Office of Governor Sawx - Come One, Come All (SPECIAL ELECTION AHOY)

[Morning in Atlas]

A black and white painting of the governor.

Come one, come all! Welcome to my newest home. I've been a Boston boy all my life, but holy hell New York is awesome. I look forward to working with my cabinet and the Assembly in the next four months, and I assure you that I have your visions in mind.

I've always been a man of the people, and you can find me anywhere. If you have a question, feel free to send me a PM or ask me here. If you ever want to talk or just hang out, you can do that in my personal IRC chatroom, #winterfell. With that, my transition team and I have a lot of work to do, so we shall be off.

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Well, I've finally made it. First off, I'd like to get some housekeeping out of the way. As my good friend Matt from VT has left, and Barnes has won election to the Assembly, we have two vacancies. A bunch of people put their names in the ring for them, and after consulting with my team, I have already made my decisions on who will be the best Assembly for us.

First of all, for Chief Judicial Officer. It was a decently competitive field, but I'd have to nominate Talleyrand. He's been a good, active governor and I'm sure he can handle the judiciary as well as he did the executive for us.

As for lieutenant governor, I would like to appoint his predecessor, and my former opponent, Barnes. While he was previously my rival, and I spent months trying to damage him as much as possible, I truly believe that he is the best man for the job, and I am willing to bury the hatchet with him and Labor for the good of the Northeast. He has been a very good judicial officer, and despite his run against me, I am confident he will do a job. I've assembled a coalition of Federalists, Democratic-Republicans, and TPPers behind me. Although Labor and I have my differences, it's time I bring them into the fold and create a true government of the people.

~Sawx

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Well, there's about to be a vacancy in the Assembly, since rpryor03 is resigning to be part of Lumine's cabinet. All of those who wish to be appointed, speak now or forever hold your peace.

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Governor, Sawx,

I'd like to put my name forward for appointment.

Aren't you still on your voyage?

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~Sawx~

We don't have the power to restrict people from voting in federal elections.

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King in the North Sawx, tell us about your favorite burrito place in the North

It's a nice place back home in New Hampshire. It's a small chain - we only have three locations, and they're relatively close-by, but they're better than Chipotle. The tortillas are heated in a way that makes them soft and gummy, and they have much more options than your standard "steak-chicken-beef-veggies" selection. My usual is the shrimp burrito, with some chipotle mayo, cilantro, extra cheese, and lime. I'm lucky I don't go over to my friend's house often - he's in walking distance and I'd probably be bankrupt within a week.

There's a place down in Pennsylvania that a girl I've been talking to recommended to me, though. She wants to go some time - maybe I should take her up on that offer.

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After examining all possible candidates that expressed their interest, I am appointing dallasfan65 to the Assembly to serve rpryor's term. While Winfield is a very qualified individual in his own right and I admire his commitment to the Northeast, dallasfan is a smidge more similar to rpryor, and has also proven that he will be an active representative of the people.

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I'm just saying - you're acting like I'm trying to woo a crowd that I've made no secret that I am a part of.

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~ Sawx

This bill has already expired, and has been in limbo for a while. Since there has been no interest in renewing it, it should probably be taken off the books.

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~Sawx

Like I said, power to the people.  The Stop Weekly Special Elections Act did have some unforeseen consequences, and since I helped create it, I felt that it was my responsibility to fix it. While it did solve the problem of revolving special elections, it essentially allows the governor to shape the Assembly however he likes. That's a lot of power - so much power that I'm signing it away to the people. After all, it's your Assembly, not mine.

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2. When a referendum is placed on the ballot, the following language shall be inserted:

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~Sawx

This goes without saying.

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~Sawx

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~Sawx

Both of these bills are common-sense - campus sexual assault is a plague that must be stopped, and my administration will do everything in its power to make sure that universities are doing their part to stop it.

Also, this:

Executive Order #1

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https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=203314.0
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=203611.0
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=203610.0

With much regret, pursuant to Article 2, Section 8 of the Northeast Constitution, I have no choice but to expel Representative Napoleon from the Assembly for inactivity.

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All independent candidates interested in filling this open Assembly seat, please speak now.

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If you need someone, I can do it.

Alright. I nominate SirNick to the Northeast Assembly.

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Excuse my absence today - I've apparently missed a lot of important things Friday. I've been busy with final exams and traveling, so I should be back now. Fixing them and responding as we speak.

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Re-appointing Barnes to be my Lieutenant Governor.

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~Sawx

I'm a fan of this bill. The ridesharing/P2P room booking industries are burgeoning industries that deserve their chances to compete in the free market.

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https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=203975.0
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=203976.0
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=204537.0

With much regret, pursuant to Article 2, Section 8 of the Northeast Constitution, I have no choice but to expel Representative Napoleon from the Assembly for inactivity. Normally I would be more lenient, since this is the holiday season, but considering he was last active yesterday at 2 PM, I have no choice but to interpret this as gross inactivity.

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All candidates interested in filling this open Assembly seat, please speak now or forever hold your peace. The special election will be held on from Friday, January 2nd, 2015 to Sunday, January 4th, 2015.

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~Sawx

Habemus bulgam!

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I am appointing MattVT to the vacant Assembly seat.

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I'll be ignoring this.

I still have a problem with the first provision. Actual pornography sales are a small, shrinking fraction of the pornography industry, and most of this bill relates to the BS "I am totally over the age of 18" rule that most Northeastern millennials have broken.

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x Sawx

While this bill isn't perfect, the previous situation is better than the status quo.

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Vetoed.

Like I said, this bill is a slippery slope that leads to a second War on Drugs. Not only that, but it essentially makes the age to smoke marijuana higher than the age to smoke meth rocks. Needless to say I have no intention to sign this bill.

[Morning in Atlas]

You can't veto the Hot Dog Act/Repeal of the Sex Offender reform one. Your choices were to ignore it (then it fails because its a tie) or you send it to the voters for a referendum.

I'll ignore it. After all it's the same stuff in the end.

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Vetoed.

As I said, I specifically have a problem with Provision 2, and am concerned that some localities will ban e-cigarettes. Some members of the Assembly have said that we shouldn't be rampantly deregulating things, but considering this bill would allow others to seek worse alternatives, I can't sign away the lungs of thousands of Northeasterners.

[Morning in Atlas]

I'd like to remind you all that due to Barnes' resignation, there will be a special election for his Assembly seat from the 9th to the 11th.

As a result, I will be appointing Matt from VT as my lieutenant governor. I'm squaring away the appointment right now and it should come by early tomorrow.

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I will be appointing Libertas to serve out the remainder of Barnes's term. A special election will still be held next weekend.