THIRD ALDURIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

• March 30: Candidate registrations begin - everyone who wants to run for Parliament will file their candidacy papers, this will serve as a roll call to see who will be involved in the election and the state they will represent in Parliament. (If you forgot, look in your bio or in past election sign-ins. Click here for last election's candidacy thread.)
  
• April 3: Candidate registrations close - Candidates that do not file their candidacy papers will not be able to participate in the election. Parties that fail to field candidates considered non-existing or defunct.
  
• April 3: Pre-polls posted - A thorough polling report about the state of affairs at the beginning of the election will be posted. It will include political party strength nationally, party strength state by state, along with approval ratings. Pre-polls shall be posted by the end of the day on April 3, 11:59 pm EST.
  
• April 4: Party manifesto launch - All parties will need to submit a manifesto that lays out policies, ideas, and details about what they hope to implement or pursue in Parliament if they are given the chance to govern. Manifestos will need to be submitted by the end of the day on April 4th, defined as 11:59 pm EST.
  
• April 6 to April 9: Election campaign - Each day of the campaign is one turn (except for April 8, mid-poll and break day). The parties, through their candidates, will have to have made at least some submission of material, speeches, or activities for them to advance and grow in the polls. The quality of the content will be judged on substance, clarity, messaging, and persuasion. Consistently high-quality speeches or campaign activities will impact polling strongly. You can get away with losing a day of the campaign or not submitting every day, but if you let it go for too long, it will start to hurt you electorally. Each turn ends at the end of the day, defined as 11:59 pm EST.
  
• April 8: Break, mid-polls, and campaign commentary - You will not need to submit anything on April 8, consider it a break day. I will provide you with polling on how you are doing so far, along with basic commentary on what you're doing well and what you're doing wrong, so you can improve before the end of the campaign.
  
• April 11: Results - Results will be released throughout the day, on Discord and on the forum.
  

It has become painfully clear over the past few months that I need help to make Alduria vibrant and run the simulation here.

I am looking for someone to help me administer the simulation, create news content and new political scenarios, and polish, update, and develop materials for Alduria such as the Guide to Alduria. This person will have administrative powers in the forum and in the Discord server.

This person should have experience, new ideas, and should be well-versed in Aldurian affairs. Also, this person should have knowledge of MediaWiki as we will be working to write content for Alduria in MicrasWiki (this is something all Aldurians can do regardless of whether they're admins or not!).

This person will be expected, if they are a player, to stop playing and devote their efforts in making Alduria more active, more responsive, and more fun.

Please let me know if you are interested via private message on the forum or private message in Discord.

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Eight Killed in Church Attack in Narbonne
Heavily armed men storm a Prosperity for All Megachurch of Plenty church and open fire on worshippers, killing at least eight in the latest Sunday service attack

NARBONNE, ASUARA -- Eight people were killed in an attack on a church of the Prosperity for All Megachurch of Plenty in a Babhki-majority neighborhood in the city of Narbonne, the latest in a string of assaults on Nazarene places of worship in the region.

"The Nazarene community of the neighborhood of Jannah was the target of a terrorist attack gathered for Sunday prayers," the press secretary of the Prosperity for All Megachurch of Plenty, Joseph Barton, said in a statement on Sunday. "The attack left eight of the faithful dead."

"[The attack] caused panic in the village and many residents sought cover in their homes or in the bush," a local resident said.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks that threaten to upend relations between the majority Nazarene and the minority Zurvanite communities in Alduria.

This is the first registered attack in 1680 AN, after growing threats by armed Zurvanite groups target Nazarene clergy as well as Eurani or Ladino scholars they do not consider sufficiently conservative in a country that is largely trending more and more cosmopolitan and liberal.

Due by January 4, 11:59pm EST; via private message on the forums to me.

WRITE AN OP-ED ON A TOPIC OF YOUR CHOOSING: The Times of Alduria will allow each party leader an opportunity to write an op-ed that will run in their newspaper, which has national circulation. Each party leader can use the opportunity to discuss whatever subject they'd like.

For references:
 - You can start by looking at the issues still fresh in the minds of voters. The polling from just before the election still holds true, Parliament just opened and people are looking at you for action: https://www.alduria.cc/forum/showthread.php?tid=354

- Topic ideas: Look through the news and try to seize on an issue that no one has really sounded off on. Some examples are corruption in government, national defense, and foreign policy.

- Your audience is national. That means a lot of different people will be reading your op-ed, so tailor your message to them.

Hello all,

I just wanted to give everyone a heads up - things will be very, very slow around here for the next few weeks as we all celebrate the holidays in this season.

You can expect things to pick up again after the New Year.

I may be posting news stories and updates because I will have free time. But I won't be expecting reactions or anything until after the New Year. I will also do better about notifying everyone on Discord about news, debates, stories, and other things! I will also be rearranging and reorganizing the forums, along with reworking the descriptions for the forums to point out better where things should go.

Hope everyone has a wonderful time with family and friends!

Just wanted to take the time to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

Starting today until Saturday, I will be largely unavailable due to the holiday.

The Opening of Parliament will begin on Saturday.