User:Legion/Works/Information on next Palmshire general election

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Timetable

  • Current sitting Parliament of Palmshire may likely be dissolved soon with an election to be follow automatically.
    • Only the Prime Minister (currently Chris D can advise the monarch to dissolve the Parliament.
  • May be held in late November or early December this year.
  • New Parliament may be assembled in late December or early January, depending on timing of election.
  • Polling are likely to be held for about 20 days, give or take.

Seats

  • There will be 5 seats for VP and 5 seats for AW in elected portion of the Parliament.
    • Two types of seats exists: One for towns and one for counties. Towns are defined as any community unit within a world with at least three residents owning lands in it. Counties are any public building worlds in either AW or VP that elects a Member of Parliament.
  • Lords of Parliament are not permitted to stand as candidate in election unless they disclaim their peerage title and consequently their peerage seat on Parliament.
  • There is no qualification to be a candidate except to be citizen of universe the seat is in (i.e. must be VP citizen for a seat in VP).
  • No candidates are obligated to join any existing parties or form one before standing for a seat in election.

VP

  • 2 seats for Blizzard City (area immediately around GZ of Blizzard)
  • 2 seats for New Cypress Hollow
  • 1 seat for Blizzard world, a county covering all areas except for towns already eligible to elect its own MPs.

Voting qualification

  • No people may vote in election unless they own property within area covered by the seat.