June 2019 Federalist Convention, San Antonio, TX (NEW OFFSITE POLICES - READ!!)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

JUNE 2019 FEDERALIST PARTY CONVENTION

Welcome to San Antonio, Texas

Our Mission: Is the empowering individuals instead of government and the empowering of regions instead of the centralized state. We are committed to liberty and equality for all, and the checks and balances that protect both. We are committed to the preservation of markets and market choice. We welcome all players, both new and old and value their contributions to the game.


Current Bylaws
Current Platform

Schedule
Delegate Sign-in: May 25th -28th
Nomination/Declarations for Prez/Vice Prez/House: May 26th - 28th
Primary for Prez/Vice Prez/House: May 28th - 31st


Declared Candidates

Federal:
President:
YoungTexan

Vice President:
Vern1988

House:

Regional:

Senate:

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

PLEASE SIGN IN

Delegates
Senator North Carolina Yankee - Party Chairman
Secretary Ninja
Deputy GM Encke - Vice Chairman
Suburban NJ Conservative
Governor Young Texan
Senator LouisvilleThunder - Lincoln's Most Based Senator and Chairman of the Federalist Main Street Partnership
House Minority Leader Tea Party Hater
Fmr. President Goldwater
Oregon Blue Dog
ASV
Senator Vern1988
Shua
Game Moderator Mr. Reactionary
People's Representative Alancia

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

X Senator North Carolina Yankee - Chairman

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I am going to go ahead and open a 48 hour declaration period for President and House candidates, please post your requests for nomination here, INCLUDING FEDERALISTS IT IS NOW REQUIRED TO BE POSTED HERE

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

ELECTION BEGINS AT 12:00 AM EST Friday May 31st (1:00 PM EDT or ~40 minutes from now) AND LASTS FOR 72 HOURS.

All registered Federalists at the time of the vote commencing may participate.

Official Ballot

President:
[   ] Young Texan


Vice President:
[   ] Vern1988


House:
[  ] Tea Party Hater
[  ] Alancia
[  ] ifromnj
[  ] Fhtagn

South Senate:
[   ]Vern1988


Lincoln Senate
[   ]LouisvilleThunder


==July==
Lincoln Governor
[  ] SuburbanNJConservative

Lincoln Council
[  ] Ninja
[  ] SuburbanNJConservative

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Damnit, I forgot to request the Federalist Party's endorsement!

I even gave extra time.
 

Low Energy Griff!!!

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

One day left, don't forget to vote!!!

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

OFFICIAL PRIMARY RESULTS Part I

President:
YT Endorsed 21-0

Vice President:
Vern1988 Endorsed 21-0

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

OFFICIAL PRIMARY RESULTS PART II

House
TPH
Alancia
lfromnj
Fhtagn

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

OFFICIAL PRIMARY RESULTS PART III
 
Lincoln Governor:
SNJC  1-20   Not Endorsed

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Okay to preface this our bylaws for endorsements of regional legislature are garbage. You see the way it is written was prior to the change removing automatic endorsements, that Feds would be automatically endorsed and then a number of non-Fed endorsed candidates could be endorsed up to the maximum number in that legislature if the number of declared (auto-endorsed) candidates) Fed candidates was less than said maximum number.

The way it reads now is exactly the same except the auto-endorsement part is switched to requesting the endorsement, and as such it is rather inoperable as such.

Therefore, the best approach since it is an at-large chamber would be to treat it the same as House, meaning that it is a preferential vote up to the majority of the chamber, whatever that number might be (Pretty sure it is higher than two).

The whole endorsement section needs to be rewritten.

OFFICIAL PRIMARY RESULTS PART IV

Lincoln Councilor:
Ninja
SNJC

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The whole endorsement section needs to be rewritten.

We really do need to rewrite this then given almost everyone voted against endorsing Suburban.

I think the best would be a yes-no vote on each individual candidate, then some mechanism for if we endorse too many candidates.

Here is the concern though. Six people voted for SNJC for Council, but consider this, suppose we do that and turn every election into a majority vote contest, even at-large races.

For years, this party operated on the assumption that we would run someone from each faction for the House so that each group would be represented that comprised the party. Granted this has fallen to the wayside the past year or so, but my concern is that you run into a problem where certain factions are perpetually outvoted on an ideological basis and are thus have incentive to splinter off.

You also then have to consider that you have an all regional Fed primary voting on the endorsements for a particular region. You could run into a situation where the bulk of the votes within a particular region favor an endorsement but voters from the other regions reject it.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I think the best approach is to do at-large in the same methods as their regular election STV for the number of seats being endorsed for whatever that maximum maybe.

Then if you have a situation like say a Matthew you can resort to the un-endorsement process.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The problem here is that we voted on a couple endorsements way too early. We should vote on our endorsements for Legislatures such as for the Lincoln Council all at once. Otherwise we endorse candidates like suburban by chance even though he almost certainly wouldn't be endorsed in a total vote with all eventual Lincoln Council candidates.

The problem here is that we also seem to have a cycle where last clustf@$k's target became the next one's aggressor and I am getting tired of watching this same movie play out in reruns.

We seem to be spending a lot of time defining ourselves based on who we are against, which is the epitome of what has ruined RL Conservatism. And yes it is great way to gain temporary street cred on Discord I guess, but is damaging long term.

You bring up an interesting point, about voting too early. I would say that our candidates have routinely been declaring too late or are too uninterested in running except after so much prodding and encouragement that they get in at the last minute. We then end up with non-mainstream candidates declaring early because "Their Chance" and then we end up with sh**t fests b/c "OMG Feds endorsed so and so" and I don't like it.

We would not have these problems and we would not have the next ASV/SNJC each cycle, and the same desire to change the rules specifically targetting the circumstances that led to a particular endorsement. if we just focused on running for office and advocating an agenda on policy.

I think instead of these piecemeal endorsement process reforms that laser target the process that produced the latest "undesirable" primary result, we need a full endorsement section rewrite that is guided by a couple of major principles:

1. Comprehensive not laser targeted
2. Practical and Simple
3. Functional long term.
4. Respects the members and ideological factions of this party. 

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

III. Endorsements and Primaries
1. Endorsing non-Federalist candidates. If numbers permit the Federalist Party to endorse non-member candidates, candidates seeking the party’s endorsement can submit their names for consideration in the Federalist Party’s main thread or at a party convention. Alternatively, Federalist Party members may move to endorse candidates from other parties. An endorsement vote shall thereafter be held, the logistics of which shall be at the discretion of the party executive. The party shall not be required to endorse any non-Federalist candidates. The number of non-Federalists endorsed by the party must not conflict with the maximum candidates endorsed in a given race, as stipulated in section III, subsections 2-7.
2. Regional legislature elections. All Federalist candidates running for regional legislature positions may request the endorsement of the Federalist Party. If the total number of open seats in a regional election is larger than the number of endorsed Federalist candidates on the first Friday prior to the vote, the party may endorse candidates from non-Federalist Parties. The number of non-Federalist candidates endorsed will reflect the difference between the number of Federalist endorsed candidates and the number of available seats.
3. Currently, a maximum of five candidates may be endorsed for the House of Representatives. If the Federalist Party has more than this number of incumbent representatives seeking re-election, each of the incumbents may still receive the endorsement of the party. If, on the first Friday prior to the election, the number of endorsed Federalist candidates is equal to or less than the maximum number of endorsements, no primary election shall be held and those candidates shall request the endorsement of the Federalist Party. Any Federalist candidates entering the race after this time shall not enjoy the party’s official endorsement. If, on the first Friday prior to the election, the number of declared Federalists seeking endorsement is larger than the maximum number of Federalist endorsements, a primary election shall be held. The election shall run for three (3) days and shall be decided by public IRV. If the number of endorsed Federalist candidates is less than the maximum number of endorsements, non-Federalists may receive these remaining endorsements.
4. Regional executive elections. In elections for the office of regional executive, only one candidate in each region shall receive the party’s endorsement. If, the first Friday prior to the regional election, only one Federalist candidate has declared for a given position, no primary election shall be held and that candidate may request the endorsement of the Federalist Party. If more than one Federalist candidate has declared their intention to run, a primary election shall be held. This election shall run for three (3) days and shall be decided by public IRV. If no Federalist candidate has declared, one non-Federalist may be endorsed.
5. Regional Senate elections. Federalist endorsements in regional senate elections shall follow the same model for endorsements in regional executive elections (see section III, subsection 4).
6. Special elections to the Senate or House of Representatives. Federalist endorsements in special elections to the senate shall follow the same model for endorsements in regional executive elections (see section III, subsection 4), the only difference being that Federalist candidates must declare within a reasonable time of the notice of vacancy. If more than one position is up for election, the party will offer a corresponding number of endorsements.
7. Secondary endorsements. At the discretion of the party chair, the party may run elections giving “second preference endorsements” (or similar) to non-Federalist candidates.
8. Revoking endorsements. The Federalist Party may revoke endorsements if a motion is presented with a second and is then passed by a majority vote.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This is a work in progress and I need to sleep tonight for work tomorrow.

III: Endorsements and Primaries
Section 1: Convention Primaries and Endorsement Votes:
1. Presidential Primaries: In elections for the office of President and Vice President, only one candidate for each office on a formerly declared ticket under the laws of Atlasian elections shall receive the party’s endorsement. The Presiding Officer of the Party Convention, shall open a declaration period for President and Vice President. At the conclusion of the declaration period, a primary election shall be held lasting no longer than 72 hours and ending not more than three weeks before the end of the regular Presidential Election for that cycle. The vote shall be conducted using instant runoff voting and the winner the ticket with the most votes in the final round.

2. At-Large House Elections: In election for the House of Representatives, the the maximum number of candidates hall be pegged at a simple majority of the chamber. The Presiding Officer of the Party Convention may wave this pegged maximum subject to objection within 24 hours of the decision. A two-thirds vote shall be required to override the Presiding Officer. The Presiding Officer, shall open a declaration period for House. At the conclusion of the declaration period, a primary shall be conducted using the single transferable vote method and the winners shall be the final count finishers in order of highest to lowest place until the maximum has been hit.

3. Regional Senate and Governor: In elections for the office of regional Senator and executive, only one candidate in each region, per office, shall receive the party’s endorsement. Not more than four weeks prior to the election, a declaration period shall be called either during the convention or Midterm Gathering for said offices. Once the declaration period has concluded, a primary shall be held with the nominee being the one with the most votes in the final round for each office's primary.

4. Regional legislature elections. Not more than four weeks prior to the election, a declaration period shall be called for regional legislative elections occurring over that given period. At the conclusion of the declaration period, a primary election shall be held for these respective legislatures. A yes/no vote on endorsement shall be held for each individual candidate. A candidate from another party shall be endorsed unless a majority of votes are cast against endorsing them, while a candidate who is a member of the Federalist party shall be endorsed unless 2/3rds of votes are cast against endorsing them.

Section 2: Midterm Gatherings
1. At-Large House Elections: In election for the House of Representatives, the the maximum number of candidates hall be pegged at a simple majority of the chamber. The Presiding Officer Midterm Gathering may wave this pegged maximum subject to objection within 24 hours of the decision. A two-thirds vote shall be required to override the Presiding Officer. The Presiding Officer, shall open a declaration period for House. At the conclusion of the declaration period, a primary shall be conducted using the single transferable vote method and the winners shall be the final count finishers in order of highest to lowest place until the maximum has been hit.

2. Regional Senate and Governor: In elections for the office of regional Senator and executive, only one candidate in each region, per office, shall receive the party’s endorsement. Not more than four weeks prior to the election, a declaration period shall be called either during the convention or Midterm Gathering for said offices. Once the declaration period has concluded, a primary shall be held with the nominee being the one with the most votes in the final round for each office's primary.

3. Regional legislature elections: Not more than four weeks prior to the election, a declaration period shall be called for regional legislative elections occurring over that given period. At the conclusion of the declaration period, a primary election shall be held for these respective legislatures. A yes/no vote on endorsement shall be held for each individual candidate. A candidate from another party shall be endorsed unless a majority of votes are cast against endorsing them, while a candidate who is a member of the Federalist party shall be endorsed unless 2/3rds of votes are cast against endorsing them.


Section 3: Special Elections and Miscellaneous
1.  Special elections to the Senate or House of Representatives. Federalist endorsements in special elections to the senate shall follow the same model for endorsements in regional executive elections (see Article III, Section 1, subsection 3), the only difference being that Federalist candidates must declare within a reasonable time of the notice of vacancy. If more than one position is up for election, the party will offer a corresponding number of endorsements. Special elections for the House shall follow the same rules as for President excepting the ticket component (see Article III, Section 1, Subsection 1).
2. If insufficient time exists for a formal primary process, the Chairman may motion to nominate a candidate by acclimation. Such will be subject to objections within 24 hours, and be followed immediately by a 48 hour vote.
3. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in a House seat held by a registered Federalist, the Chairman, or designee shall appoint a replacement.
4. Secondary endorsements. At the discretion of the party chair, the party may run elections giving “second preference endorsements” (or similar) to non-Federalist candidates.
5. Revoking endorsements. The Federalist Party may revoke endorsements if a motion is presented with a second and is then passed by a majority vote.

Article IV is amended as follows with existing Sections renumbered/restructured accordingly:
IV. Conventions and Midterm Gatherings
Section 1: Timing.
1.  A convention shall be called by the chair three (3) no later than four (4) weeks before the start of every regularly-scheduled presidential election. Conventions may deviate from this timeline in emergency situations.

2. A Midterm Gathering shall be held no later than four (4) weeks before the start of every regularly-scheduled At-Large House election not coinciding with a Presidential Election

Section 2: Location
1.  It shall be at the discretion of the party chair and vice chair on how to determine the location of the Federalist Party’s convention and Midterm Gathering.

Section 3: Leadership elections and non-confidence motions.
1.  Leadership elections may occur during a national convention.
2.  Additionally, a member of the party may call for a vote of non-confidence in the leadership of either the chair or vice chair. If the vote receives a majority, the relevant position shall become vacant.


Section 4. Endorsements and Primaries.
1. Primaries and endorsement votes as regulated in Article III may occur during conventions and Midterm Gatherings.
2. No primary or endorsement shall conclude more than four weeks prior to a given election.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

READ THIS FIRST!!!!

What I have done so far:

1. This restructures the text
2. Explicitly states a process for Presidential Primary for the first time since like 2013 when it was removed from the wiki for reasons I have never been able to find out.
3. Creates a Midterm Gathering to fill in a gap that has been rather inconvenient and hopefully for once allow us to actually close a convention.
4. I removed all of the awkward wording that resulted from Fhtagn's amendment removing automatic endorsement, while still requiring primary votes. That doesn't mean there isn't still awkward wording and I will work on that tomorrow (hopefully)
5. This moves up a lot of the declaration periods for a lot of things so I will merely say what I have said for years, candidates have got to declare and get started by the middle of the month prior to the election if not sooner.
6. Instituted a maximum four week window to prevent the real issue with the Lincoln primary that just happened.
7. I am tentatively using ASV's most recent text for the regional legislative section, but I find it clunky and am not yet sold on it.
8. I am probably going to condense Section II about Midterm Gatherings to reduce duplicated text.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This is a work in progress and I need to sleep tonight for work tomorrow.

III: Endorsements and Primaries
Section 1: Primaries and Endorsement Votes:
1. Presidential Primaries: In elections for the office of President and Vice President, only one candidate for each office on a formerly declared ticket under the laws of Atlasian elections shall receive the party’s endorsement. The Presiding Officer of the Party Convention, shall open a declaration period for President and Vice President. At the conclusion of the declaration period, a primary election shall be held lasting no longer than 72 hours and ending not more than three weeks before the end of the regular Presidential Election for that cycle. The vote shall be conducted using instant runoff voting and the winner the ticket with the most votes in the final round.

2. At-Large House Elections: In election for the House of Representatives, the the maximum number of candidates hall be pegged at a simple majority of the chamber. The Presiding Officer of the Party Convention may wave this pegged maximum subject to objection within 24 hours of the decision. A two-thirds vote shall be required to override the Presiding Officer. The Presiding Officer, shall open a declaration period for House. At the conclusion of the declaration period, a primary shall be conducted using the single transferable vote method and the winners shall be the final count finishers in order of highest to lowest place until the maximum has been hit.

3. Regional Senate and Governor: In elections for the office of regional Senator and executive, only one candidate in each region, per office, shall receive the party’s endorsement. Not more than four weeks prior to the election, a declaration period shall be called either during the convention or midterm convention for said offices. Once the declaration period has concluded, a primary shall be held with the nominee being the one with the most votes in the final round for each office's primary.

4. Regional legislature elections. Not more than four weeks prior to the election, a declaration period shall be called for regional legislative elections occurring over that given period. At the conclusion of the declaration period, a primary election shall be held for these respective legislatures. A yes/no vote on endorsement shall be held for each individual candidate. A candidate from another party shall be endorsed unless a majority of votes are cast against endorsing them, while a candidate who is a member of the Federalist party shall be endorsed unless 2/3rds of votes are cast against endorsing them.


Section 2: Special Elections and Miscellaneous
1.  Special elections to the Senate or House of Representatives. Federalist endorsements in special elections to the senate shall follow the same model for endorsements in regional executive elections (see Article III, Section 1, subsection 3), the only difference being that Federalist candidates must declare within a reasonable time of the notice of vacancy. If more than one position is up for election, the party will offer a corresponding number of endorsements. Special elections for the House shall follow the same rules as for President excepting the ticket component (see Article III, Section 1, Subsection 1).
2. If insufficient time exists for a formal primary process, the Chairman may motion to nominate a candidate by acclimation. Such will be subject to objections within 24 hours, and be followed immediately by a 48 hour vote.
3. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in a House seat held by a registered Federalist, the Chairman, or designee shall appoint a replacement.
4. Secondary endorsements. At the discretion of the party chair, the party may run elections giving “second preference endorsements” (or similar) to non-Federalist candidates.
5. Revoking endorsements. The Federalist Party may revoke endorsements if a motion is presented with a second and is then passed by a majority vote.

Article IV is amended as follows with existing Sections renumbered/restructured accordingly:
IV. Conventions and Midterm Conventions
Section 1: Timing.
1.  A convention shall be called by the chair three (3) no later than four (4) weeks before the start of every regularly-scheduled presidential election. Conventions may deviate from this timeline in emergency situations.

2. A midterm convention shall be held no later than four (4) weeks before the start of every regularly-scheduled At-Large House election not coinciding with a Presidential Election

Section 2: Location
1.  It shall be at the discretion of the party chair and vice chair on how to determine the location of the Federalist Party’s convention and midterm convention.

Section 3: Leadership elections and non-confidence motions.
1.  Leadership elections may occur during a national convention.
2.  Additionally, a member of the party may call for a vote of non-confidence in the leadership of either the chair or vice chair. If the vote receives a majority, the relevant position shall become vacant.


Section 4. Endorsements and Primaries.
1. Primaries and endorsement votes as regulated in Article III may occur during conventions and midterm conventions.
2. No primary or endorsement shall conclude more than four weeks prior to a given election.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

A quick note on things, YT has expressed some interest in how we move forward but this was before the election had ended and with this break I am sort of reluctant to proceed on some things until we know what he is doing.

That being said some things we can move ahead on like the city nominate. I also want to finish the bylaw and put that to a vote probably on Saturday along with the city. By the time it ends, we should know what YT is doing and then we can move ahead with additions to the leadership team, as well as the leadership election.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Federalists, for the next 48 hours, we will be accepting declarations for the positions of Chair, Vice Chair, as well as entertaining any bylaw amendments and city nominations. All the cities nominated heretofore will be included on the ballot.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

In the last election we did well from a party mechanics standpoint. We had 91% percent turnout among our valid voters and we had something like 95% backing our Presidential nominee. This was good from a party's perspective but the fact that we came up short means that we have to do more going forward to ensure that we put our candidates in the best possible position to win elections.

We have to be more organized, we have to be more prepared from the very beginning and we have to cooperate with those of similar viewpoints who are not in our party. We may not agree on everything, but we generally agree on several basic fundamentals, that we should pay for what we do and that we should seek to do less federally and more at the regional level. Since it seems especially likely that the left will be cooperating ever more closely together, we must work to build bridges on both the right and center and work to build a coalition that will hopefully sooner than later be able to regain the White House.

We have been in rougher patches before, we have had far worse elections than the one this past weekend, complete disasters and came back to produce stunning results. The Federalist Party stood by Atlasia when almost no one else would, were wavering or uncertain about whether or not we should continue forward, our party was the only one that stood up in unison to reject the clarion call for dissolution and to oppose the radical elements that brought it about.

I saw often that we have a great history to be proud of and while this is a comforting thought, it also means that we have a great obligation not to the past but to the future to ensure that this game remains competitive, that their are competing ideas on the table. Ideas built upon a freer people, more energetic and active regions and a belief that we are strongest when we account for the welfare of all sections of this game, not just the ones most convenient for advancing the "Agenda^TM.

We have an obligation to do better and to be better and to achieve ever greater accomplishments for the sake of the game, for the sake of the right and yes for the sake of all of the people. I call upon every Federalist to work with me to achieve a stronger, more unified and more effective Federalist Party. No longer must this be a party where either, it is just Yankee holding up the world or the party is doing whatever while Yankee is unavailable/not paying attention. One man alone cannot defeat Labor all on his own. It will require a team effort to get it done.

I have always relied heavily on an open an dynamic team to get things done in this party. Many times we have had people who have only been in the game a few months end as part of the leadership team and as such have accomplished many great things. My preferred model has been to reward people's hard work by granting relevant titles to people whose work has always demonstrated a capacity for the task and a willingness to get it done. Therefore, assuming I am reelected as your Chair, I will be officially announcing that LfromNJ and YoungTexan will be joining our leadership team in appointed rolls. However, even with these two and my Vice Chair Encke, there is still going to be rolls and tasks that need to be done and I will be seeking out talent towards that objective in the near future.

The strength of our team is important and I realize that I made a fundamental mistake over the last several months and one I hope to correct going forward. I have long been against the practices of expulsion and similar such methods for the simple fact that it breads discord (pun intended ) and disunity. I was not wrong to fear the consequences of that, as it has been demonstrated in the past where such actions have made others feel unwelcome or uneasy in the party. However, focusing on that to the exclusion of all other concerns was a major error on my part and in the process led to many feeling uneasy and uncomfortable within the party even to the point of leaving as some did because we didn't use those processes. Therefore as we seek to modify our bylaws, I will be making changes and ensuring that there is a process, one that still fits within our values system, that will enable us to deal with such problems before they cost us so many quality members, in the future.

It is thus with great devotion that I declare another term as your Party's Chair and I would be honored to lead you wonderful Federalists anytime, anywhere.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I nominate Sydney, Australia

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I. Membership
1. Eligibility. All members registered as Federalists with the Registrar General shall be granted membership in the Federalist Party and deemed eligible to participate in conventions, receive endorsements and access to the party's various offsite mediums including but not limited to Mibbit, Discord, and any "restricted access forums".
2. Revoking Eligibility: A member may have their eligibility revoked by a majority vote of the party members for a specified term, such members will still be considered registered members for census purposes. Request for eligibility revocation must be seconded. Restoration shall occur at the expiration of stated term or by holding a majority vote, following a seconded request for such.
2 3.. Expulsion. A member may be expelled from the party by majority Two-thirds vote if that member behaves in such a way as to the detriment of the party and such continues after Clause 2 has been exhausted. Requests for an expulsion vote must be seconded.
4. All offsite mediums used for the purposes of organizing the Federalist Party must be subject to the leadership of the Chair or his designated administration team. Only the Chair, Vice Chair or designated official may remove someone from official offsite mediums in emergency situations absent the use of clause 2 above.

II. Leadership
1. Leadership positions. The national party leadership shall consist of three two elected officers: chair and vice chair; and secretary appointed officers: at the chair's discretion, including at minimum a Secretary. All members holding these offices must be registered members of the Federalist Party of Atlasia, with full eligibility.
2. The Chair. The chair shall be the executive leader and chief spokesperson of the party, as well as oversee all GOTV efforts.
3. The Vice Chair. The vice chair shall assist the chair in providing executive leadership.
4. The Appointed Officers.
              a. The secretary shall be responsible for maintaining an up-to-date list of all party members and maintaining a calendar of events for the party. These events may include, but are not limited to, leadership elections, primaries and endorsement deadlines, and national conventions. The secretary is appointed by the chair to serve a four month term bracketed by leadership elections.
              b. The Chair may appoint other officers to handle specific tasks within the party at his discretion for a term of four months, bracketed by the leadership elections.
5. Leadership Elections. The chair and vice chair shall be elected every four months. These elections shall be run concurrently for three (3) days in February, June, and October. Leadership elections for the chair and vice chair shall occur after party members have had ample time to declare their interest in a position. The elections shall occur by public instant-runoff vote (IRV).
6. Leadership Vacancies. Vacancies may be deemed to have occurred if party leaders resign, lose the confidence of the party by majority vote, or have not posted within the Atlasia sub-boards for two (2) weeks or more. In the event of a vacancy in the office of secretary, the chair shall appoint another member to the office. In the event of a vacancy in the office of vice chair, members shall have ample time to declare their intention to run for the vacant position. After that time, the chair shall hold an IRV election for the vice chair position, to last three (3) days. In the event of a vacancy in the office of chair, the vice chair shall become chair of the Federalist Party, unless he wishes to remain in his current position. In that case, an election for chair will be held.
7. Succession Snafus. In emergency situations where both the chair and vice chair positions are vacant, the secretary shall be responsible for running concurrent elections for both offices. In the event that all leadership positions are vacant, the most senior member of the Federalist caucus in the senate shall have the authority to run leadership elections. If there is no Federalist senator, this responsibility shall fall to the most senior Federalist regional executive.
8. Regional Chair. At his or her discretion, the chair may appoint up to one regional chair per region for the purposes of laser-targeting, recruitment, get-out-the-vote (GOTV) operations and other party activities. Regional chair will also have the authority to run endorsement votes for elections in their region.

III: Endorsements and Primaries
Section 1: Primaries and Endorsement Votes:
1. Presidential Primaries: In elections for the office of President and Vice President, only one candidate for each office on a formerly declared ticket under the laws of Atlasian elections shall receive the party’s endorsement. The Presiding Officer of the Party Convention, shall open a declaration period for President and Vice President. At the conclusion of the declaration period, a primary election shall be held lasting no longer than 72 hours and ending not more than three weeks before the end of the regular Presidential Election for that cycle. The vote shall be conducted using instant runoff voting and the winner the ticket with the most votes in the final round.

2. At-Large House Elections: In election for the House of Representatives, the the maximum number of candidates hall be pegged at a simple majority of the chamber. The Presiding Officer of the convention or midterm convention may wave this pegged maximum subject to objection within 24 hours of the decision. A two-thirds vote shall be required to override the Presiding Officer. The Presiding Officer, shall open a declaration period for House. At the conclusion of the declaration period, a primary shall be conducted using the single transferable vote method and the winners shall be the final count finishers in order of highest to lowest place until the maximum has been hit.

3. Regional Senate and Governor: In elections for the office of regional Senator and executive, only one candidate in each region, per office, shall receive the party’s endorsement. Not more than four weeks prior to the election, a declaration period shall be called either during the convention or midterm convention for said offices. Once the declaration period has concluded, a primary shall be held with the nominee being the one with the most votes in the final round for each office's primary.

4. Regional legislature elections. Not more than four weeks prior to the election, a declaration period shall be called for regional legislative elections occurring over that given period. At the conclusion of the declaration period, a primary election shall be held for these respective legislatures. A yes/no vote on endorsement shall be held for each individual candidate. A candidate from another party shall be endorsed unless a majority of votes are cast against endorsing them, while a candidate who is a member of the Federalist party shall be endorsed unless 2/3rds of votes are cast against endorsing them.


Section 2: Special Elections and Miscellaneous
1.  Special elections to the Senate or House of Representatives. Federalist endorsements in special elections to the senate shall follow the same model for endorsements in regional executive elections (see Article III, Section 1, subsection 3), the only difference being that Federalist candidates must declare within a reasonable time of the notice of vacancy. If more than one position is up for election, the party will offer a corresponding number of endorsements. Special elections for the House shall follow the same rules as for President excepting the ticket component (see Article III, Section 1, Subsection 1).
2. If insufficient time exists for a formal primary process, the Chairman may motion to nominate a candidate by acclimation. Such will be subject to objections within 24 hours, and be followed immediately by a 48 hour vote.
3. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in a House seat held by a registered Federalist, the Chairman, or designee shall appoint a replacement.
4. Secondary endorsements. At the discretion of the party chair, the party may run elections giving “second preference endorsements” (or similar) to non-Federalist candidates.
5. Revoking endorsements. The Federalist Party may revoke endorsements if a motion is presented with a second and is then passed by a majority vote.

Article IV is amended as follows with existing Sections renumbered/restructured accordingly:
IV. Conventions and Midterm Conventions
Section 1: Timing.
1.  A convention shall be called by the chair three (3) no later than four (4) weeks before the start of every regularly-scheduled presidential election. Conventions may deviate from this timeline in emergency situations.

2. A midterm convention shall be held no later than four (4) weeks before the start of every regularly-scheduled At-Large House election not coinciding with a Presidential Election

Section 2: Location
1.  It shall be at the discretion of the party chair and vice chair on how to determine the location of the Federalist Party’s convention and midterm convention.

Section 3: Leadership elections and non-confidence motions.
1.  Leadership elections may occur during a national convention.
2.  Additionally, a member of the party may call for a vote of non-confidence in the leadership of either the chair or vice chair. If the vote receives a majority, the relevant position shall become vacant.


Section 4. Endorsements and Primaries.
1. Primaries and endorsement votes as regulated in Article III may occur during conventions and midterm conventions.
2. No primary or endorsement shall conclude more than four weeks prior to a given election.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I am officially offering the above bylaw amendment.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This election is for all registered Feds and will run for 72 hours.

Official Ballot:

Chair
[  ] NC Yankee

Vice Chair:
[  ] Encke
[  ] Fairbol


Bylaw Amendment:
Text
[  ] Aye
[  ] Nay


Convention Cities (numerical preference please)
[  ] Las Vegas, NV
[  ] Atlanta, GA
[  ] Boise, ID
[  ] Albuquerque, NM
[  ] Philadelphia, PA
[  ] Chicago, ILL