Labor Winter Convention 2017-Welcome to Baltimore

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

If we can have multiple nominations and nominate ourselves for both positions, then what the hell? I'll nominate myself for Chair and Vice-Chair too.

Actually, per the recently-adopted bylaws, delegates are limited to one nomination for Chair and one for Deputy Chair. There is no limit to the number of nominations you can second, though.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Oh. Well, since my nominations of LLR and Mike were seconds, my self-nominations count, correct?

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Oh. Well, since my nominations of LLR and Mike were seconds, my self-nominations count, correct?

Yep.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

ELECTION OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE - NOMINATION TRACKER

FOR CHAIR
Blair2015     [X] Seconded   [X] Accepted
JustinTimeCuber      [X] Seconded   [X] Accepted
LLR      [X] Seconded   [X] Accepted
Peebs      [X] Seconded   [X] Accepted


FOR DEPUTY CHAIR
Harry S Truman      [X] Seconded   [X] Accepted
JustinTimeCuber      [X] Seconded   [X] Accepted
MikeWells12      [X] Seconded   [X] Accepted
Peebs      [X] Seconded   [X] Accepted

[Santander]

I second the nominations of LLR and Peebs for Chair and of Peebs for Vice Chair.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Seconding the nominations of JustinTimeCuber for Chair and Vice Chair, just so every candidate has a second.

[Santander]

Seconding the nominations of JustinTimeCuber for Chair and Vice Chair, just so every candidate has a second.

Socialism.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

You knew what you were getting into, True Conservative™.
bLIAR already used the appropriate gif RIPeebs

[Blair]

Blair for Chair

You won't get rid of me that easily

Friends. I’m asking something simple of you in this election for chair. I’m asking you to pick who can deliever for Labor. We need a fighter in our corner for this election cycle, and believe me I’ve spent the last year fighting for Labor.

My Job as chair is simple, and has two parts. One hand is building a secure, fun and active game; I’ve done this through my time in Atlasia. Whether serving as President, where I submitted legislation to change the role of GM, or when I signed the Potomac agreement with Yankee to secure a co-presidency to ensure that the game could grow over the last 4 months.

The other part of the job, is the one I've done for you- Labor members. This job is to deliever for Labor. When I started as chair we faced a bleak landscape- a conservative electorate, a party faced with a generational divide and one that was frankly scattered in the regions. After the con-con we didn’t have a single Governor, we only had two senators and we lacked a majority in the House.

But friends look what we’ve achieved…Two brilliant Labor Governors, a progressive majority in the Senate, with 3 brilliant Labor Senators, Labor members in every regional assembly, with majorities in the North, South and Pacific. And most of all- we’re the largest party in the game, and even more importantly the largest party in modern history!

When I became Chair I went in blind. I had no idea just how tough this job would be. I’s not just about making a policy platform or offering a slogan (something I seem to do in every race). It’s about hard graft- sending hundreds of PM’s to find people to run for office, trying to balance candidates for the regions, running GOTV operations or even simply picking a good gif for the convention thread.

I’ve poured my heart into this Party over the last year; and I’m so proud of what we’ve achieved together. As I put on the opening page, if you want to know my approach to Labor, it’s simple… ‘by the strength of our common endeavour we can achieve more together than we could ever alone. This is not the time to change horse mid race, friends, this is the time for Labor to march together through the bold and bright light of progress. 

My Record as Chair

Progressive Results- The abolishment of the Death Penalty, the passage of the landmark LGBTQ civil rights Act, an increase in the Federal Minimum Wage, the banning of cosmetic testing for animals, the pausing of the Standing Rock Pipeline, the signing of the Paris Climate Change Agreement and the blocking of the attempt last summer to completely remove the right of a women to have an abortion. All of these efforts were achieved by all of us- a strong united Labor team, that I was happy to lead.

Election Success- We’ve kept a majority in the House for every election since August, we tied the Presidential Race in October, we’ve won every Senate Seat we’ve fought in the Pacific and expanded our ranks in the North, Fremont and Southern Assembly. This doesn’t just happens. It frankly needs a chair with the knowledge of the game, the voter rolls and the players.

Reforming Labor- I want Labor to be a welcoming, fun and active Party. I did this my changing the by-laws with Truman to make the party much easier for players to understand.  I want to bring more players into the leadership; which is why I created the office of Congressional Caucus Leader. I want to go further and create two new Vice-Chairs; one for campaigning and one to focus on reforming the party.

The Largest Party in Atlasia- This is what I’m most proud of. In the last couple of months alone we’ve had some great players join Labor- OneJ, Simmosad, Zombie Spenstar, JGibson (who caucuses with us) and Lok1999. I know that these players will be on the frontline of Labor in the future, and I’m proud that together Labor continues to grow and grow.

Experience- I know this game. I’ve been a player know for two years, and have served in every position (aside from the Supreme Court) Some people might see this as me being an old warhorse but it means I know how the game works. I know the best way to get a bill to pass quickly in both chambers, I know how to stall controversial legislation, I know how to win in difficult regions and I know how to get Labor to deliver.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Truman for Deputy Chair

I come before you this evening, in this hall not but a few hours from that where I first raised my hand and swore to defend the rights and liberties of the people to the utmost of my power, to formally accept the nomination for another term as your Deputy Chair.

I welcome my challengers to the race, for competition is the lifeblood of the democratic process. I welcome them also because, in the words of the great William Jennings Bryan, "a man clothed in the armor of a righteous cause is greater than all the hosts of error." We have both made our arguments before the people; we will now see which of them is the strongest.

The question has been posed whether the Labor Party is better under the present leadership, or whether a change is in order. I do not presume to say which choice is correct. I trust the people of the Labor Party; trust them because I have fought with them for twelve long months and have never known them to make an error. I trust them because I know while politicians may waver and forget their roots, the people's voice ever will ring through. But make no mistake: whatever anyone else will tell you, it does matter who is leading the party, and never have I been more convinced that the correct course is the one we are on.

I won't sell you platitudes, because that's a waste of everyone's time. Our party's future should not, and will not, be decided by a dime store slogan that came in a can and smells of formaldehyde. Anyone can come up with a cute slogan and talk fondly of progress; it takes a strong backbone and a fierce determination to make progress. This is an election for the leadership, and leadership demands results. I am here to tell you that the chairman and I have and will continue to achieve real, tangible results for the Labor Party.

My opponents in this race have scoffed at our record of growth and victory. Perhaps they have forgotten where we stood twelve months ago when myself and Chairman Blair assumed the helm. Then there existed a 20 vote conservative majority at the ballot box; today, the Labor Party accounts for a grand total of 67 voting Atlasians, the largest majority of any party in modern history. Then the conservative faction controlled seven out of ten seats in the Senate and a majority of governorships; today, Labor holds majorities in both houses of Congress, two thirds of governorships, and 100% of regional legislatures nationwide. In twelve months we have lost but one federal election, and we have carried the House of Representatives in every election since August 2016. This is what leadership looks like; this is how a successful party operates. Myself and the chairman took a party on the verge of collapse and restored to it activity, productivity, and victory at the ballot box. You can talk yourself hoarse demanding the moon and reeling off second-hand jingles, but those are the facts; this is the ground upon which this campaign will be fought.

My opponents claim we have not sufficiently supported game reform. Perhaps they have forgotten the Constitutional Convention, the single greatest victory for the cause of game reform in history, where both Chairman Blair and myself fought tirelessly to overhaul our national government. Perhaps they have forgotten how the chairman restored activity to the Old Northeast at a time when some wished to cleave our union in two. Perhaps they have forgotten the contributions of Laborites like One J_, and simossad, and so many more who came to our shores as a direct result of the leadership's recruitment campaign. Perhaps they have forgotten my own efforts to restore vitality to Fremont, efforts that resulted in the adoption of the first parliamentary democracy in the history of Atlasia (a policy they have recently "discovered" and are now using to advance their own campaigns). I will never say that we have no more work to do, but the fiction that we have made no progress is a lie and a bad one.

This is the party that stands before you today: strong, tested, and moved by the legions of new citizens who have flocked to our banner in this hour of decision.

Where, then, do we go from here? First, to victory in the February elections. As we speak, myself and the chairman are in the process of assembling among the strongest tickets we have yet fielded for the House of Representatives: this, combined with our candidates for Senate and regional office, and our two presidential champions - Never Again and Southern Gothic - represent a powerful force with which to defend our values at the ballot box. Then, when the election is fought and won, we go to work for the progressive policies upon which this party was founded. To do so will require more than a fun chairman with a flashy campaign; it will require real, tested leadership of the kind myself and the chairman have exhibited these past twelve months.

My friends, this is your choice. This is your party. Do not fail us.

[Clyde1998]

Signing in.

x Clyde1998.

[Sven]

Greenhorn signing in.

x Roy Plainstone

[Blair]

Delegates now have 48 hours to vote for candidates for Chair and Vice-Chair.

For Chair

[ ] Blair

[ ] LongLiveRock

[ ] JustintimeCuber

[ ] Peebs

Vice Chair

[ ] Truman

[ ] Mike Wells

[ ] JustintimeCuber

[ ] Peebs

[LLR]

For Chair

[] Blair

[X] LongLiveRock

[ ] JustintimeCuber

[ ] Peebs

Vice Chair

[] Truman

[X] Mike Wells

[ ] JustintimeCuber

[ ] Peebs

[Santander]

Chair
[X] LLR

Vice-Chair
[X] Mike Wells

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

[ ] Blair

[X] LongLiveRock

[ ] JustintimeCuber

[ ] Peebs

Vice Chair

[ ] Truman

[X] Mike Wells

[ ] JustintimeCuber

[ ] Peebs

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Chair - Blair
Vice Chair - Truman

[Blair]

1.) Blair


1.) Truman

[JustinTimeCuber]

For Chair
[X] Blair
Vice Chair
[X] Truman

[Pragmatic Conservative]

For Chair

[X] Blair

[] LongLiveRock

[] JustintimeCuber

[] Peebs

Vice Chair

[X] Truman

[] Mike Wells

[] JustintimeCuber

[] Peebs

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Guys, this is supposed to be two-round FPTP. Didn't anyone read the bylaws?

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FOR CHAIR
[X] Blair

FOR DEPUTY CHAIR
[X] Harry S Truman

[JustinTimeCuber]

Guys, this is supposed to be two-round FPTP. Didn't anyone read the bylaws?

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FOR CHAIR
[X] Blair

FOR DEPUTY CHAIR
[X] Harry S Truman

lmao the bylaws don't matter when everyone ignores them
but fine, I'll fix mine

[OneJ]

Delegates now have 48 hours to vote for candidates for Chair and Vice-Chair.

For Chair

[ X ] Blair

[   ] LongLiveRock

[ ] JustintimeCuber

[ ] Peebs

Vice Chair

[ X ] Truman

[ ] Mike Wells

[ ] JustintimeCuber

[ ] Peebs

[Clyde1998]

For Chair
[X] Blair
[ ] LongLiveRock
[ ] JustintimeCuber
[ ] Peebs

Vice Chair
[X] Truman
[ ] Mike Wells
[ ] JustintimeCuber
[ ] Peebs

[This account no longer in use.]

Chair:
[X] Blair
Vice Chair:
[X] Truman