Democratic-Republican Party Convention, December 2013

[Deus Naturae]

I'd be interested in joining. I'm assuming this party is intended as a libertarian alternative to the moderate Federalists?

[Deus Naturae]

Well, let's go ahead.  I propose dallasfan as chairmain and Jbrase as vice-chairman.

I support this if they accept.

[Deus Naturae]

Ballot:

Chairmanship:
[X] Dallasfan65
[ ] None of the Above

Vice-Chairmanship:
[X] Spiral
[ ] None of the Above

Should Dallasfan65 chair this interim convention and the December convention?
[X] Yes
[ ] No

[Deus Naturae]

Teal is my favorite choice.

[Deus Naturae]

Ballot:

What shall be the official color of the Democratic-Republicans?
[  ] Purple
[X] Teal
[  ] Other (please specify)

Northeast Special Gubernatorial Election
[  ] Sirnick (LAB-NY)
[X] Other (abstain)

[Deus Naturae]

I'm fine with our by-laws, so I'd be good with moving on to crafting a platform.

[Deus Naturae]

I like Dallasfan's platform, but here are a few things I think we should consider adding:

The Democratic-Republican Party acknowledges the need for public services in certain areas of society. However, we believe that these services should be, whenever possible, funded by direct user-fees rather than out of a general fund. We believe that a user-fee-based system of funding allows public services to be funded more efficiently and more fairly.

The Democratic-Republican Party rejects the notion that bigger is always better. Some in Atlasia would have us believe that we can solve society's problems simply by enlarging the size of government, political jurisdictions, and so forth. We deny this, and recognize the need for a careful balance of power between larger entities and smaller ones.

And while I like the platform's stand against totalitarian social regulations, perhaps we could condense those into something simpler and more comprehensive. How about:

The Democratic-Republican Party generally supports the legalization of victimless crimes. If an action or activity doesn't constitute aggression against other human beings, we believe that individuals ought to be allowed to engage in it.

[Deus Naturae]

Ballot:

At-Large Senate:

[1] shua (Democratic-Republican)
[2] Goldwater (Federalist)
[3] Tmthforu94 (Federalist)

Emperor of the IDS:

[2] Mechaman (Democratic-Republican)
[1] PiT (Federalist)

[Deus Naturae]

I like Deus Naturae's suggestions, though I would need to see what the revised edition would look like in full.

Well, here's what I came up with:

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I took out the public urination bit because I thought that might be too specific, but if people want to put that back in, I certainly wouldn't object.

[Deus Naturae]

Shall the party adopt the platform as proposed by Deus Naturae?

[X] Yes
[ ] No

Logo:
[ ] shua's proposition
[X] Flo's proposition
[ ] None of the Above

[Deus Naturae]

Looks good to me.

[Deus Naturae]

Should we use Instant Run-off or Approval voting for the Mideast Assembly endorsements?

[Deus Naturae]

Ballot:

Governor:
[1] Spiral and TJ (Democratic-Republican and Federalist)

Mideast Assembly:

[1] Inks.LWC (Federalist)
[5] DC Al Fine (Federalist)
[2] outofbox6 (Federalist)
[3] JohanusCalvinusLibertas (Federalist)
[4] afleitch (Independent)

Shall the party adopt the amended by-laws as proposed by Dallasfan65?

[X] Yes
[ ] No