This is the Judicial debate thread for the Honorable Judge Azkedar_'s seat, for a special term that begins to expire Friday, March 12th 2021.

Candidates:

• Xcios

Please feel free to ask the candidate and questions on their platform!

I.D. Mount Augusta Voting Procedures

ii. Federal Election Threads

a. Where an election for an official state position is concerned; after the end of that position's term, the resignation of the holder of that position, the recall of the holder of that position, or calling for an election for a position currently empty, shall begin the election process for that position.

b. Campaign Thread - A thread must be posted on the subreddit with '[CAMPAIGN]' in the title. The position's title must also be included in the thread title. Once this thread is posted, any citizen may submit their candidacy via comment in the post within 48 hours. Should no candidates show up within those 48 hours, an additional 48 hours are given for campaigning.

c. Debate Thread - At the conclusion of the campaigning period, another thread shall be posted with '[DEBATE]' in the title. For 24 hours, candidates and citizens will have the opportunity to discuss matters with the candidates.

e. Election Thread - At the conclusion of the debate period, another thread shall be posted with '[ELECTION]' in the title. The thread body must include: an explanation of the position with its associated powers and responsibilities, and a list of candidates with Reddit usernames and in-game names. All registered voters who gained registration 3 days prior to the posting of the '[Election]' thread now have 48 hours to choose their candidate by posting a reply to the election thread, including a rank-ordered list of any number of candidates, with their most preferred first, and their least preferred last. Voters may change or withdraw their vote at any time before the election ends, provided it is announced clearly in the same fashion as the original vote. In the voting election thread, only votes shall be commented on the post. If a voter's registration goes into effect before or during the voting, their vote shall be counted - even if their vote was cast before this registration took effect.

f. Conclusion of Election - Once the election ends, votes must be counted as accurately as possible and ineligible votes disqualified. The results must be documented and publicized on the subreddit. Candidates are assigned ballots by the ballots' first choices. The candidate with the majority (>50%) of ballots wins the election. If no candidate meets this requirement, then the candidate or candidates with the fewest ballots is/are dropped and their ballots are redistributed to those ballots' next-choice candidates, if any. This process repeats until some candidate receives a majority of ballots and wins the election. If the last two candidates are tied, new run-off elections will be held again for only these last two candidates until one of them wins or drops out.

III.B. Court Structure

i. The Augustan Court consists of three Judges.

ii. The position of Judge shall be an elected position, term set to 12 weeks.

a. The Judge will keep a detailed account of the trial, and run all court cases through /r/mtaugustajustice following the procedure outlined under Article III Subsection C. If a case in handled in-game, a record must be posted on /r/mtaugustajustice.

b. The Judge will maintain composure, will be committed to impartiality, and will remove themselves from positions of official power in any foreign nations.

c. A Judge may resign by posting their resignation publicly on /r/MtAugusta. The process to elect a new judge to fill the gap as described by Article I, Part B must begin with 14 days of a resignation post at the discretion of the Mayor. If the next regularly scheduled election's campaign thread for such a seat falls within this interval, the election process shall begin on its normal date.

d. A Judge must be a citizen of Mount Augusta, as described by Article I.

F. Shared Government Positions

i. Any resident holding the position of Mayor or Judge must resign from any other federal government offices they hold.

The date of this election was determined under a temporary provision found under V.B.xi

Please Ask Candidate Xcios and questions you wish.