Timeline

Candidate submission deadline: Monday 26th June 8pm

Campaigning: Tuesday 27th June - Friday 30th June (inclusive)

How To Vote (HTV) card deadline: Wednesday 28th June midnight

Election day (results calculated): Saturday 1st July

Official results announced: Sunday 2nd July

All times are in Canberra time. There will be polls throughout the campaign. Results may be released on Saturday if they are ready.

Campaigning

Campaigning will take place on r/AusSimCampaigning.

Endorsements

Endorsements are for parties to encourage voters to vote for another candidate. To endorse a candidate, you will need to make a campaign post endorsing them. You may change your endorsement at any time; however, this will diminish the effectiveness severely.

How To Vote Cards

All candidates and parties will be able to submit a How To Vote (HTV) card after the official announcement of candidates. HTV cards will instruct voters how to distribute their preferences. 75% of a candidate’s voters will follow the HTV card.

HTV cards must be submitted to the EC using a form that will be provided after the official announcement of candidates.

HTV cards will be due at midnight on Wednesday 28th June and revealed by the Electoral Commission on Thursday 29th June.

Post Limits

• Candidates will have three posts they can use on any day of the campaign. However, posting all your posts on one day will diminish the effectiveness.
• Parties will get one post which cannot be posted by a candidate. For parties not contesting, this is the post they can use for their endorsement. (IMPORTANT: These will be marked even for non-contesting parties.)

[NEW] Candidates Debate

There will be a debate thread on the campaign sub for candidates to respond to questions. This will be marked. More details will be confirmed closer to the start of the campaign.

Post Titles

Normal post title rules apply. All posts must have a correctly formatted title to make it easier for readers, markers and for automatic flairs:

[Pearce - 23rd - Post 1] model-vivienne campaigns for Hunter Valley statehood in Perth[Moncrieff - 24th - Post 2] model-vivienne visits Moncrieff to deliver a radio interview in support of Hunter Valley statehood[Moncrieff - (your party) Party Post] Random party leader makes a stop in Moncrieff

Each post is required to be labelled with the date and post number as shown above.

Candidate submission

This form can be used by parties and independents to submit candidates. Candidates running on behalf of a party must have their candidacy submitted by the Party Leader. Party Leaders and independent candidates must verify their submission by replying to this thread.