[FINISHED] Tau Ceti 2458 Presidential Election

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

The 28th of Feburary brings with it 2 days of voting, with the 1st of March ushering in a new President to reside in Mendell City in the first, genuine election of this 5 year old Republic. The weather is going to be clear these two days as you go to the polls.

When you arrive at the voting machine to place your vote, the machine seems to hiccup a moment, before a happy little notification tells you that your vote was cast. The notification is replaced with a Nanotrasen logo, which is also emblazoned on the side of the machine - they built these voting machines, didn't they?

 

Tau Ceti Republicans | Social Democrats | Coalition of Minority Parties

Since the 1st elections of 2455, the Tau Ceti Republicans have retained a firm grasp on the reigns of power. Out of 380 seats, they hold 201, giving them a 52% majority and considerable influence. The President is Joseph Dorn, whom was sworn into office on 2455 as a Tau Ceti Republican. Out of all of the seats, 9 are Unathi, 18 are Skrell and 4 are Tajaran.

The Tau Ceti Republican Party's 5 years of rule have had a consistent manifesto:

• Keep Tau Ceti independent.
• Maintain the Free Trade Zone.
  
• Allow Nanotrasen to keep its monopoly on plasma mining and refining.
  
• Not taxing Nanotrasen's use of bluespace gates or drives.

 

Other realities under the Republican's rule have been:

• Confidential lobbying for candidates; you don't know who finances politicians.
• Nanotrasen eliminating and replacing nearly all small business on Tau Ceti, including all mass-transit.
  
• A Nanotrasen-subsidized media, with news anchors usually being Nanotrasen employed journalists. The Mendell Bugle remains one of the last non-Nanotrasen native news outlet for most of Tau Ceti.
  
• The Biesel military remains gutted and minimally funded, with most Tau Ceti areas relying on Nanotrasen's Emergency Response Team, with the government footing the expensive bill of ERT deployment.
  
• A refusal to create minimum wages or immigration quotas for Tajaran or Vaurca, seeing the two races slowly replace humans in almost every industry.

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The Republican mandate for 2458 - 2463 remains similar to their first election, but this time it has taken stances suspiciously similar to Nanotrasen's desires for the system...

 

• The implementation and expansion of the Loyalty Pledge to all Unathi, not just those in command positions. Those that refuse would face monthly fines in addition to being barred from governmental positions and Command positions.
• The creation of a free-movement treaty with Ahdomai, allowing Nanotrasen to hire hundreds of new laborers for an expansion of its mining operations in the Romanovich Cloud, including the construction of a new, state of the art facility on one of the larger asteroids.

Their presidential candidate is, of course, current Tau Ceti President Joseph Dorn. Born to an upper middle class family, he has previously worked for Nanotrasen as an internal affairs agent before entering a career in politics. The former mayor of Mendell City, he is keenly aware of the political and cultural pulse of the city he was born in.

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The Social Democrats are the staunch rivals to the Republicans. While their party often condemns the unheard of influence Nanotrasen has in Tau Ceti, their party is divided in how to act on this mistrust. Almost all but the most radical Democrats realize that Nanotrasen can never truly go away. Some in their party also feel that splitting from the Sol Alliance was a mistake, and that the best way to ensure the success and safety of Tau Ceti would be to see the flag of Sol once more flying over Biesel...

Their pledges on the path of Tau Ceti if they win the 2458 election include:

• Weakening the power of Nanotrasen, potentially breaking up its monopoly into several smaller companies in Tau Ceti.
• The end of the Free Trade Zone, allowing other corporations to compete with Nanotrasen in the system.
  
• A minimum wage for Tajaran and Vaurca citizens, making them just equally expensive as humans to hire and train, leveling the playing field.
  
• Closer ties to the Sol Alliance.
  
• Taxes on bluespace gate usage, bringing in a potential gold mine of new revenue for the government that Nanotrasen enjoys tax free.
  
• Reform of election laws to be more transparent and open.
  
• Consistent, firm control of synthetics.
  
• Revitalization of the Tau Ceti navy, allowing the Republic to defend itself and no longer rely on Nanotrasen security.

 

Their presidential candidate for 2458 is Aamina Al-Harthi.The only child of a mining family from New Gibson, Aamina struggled for much of her early adulthood to pay for a university-level education until finally receiving a scholarship from a NGO funded by the Sol-Alliance based Worker's Party. A more left-leaning candidate than the current President she wishes to dethrone, she nevertheless faces popularity with the growing number of unemployed humans. . .

[Owen]

I am dying looking at those voting numbers xD

[Loow]

The following statement quickly becomes a common sight across screens and displays throughout the Tau Ceti system shortly after the first day of voting:

Greetings, fellow proud citizens of the Republic of Biesel!

Due to a minor error in our calculation system, a significant number of votes must be redacted and recounted.

In order to ensure that your vote is counted, eligible voters are encouraged to schedule a second trip to one of your many conveniently located voting stations.

NanoTrasen and its subsidiaries would like to apologize for any inconvenience this error may have caused any voters and wish all residents of The Federal Republic of Biesel and the Tau Ceti System a happy voting season.

[Jboy2000000]

I /THINK/ Dorn might win.

[witchbells]

muh status quo

[Jboy2000000]

One Vote for Jay Goode of the TC Elite Liberal Party.

[LemonTheFruit]

One vote for Jimmy McFly. On the ballet.

[UnknownMurder]

One vote for Valorallen Vitellia

[Demonofthefall]

Did Joseph Dorn clone the guys who worked on the Bush campaign and get them to work for him?

[Dreamix]

Now, that's not fun...

sighs

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

Nanotrasen Public Notice

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The issue with the voting machines have been corrected with the promised patch. The glitch incorrectly gave President Dorn 80 billion votes due to an error in calculations. The patch has corrected the calculation and all votes should now be counted correctly.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

Joseph Dorn has officially won 63% of the votes in the presidential election of 2458, continuing his term for another 3 years. His Vice President remains Vice President Zhao Yingtai.

The election results are disputed by virtually every other candidate, and protests continue to strike Biesel and New Gibson.

Responses are mixed...

The Interstellar Aid Corps has issued a statement of concern on the integrity of the elections.

The Sol Alliance has outright condemned the election as a fraud.

More mysterious factions have become radicalized...