Second Peace Party National Convention (Con over, 3rd in Virginia City, NV)

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

I would like to nominate myself for Chair.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

We still need someone for Vice Chair... OneJ?

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

For Chair
[1] Scott of Wyoming
[2] Razze of Florida

For Vice Chair
[X] OneJ_ of Mississippi

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

I don't think we have time to do an endorsement vote for the Southern Senate election this weekend...

I'll let Peebs close the vote before doing anything further.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

I don't think we have time to do an endorsement vote for the Southern Senate election this weekend...

Pretty sure I get automatically endorsed since I'm already a Peace Party member, no?

...Sorry, having an off-night.  For some reason I thought Ninja was running for the Southern Senate seat.

And yes, you do.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Thank you, Peebs.  And thanks to all of you who have placed their trust and confidence in me.  As Chair, I look forward to helping invigorate this party so that it may live up to its full potential.

And on that note, I hereby open the floor to requests for endorsements.  Requests can be as short or as long as candidates like, and speaking on behalf of candidates is permitted as well.  I myself will be advocating for the Lumine/Siren ticket soon.

Ninja's request for the Peace Party endorsement is duly noted.

Let's allow 72 hours for requests/speeches, and then we'll proceed to a vote.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Members and delegates of the Peace Party,

As a lot of you might know, I have had the honor and privilege of knowing Siren and Lumine since they both started out in this game.  Particularly, it was Siren who was among the first to join my shortly-lived Light Party.  The Light Party stood for much of what the Peace Party does today: non-intervention, progress in science, sustainable economic growth that promotes eco-responsibility, equal opportunity, and the freedom for all people to live their lives in accordance with their values.  Today it is Peace - the party founded by her - that best enshrines these principles, and that's why I'm proud to be addressing this convention as your new Chair.

And as Chair, it is my honor to duly endorse this ticket, for both sides have fought for what we stood for when this country needed them most: Siren against reckless foreign military interventions, and Lumine for the protection of our environment.  Indeed, I do believe that with Senator Lumine, Peace has had an ally in someone who cares for our environment, voting to keep the commonsense tax on carbon on our books, in addition to a multitude of protections that the Atlasian right has been targeting.

Furthermore, I have no doubt that Lumine and Siren are the most qualified of all the tickets.  Both of them have earned the trust and respect of the greater Atlas community, as each of them moderate one of two of our sister sites.

Both of them are tested leaders, and together in the White House they will usher in an era of pragmatic leadership that represents Atlasia at its best.

My friends and colleagues, I urge you to vote for the team that will, truly, make Atlasia great again.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Let's allow 72 hours for requests/speeches, and then we'll proceed to a vote.

Is this limit up?

Yes, unless you had something to say.

Do we vote on all the House candidates/Lincoln Assembly/etc. or just the people who asked for our endorsement?

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Does anyone have a full list of candidates for House?

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

For now, let's get the endorsement for President/Vice President out of the way.  72-hour vote.

For President/Vice President
[ ] Ninja0428 and 1184AZ (Progressive Union)
[ ] Lumine (Alliance) and Siren (Peace)
[ ] North Carolina Yankee (Federalist) and dfwlibertylover (Independent)
[ ] No endorsement

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

For President/Vice President
[2] Ninja0428 and 1184AZ (Progressive Union)
[1] Lumine (Alliance) and Siren (Peace)
[3] North Carolina Yankee (Federalist) and dfwlibertylover (Independent)
[ ] No endorsement

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

So nobody has the full list of candidates for House?  That isn't good.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Thanks, OneJ_!  Hopefully it is correct, because it's what we're going by.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

How do you all feel about Siren's suggestion?

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

With three votes in, Lumine and Siren unanimously win the Peace Party endorsement!

If the majority of the party doesn't want to endorse other candidates, I think we should proceed to drafting a platform, as we currently lack one.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Honestly I'm really disappointed in the turnout we had for the presidential endorsement, so I'd rather we just move along to the platform while our three candidates for House get the automatic endorsement.

As far as party organization is concerned, our top priority has to be growth, and I don't foresee better party engagement unless we have a selling point or at least something that distinguishes us from PUP.

Let's start by listing things that the party can unite around:

- A military and a foreign policy that is robust enough to keep Atlasia safe from foreign enemies and direct threats, but avoids foreign entanglements and employs diplomacy wherever possible, with force only to be used as a last resort
- No compulsory military service under any circumstances (incl. dissolving Selective Service)
- Sustainable development as an organizing principle for socioeconomic development, based on the United Nations' 17 goals
- Environmental conservation and protection of wild lands and rural communities
- Environmentally-friendly urban renewal (sometimes referred to as New Urbanism)
- A strong safety net
- Police and criminal justice reform

What else?

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Great planks, Scott! I think a plank about civil rights (for trans people, immigrants, etc.) would also be useful. I ought to expand on this, but Father's Day is taking up most of my time today. Just thought I'd mention it so it would be on people's minds.

Protect the whole bill of rights.

Both excellent proposals.

Also, I assume I'm one of the more pro-Second Amendment members of Peace, but I'll leave it to the party whether or not we take an official stance on guns.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

What I think I'll do is draft a platform that includes everything we want.  Right now I'll open the floor for 48 hours of proposals, followed by a principle vote, followed by a draft vote.

If we were a larger party and the election wasn't so close by, I would allow for more time, but I'd like to get us going as fast as possible.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Before voting begins tonight, I would like to propose a universal public option for AtlasCare.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

A principle vote is now open.  Members have 24 hours.


Peace Party Platform Vote

1. Military force as a last resort; diplomacy first
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

2. Dissolution of Selective Service and a constitutional ban on conscription
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

3. Sustainable development based on issues including poverty, hunger, health, education, climate change, gender equality, water, sanitation, energy, urbanization, environment and social justice
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

4. Environmental protection and conservation
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

5. Aid, assistance, and support for rural communities
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

6. Environmentally-friendly urban renovation, or 'New Urbanism'
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

7. Maintenance and expansion of the welfare state (universal preschool, maternity care)
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

8. A universal public option for AtlasCare
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

9. Police and criminal justice reform
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

10. Civil rights, protections for LGBT people, immigrants, minorities
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

11. Protecting the whole Bill of Rights (incl. Second Amendment)
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Peace Party Platform Vote

1. Military force as a last resort; diplomacy first
[X] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

2. Dissolution of Selective Service and a constitutional ban on conscription
[X] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

3. Sustainable development based on issues including poverty, hunger, health, education, climate change, gender equality, water, sanitation, energy, urbanization, environment and social justice
[X] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

4. Environmental protection and conservation
[X] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

5. Aid, assistance, and support for rural communities
[X] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

6. Environmentally-friendly urban renovation, or 'New Urbanism'
[X] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

7. Maintenance and expansion of the welfare state (universal preschool, maternity care)
[X] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

8. A universal public option for AtlasCare
[X] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

9. Police and criminal justice reform
[X] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

10. Civil rights, protections for LGBT people,  immigrants, minorities
[X] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

11. Protecting the whole Bill of Rights (incl. Second Amendment)
[X] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Abstain

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

All planks are approved.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

This is the Atlasian Second "Amendment," FTR:

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oopsie.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Since we have the outline done, I might hold off on writing the platform for a little while, because I'm juggling multiple other creative projects at the moment.

I figure that at the very least, voters will know what the party stands for when casting their ballots.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Sure, I'll allow 48 hours for nominations.

I nominate Denver, Colorado.