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Where to start?
So I have contacts & my name is out there, so what now? I want to run for congress, but where do I start? You're probably thinking just throw up your candidature, an article, & a couple of shouts. Unfortunately there are a few other thing you need to do first.
Platform
T o start off you need to pick a platform. A platform is essentially why someone should vote for you. Platforms should appeal to the average person, but at the same should be reasonable & attainable. Appealing in that it the average person should feel that they are befitting from it. Reasonable in that it doesn't hamper the functioning of important areas of the government; Abolishing taxes while appealing is not a good idea in most instances. Attainable means you need to stand a decent chance of getting it done; You want to able to point back to this in the future & say "I did what I said I would do."
Good platforms are simple, like a promise to be active & participate.
Parties
First of a couple of things to consider. One, only candidates from a top 5 party can run. Two, Party Leaders can cancel your candidature. When picking the party from which you are going to run you should pick one from the top 5. Also, you want a party that does coordinated elections. Coordinated elections are ones in which the party leader tells the party members who they should vote for. Done right this means that every person the party runs gets a seat.
Your Party Leader
A good Party Leader, PL for short, can make or break your run for congress. So it is important to impress them & enlist their support. Before you submit your candidature talk to your PL. It is better to have them tell you no in private, then for them to kill it publicly later. When you contact them be sure to include your platform, a few of your contacts as references & why they should let you run.
As a PL myself, when looking at a candidate for approval that I am unfamiliar with, I look at the following. The candidates activity, I judge this by looking at the time stamps on their shouts, their work history, & how their accounts stats look in comparison to their account age. I also look at their ability to communicate. How well they phrase their thoughts, spelling/grammar, & their ability to type. I will then look at their past history & ask some of my contacts about them if I am still unsure.
Your Campaign
Once you have garnered your PL's support it is time to announce your intent to run. First publish an article with your intent to run, your platform, & your goals. This should be done in enough time for people to ask you questions & you to be able to answer them. Next write a shout with a link to your article. Finally, you can now submit your candidature; Make sure to put your article link as your presentation. This should all be done early so people have a chance to look into & consider you, later on many people will have already pledged their votes. Now you should begin asking your contacts to endorse you & write articles/shouts saying why they think you are suited for the job. Also during the day of the election, & in the days directly preceding it remind people with a shout that you are running & why they should vote for you, not to often though maybe once or twice a day.
tl;dr
Start by picking you platform it should be appealing, reasonable, & attainable. Next pick your party, it must be a top 5 & ideally do coordinated elections. Now you need to convince your Party Leader to let you run. You should tell them your platform, why they should let you run, & include a few references. With your PL's blessing in hand you can now announce your intent to run publicly. Do an article with your platform & submit your candidature. Advertise, make sure people know you are running.
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"The Universe runs on the complex inter-weaving of three elements; Energy, Matter, & Enlightened Self-Interests." -G'Kar on Babylon 5
Thats all for now. Ponder my words carefully.
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