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Election Central: The 328 Elections ALA [Archive]

Preface:
The election for the 39th Aurevbushan Presidential Elections commences in Kekasmy 328 ALA.
Voters in each state and the AMD will elect their president for a term of four years, in two separate rounds. If no candidate wins at least 50.1% of the first round, a second round with two parties receiving the most votes, is held two weeks later. The Incumbent President Len Zorra has served 3 terms, totalling up to the maximum presidential tenure of 12 years, meaning he is not eligible to run or serve a fourth term.

The record for President Zorra shows to be a fairly mixed to positive ordeal overall, with an average approval rating of 60.4% across all his terms in office. Zorra's first term started out with measured reforms for economic recovery via cutting taxes on the poor and middle class, rolling back arduous regulation, and cutting back on spending on programs and initiatives considered "wasteful". Zorra's government also took this opportunity to combat the creeping urban crime and terrorist threats by creating a new federal law enforcement agency, Office of National Operations and Security Enforcement (ONOSE). This has been a break from Zorra's more fiscally conservative agenda considering how much money went into pushing forth this initative through the Senate Budget Committee and actually setting up ONOSE as a substaintial police force. The lowering unemployment and the rises in the standard of living landed Zorra another term in office, where a bulk of his time was spent tightening immigration laws and renegotiating trade deals with allied trading partners. But Zorra's finest hour came in 324 ALA when the planet faced an unprecedented threat, an asteroid of alien origin dubbed "Kali" was detected on a direct collision course for Aramnah. Zorra played part in global cooperation to activate the Space Hedge of Protection Initiative, a planetary defense network established years prior and made operational by then. With the asteroid blown up, and an extinction level crisis averted, Zorra's image as a determined and resolute executive has been solidified, and gave way to his third term in office the following year. But his heroism did not last well into the next term come his alleged complicity in several cases of embezzlement with select senators and former First Consul Elijah Manx (and disorderly conduct with the staffers). And the affairs of ONOSE did not come without its problems, with several cases being done aleging abuse of power and lack of transparency. A growing populist movement stemming from the liberal-left emerged arguing the economic recovery had left many behind and that Zorra's policies for national security has gone in contrasts to the civil liberties enshirned in the Constitution (right to privacy, due process, freedom of assembly). As the campaign season gains momentum, a recent and unprecedented cyberattack on the nation's critical infrastructure has raised significant doubts about the government's national security policy. Investigations on the matter are in progress.

Candidates:

WILL ADVANCE TO THE SECOND ROUND

ANFU:

Enter Dakota "Cody" Jehdi, the current National Security Consul and the ANFU nominee.

Greatest strengths:
-Experience where it comes to the executive power
-safe boring option compared to the other candidates get too radical
-competence gets him a lot of connections within and from out of the party

Greatest weaknesses:
-shown to have an authoritarian bent or become partisan hack
-needs to look towards coming up with newer campaign material
-current job duties limit his time to campaign
Campaign Promises:

  • Strengthening Our Shields and Sharpening our Swords-Will pledge to bolster funding for ONOSE equipment and the National Cybersecurity Directorate

  • Thrust Economy-To boost further economic growth by renewing the tax cuts on individuals, reducing regulations on Aurevbushan businesses, and codify the Balanced Budget Act into effect.

  • Strong Borders, Strong Nation-Maintain Zorra-Shermose level regulations of immigration and crack down on people who do not wish to comply with said rules.

  • Traditional Values, Strong Families: make surrogacy nationwide legal, eliminate tax penalties for couples who want to start families, promote faith based initiatives for care and community.

  • A Safer Aphoepha-Adding provision for the possibility of a military cooperative alliance in Aphoepha

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    Ascendit:

    Challenging from the left is Saul Sesson, the former Senator from Marbangre, past candidate for governor, and Host of the popular talk show, All Fired Up!
    Greatest strengths:
    -household name that everyone recognizes, charisma is marched by none other in the broad Aurevbushan left-liberal movement
    -political experience is indispensable
    -debating skills are a plus
    Greatest weaknesses:
    -comes across as aggressive or radical for certain demographics
    -cynical
    -thinks nobody is right but him

    Campaign Promises:

  • Fairer Elections-Strengthen campaign finance regulations to effectively deter big donors from influencing the elections on every level

  • Happier Healthier Aurevbush-Bolster and Fund Medicare National with universal Dental, Pharma, and Kinecticare

  • Affordable Livelihood: Address housing shortages by greenlighting public initiatives for mass-produced homes, rent control, and assisting low-income homeowners, pushing for all public colleges to be tuition free and student loan debt to be forgiven indiscriminately

  • Sustainable Aurevbush: Pass the SUSCIRC act which induces several reforms that minimizes consumer waste and maximizes resource efficiency, Investing in green technologies and projects through public financing mechanisms.

  • Getting Organized-Enact a national labor standard law and strengthen collective bargaining for unions in all sectors.

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    CANDIDATES ELIMINATED FROM THE FIRST ROUND

    Progress & Prosperity

    From the center comes, Maya Annaya Patel, civil rights attorney from Yabroua (ENDORSED SAUL SESSON)
    Greatest strengths:
    -compassionate domestic policy
    -analytical minded
    -persona relating to truth and social justice like no one has ever seen
    Greatest weaknesses:
    -lack of experience in executive action and in decisions with economics and foreign policy
    -easily prone to gaffes
    -certain policy proposals needed to be dialed down to appeal to moderates who make up a majority of P&P voters

    Campaign promises:

  • Increase the emissions tax to incentivize clean energy and invest in climate adaptation

  • Establish a nationwide Education and Skills Development initiative to continually train workers and prepare them for an ever evolving jobs market

  • Bolster funding for affordable housing initiatives nationwide and student finance assistance, and protect Aurevbush's Medicare program

  • Strengthen transparency requirements for federal law enforcement agencies such as ONOSE, ARBI, and NCD

  • Uphold civil liberties for all through strengthening anti-discrimination laws and reasonable ethics oversight of emerging technologies

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    Green:

    Next comes in Mindiri Wallace, the rising Green Congressperson from Sedonia (ENDORSED SAUL SESSON)
    “Green means Go”
    Greatest strengths:
    -relatable and honest
    -not as radical as the previous Green party candidates
    Greatest weaknesses:
    -limited party recognition
    -limited name recognition
    Campaign promises:

  • Green Economy: Creating millions of green jobs in renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, climate-adaptable infrastructure, and circular economy sectors.

  • Climate Justice: Ensuring that communities most affected by pollution and environmental degradation are rebuilt and reimbursed by the people and companies responsible

  • Terran Sapience Protection: Enact Regulations to restore balance to the planet's ecosystems and populations of sapients, removing the term "non-human" with a more dignified term, strengthen animal cruelty protection laws

  • Social Justice: Remove remaining existing barriers that have disenfranchised generations of non-human sapients for decades. Affirm adults making decisions on transitioning.

  • Resources in Your Hands: Prioritizing water conservation, efficient irrigation, rainwater harvesting, and desalination technologies to address water scarcity.

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    Libertarian:

    Now, comes in Karina Martinez, Vice chair of the United Liberty Party and former CEO of OneStop Solutions
    “She’s in it for YOU”
    Greatest strengths:
    -practical and level-headed
    -can boost her numbers in the Apanqi and female vote
    Greatest weaknesses:
    -may turn off some hardcore traditional libertarians for ideological reasons
    -relies more on her charisma rather than her policies

    Campaign promises:

  • Cut corporate tax and individual income tax rates down to 10%.

  • Eliminate fair-wage standard mandates on private businesses large and small

  • Abolish the Federal Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Bureau

  • Cut environmental regulations that have proven to hurt businesses

  • Supports reformation of ONOSE, nearly decentralizing it as a federal body

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    Heritage Coalition:

    And finally, John Adam Ellis, a pastor from his very own Radiant Faith Church in Hemlocke, Lecrainia, and the candidate from the fringe right.
    (ENDORSED CODY JEHDI)
    “Vigilance”
    Greatest strengths:
    -passionate
    -steadfast in beliefs
    Greatest weaknesses:
    -too radical
    -base is rather narrow

    Campaign promises:

  • enact tariffs targeting nations who deviated from fair trade agreements with Aurevbush

  • Uphold importance of traditional family values, promoting a nationwide "family-first" agenda that emphasized nuclear families and traditional gender roles.

  • strengthen current immigration restrictions including a 28,000 cap on asylum seekers and refugees

  • Decentralize schooling and banning curriculum deemed inappropriate for children

  • Lead a 34 state initiative to restrict the proliferation of adult content on the Web and on the Meta, implementing ID verification laws for people seeking to view them.

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    FIRST ROUND RESULTS

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    SECOND ROUND RESULTS

    The Federal Republic of Aurevbush

    Edited:

    • Raw • Report