the new norm.

[homelycooking]

We don't have enough players.

We don't have enough active players. We have 144 citizens, but some do not participate in the game.
I believe that the CDC Act will neither promote increased activity nor discourage it.

[Senator Napoleon]

We don't have enough players.

We don't have enough active players. We have 144 citizens, but some do not participate in the game.
I believe that the CDC Act will neither promote increased activity nor discourage it.

They can't participate in the game if they get deregistered for no apparent reason.

[homelycooking]

We don't have enough players.

We don't have enough active players. We have 144 citizens, but some do not participate in the game.
I believe that the CDC Act will neither promote increased activity nor discourage it.

They can't participate in the game if they get deregistered for no apparent reason.

Not true: under the bill, they can re-register the instant after the deregistration and participate all they want.

[Senator Napoleon]

We don't have enough players.

We don't have enough active players. We have 144 citizens, but some do not participate in the game.
I believe that the CDC Act will neither promote increased activity nor discourage it.

They can't participate in the game if they get deregistered for no apparent reason.

Not true: under the bill, they can re-register the instant after the deregistration and participate all they want.

There is no reason to make the process more tedious.

[homelycooking]

We don't have enough players.

We don't have enough active players. We have 144 citizens, but some do not participate in the game.
I believe that the CDC Act will neither promote increased activity nor discourage it.

They can't participate in the game if they get deregistered for no apparent reason.

Not true: under the bill, they can re-register the instant after the deregistration and participate all they want.

There is no reason to make the process more tedious.

I disagree that the process is, or would become, tedious. If a citizen finds voting in an election tedious or is unwilling to enter all of five words into the New Register thread at most, and in only the most improbable and extreme of cases every two months after deregistration because he finds it tedious, I would be led to doubt whether that citizen has anything meaningful to contribute to Atlasia at all.

[Senator Napoleon]

And as I have already demonstrated, your position is misguided, maybe even offensive. A new Atlasian may not know the election schedule. Once deregistered, may not be aware of it. Maybe the poster was unable to vote for some reason or another, as happened to even our own President. Too bad, good bye- that isn't how Atlasia should be operating. Not at all.

This is all aside from the fact that I don't believe that the RG needs to have to manage all of this on top of the normal duties- I highly doubt you plan on serving forever and it is a pretty thankless position as is.

[homelycooking]

I respect your opinion, Governor, but I disagree with it. I apologize if you have taken offense - it was far from my intent. Regardless, I think we've both laid out good cases for our ways of thinking - we'll let the Senate decide. I will say no more on this matter unless asked to do so by that esteemed body. I have strayed too far already from the impartiality of my office.

[Governor Scott]

As I've said in another thread, I would be willing to compromise on the bill so that registries would have to miss multiple elections to be removed from the registry.  I understand if someone forgets to vote in an election or two, but people who never do anything don't have much of a reason to stay on the list, and it takes a mere five seconds to re-register if necessary.

[Senator Napoleon]

I respect your opinion, Governor, but I disagree with it. I apologize if you have taken offense - it was far from my intent. Regardless, I think we've both laid out good cases for our ways of thinking - we'll let the Senate decide. I will say no more on this matter unless asked to do so by that esteemed body. I have strayed too far already from the impartiality of my office.

I wasn't referring to offending me, by the way, but the "rejected" new members. I think our country should allow for innocent mistakes and I think our country should be doing what we can to retain and invite members. I use the example of Redalgo, who happened to miss his first election. I have no idea why, but he clearly wants to participate and I think he will make a great Senator. And I would point out that if he hadn't known he had been deregistered, and tried to declare for the Senate seat when he did, he wouldn't be able to run and we would still have zero candidates. I hope you and the supporters of this bill are able to give some consideration to the practical concerns I see in this bill even if you don't share my belief that the bill is unnecessary and complicating.

Also, I disagree that serving us as RG should prohibit you from taking political stands. As long as you aren't abusing your power, you should feel comfortable doing what you would like (though I would consider toning down the pessimism toward new members- my preferred approach is positive encouragement).

[Senator Ben]

I won't compromise on this one.  I'm opposed to it in any form.

[Governor Scott]

This is a totally ridiculous thing to get worked up over.  If you do absolutely nothing in Atlasia and have shown your inactivity time and time again, there's nothing wrong with being asked to take a few seconds to post in the registration thread again.  At least taking off the people who don't do anything gives us a good idea of how many people actually do anything.  As I have said for the third time, I will make compromises to the legislation (raising the limit to how many elections someone can miss, PMing warnings, etc.), but I am not withdrawing it.

[Senator Napoleon]

This is a totally ridiculous thing to get worked up over.  If you do absolutely nothing in Atlasia and have shown your inactivity time and time again, there's nothing wrong with being asked to take a few seconds to post in the registration thread again.  At least taking off the people who don't do anything gives us a good idea of how many people actually do anything.  As I have said for the third time, I will make compromises to the legislation, but I am not withdrawing it.

That isn't what this bill does, Senator.

[Governor Scott]

Would you support including the changes I mentioned, Homely?

[Senator Napoleon]

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch have been fired. My new campaign song will be Connecticut Uber Alles, written by Snowstalker and performed by Snoop Dogg.

Atlasia needs a President that can transcend typical partisan divides to get things done. I know that I can be that leader. Despite the attacks made against me by rival campaigns, I proudly stand by my record of working across partisan and political divides. My pragmatic approach works.

Throughout my "career", we have accomplished Constitutional reform, OSPR reform, Cabinet reform, VP reform, SOAP reform: all nonpartisan efforts. We ended the wars with support from leftists and rightists. We saved health care by working across the aisle. We invested in education and infrastructure with proposals that had bipartisan support. Remember these facts when they try to tell you otherwise.

As Governor of the Northeast, I learned what it is like to be a successful executive. I have had to work with right wing majorities in the legislature and I have had to work with left wing majorities in the legislature and progress was made no matter what. In fact, this most recent session had an Assembly that was only 20% Liberal: I haven't had a problem working with Labor, Whigs, and Independents. These skills will come handy as President- the job is tougher, the legislature is twice as large, a Cabinet needs managed, there are more bills being debated- but I believe that my pragmatic approach will work.

As President, I will work with all Senators to reduce unemployment, which I hope to push below 6% nationally. I will work with all Senators to reduce the deficit without slashing the programs Atlasians rely on. I will work closely with the Senate and party will not matter. Kalwejt and I are tested and trusted: we will get the job done and are honored to have your support. Thank you.

Governor Napoleon (for now)

[Senator Napoleon]

The "debate" has been unsatisfactory in demonstrating the policies of each ticket. I will be publishing a list of presidential policy priorities (PPPs) to complement everything my campaign has put forward to this day.

[Senator Clarence]

Napoleon- I encourage you to ask a policy question in the debate as I did re:Syria... I'd be happy to do so as well but didn't want to "hog the mike"

[oakvale]

I think both Clarence and I would agree that we'd be eager to answer any policy questions at all in the debate... they just need to be asked.

Tweed presumably wouldn't, but that's different.