The Leftist Assembly election, June 2017

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The Leftist Assembly election,
June 2017
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Secretary
Candidate 1 Llorens
Prime Minister
Candidate 1 Soc. Nat. Kazakhstan
Minister of Archives
Candidate 1 Libertasnia
Candidate 2 Sky Meople
Minister of Immigration and Customs
Candidate 1 South Miruva
Justices
Candidate 1 Facemus
Candidate 2 Nottinhaps
Candidate 3 Obiristan
Candidate 4 Proletar
Candidate 5 Rathfarnham

The Leftist Assembly election, June 2017 was the fifth election in The Leftist Assembly and voting was held from 28 to 30 June 2017. The General Assembly, the unicameral legislature of The Leftist Assembly, consists of 9 members, 7 elected and 2 appointed by the Secretary of the Assembly. The election used the alternative voting system.

The ministers elected to the General Assembly were Llorens as Secretary of the Assembly, Libertasnia as Minister of Archives, South Miruva as Minister of Immigration and Customs, and Facemus, Proletar and Rathfarnham as Justices. The ministers appointed by the Secretary to the General Assembly were ? as Minister of Defence and ? as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Methodology

Voting

To be eligible to vote, a nation must be part of the World Assembly and reside in The Leftist Assembly. The voter numbers each of the candidates in order of their preference on a Google Forms document.

Counting

The election moderators were Atealia, British Accia and New Lonopolian Empire. Votes were counted and distributed using the alternative voting system. In this system, the candidate with the lowest number of primary votes is eliminated, their votes are redistributed according to the voters' preferences, and the process is repeated until there is a winner. In the Justices election, this process is repeated only till the final three candidates are determined, whereby they are each elected.

Endorsements

Candidate endorsements are only recorded for nations who are a former Secretary, Prime Minister or nation of historical significance to the region. The following are the endorsements issued throughout the election:

Candidate Endorser Position
Llorens Cedoria Secretary
Llorens Atealia Secretary
Libertasnia Cedoria Minister of A.
Libertasnia Atealia Minister of A.
Libertasnia Llorens Minister of A.
South Miruva Llorens Minister of I&C
Facemus Atealia Justices

Results

Secretary

Llorens was elected as Secretary. The results of the confidence vote were as follows:

Yes
  
23
No
  
2

Prime Minister

Socialist National Kazakhstan was not elected as Prime Minister. The results of the confidence vote were as follows:

Yes
  
6
No
  
19

Minister of Archives

Libertasnia was elected as Minister of Archives. An interview was held with Libertasnia on 24 June, and featured topics including political parties, The Red Star and foreign affairs. The candidates for this position were Libertasnia and Sky Meople. The results of the vote were as follows:

Libertasnia
  
18
Sky Meople
  
7

Minister of Immigration and Customs

South Miruva may be elected as Minister of Immigration and Customs. The results of the confidence vote were as follows:

Yes
  
25
No
  
0

Justices

Facemus, Proletar and Rathfarnham were elected as Justices. The debate for this position was held on 26 June with Facemus and Nottinhaps, and featured topics including their goals, political parties and recruitment. The candidates for this position were Facemus, Nottinhaps, Obiristan, Proletar and Rathfarnham. The results of the vote were as follows:

Candidates Votes
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Facemus 8 8 8
Rathfarnham 5 ? 8
Proletar 6 ? 9
Obiristan 4 ?
Nottinhaps 2