Azul,

The Chancery has not received confirmation regarding conducting the upcoming Senate election for Benito. In prior elections the Chancery conducted the election, so I am attempting to ascertain if this is still going to be the case. If the Chancery does not receive confirmation, it will proceed with conducting the election. Any changes to this understanding must be submitted to the Chancery prior to December 31, 2022.

Regards,



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

Azul,

This notice serves as confirmation that the provincial government of Ataturk has requested that the Chancery conduct the upcoming Senate election. Any changes to this understanding must be submitted to the Chancery prior to December 31, 2022.

Regards,



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

Azul,

I am working to determine whether the Chancery should conduct the upcoming election for Senate in Vuode, or if Vuode is going to conduct its own election. This needs to be confirmed by December 31, 2022. If the Chancery gets no response, it will unilaterally move to conduct the election in order to ensure that an election actually occurs.

Regards,



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

Azul,

I approach the Coletx asking for assistance in augmenting my existing Coat of Arms with the augments of a belt, helm, and a motto. I also find that each order of Knighthood has a specific color of its belt, but as I have no example of any other augmented arms in the Order of the Flag, we will have to determine what color the belt should be.

To assist the Coletx, below is a link to a copy of my current CoA. I also desire my motto to be "Fraichetz dels punts, es non dels mürs."

Current CoA: http://wiki.talossa.com/File:Coa_txec.png

Thank you,

Sir Txec

The November 2022 Clark is now here.


www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=57&clark=6

Or here: www.talossa.ca/files/print_clark.php (this is the printer friendly version)


In PDF Form (which was made from the print_clark.php page):

www.talossa.ca/files/clarks/November2022Clark.pdf

or can vote online here: www.talossa.ca/files/clark_vote.php

Or in this thread, until the 21st of the month, at 19h30 TST.

Senators are allowed to create a single thread in the Senate chamber to post all of the Senate Votes that are not cast in this thread. Any votes not posted either using the form above, the current thread or the Senate thread might be ignored and void. Please do not vote by email or private messages.

When you vote, do not indicate any conditions which may make it sound like this vote isn't final: you can always change your vote later.

Please do not vote by email: We've had problems with email votes being caught in the spam filter.



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

IF ANY OF THE INFORMATION BELOW IS INCORRECT, PLEASE NOTIFY ME ASAP.

Attention Citizens of Talossa!

The rules for the upcoming election are available here: http://www.talossa.ca/files/electionrules.php. These rules are an addition to Talossan law regarding elections, specifically OrgLaw Sections III,IV and V and Lexhatx title B. Be aware that not every detail of the law has been explicitly included in the rules so knowledge of the relevant laws might be useful.

The rules can also be found on the rules page of the database.

This thread serves to announce and inform Parties, Senatorial Candidates, King and Provinces about what needs to happen before the election and as a way for parties and candidates to register.



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretary of State

1. Timetable (month of recess has been called and the dates adjusted)
13 January 23:59 TST (-6 UTC) - Registration deadline Political Parties.
14 January 23:59 TST - Registration deadline Senatorial Candidates.
15 January, morning - Balloting Day, all citizens receive their ballots.
1 February 19:30 TST - Election deadline, results are announced.
14 February - Certification deadline
28 February - Party fee deadline to sit in the Cosa during the first Clark

2. Information for Parties
In the upcoming election the 200 seats of the 58th Cosa will be elected.

For a party to be able to obtain seats in the 58th Cosa two things need to happen.
1. You need to register with the chancery. This needs to happen at least 24 hours before balloting day!

Registration should include:
* Full Party name
* Party Initials
* 50 word statement
* Party Leader(s)
* Candidate list (this is optional, but if no list is supplied only the party leader is allowed to receive seats (see Lex.b.2.3 for the full rules regarding party lists).
* Party platform URL (optional)

All of the above can be done by posting in this thread, sending me a pm or sending an email to talossachancery@gmail.com. (Information can be updated at any time before the deadline, but the initial registration needs to include at least all the mandatory parts).
Candidate lists and Platform URLs can still be provided/updated the day before balloting day.

The Chancery has a list of approximately 51 citizen email addresses that parties can only contact via The Chancery. The Chancery will send out a maximum of TWO emails per party. If you are a party leader, please email the Chancery at talossachancery@gmail.com EXACTLY what you want sent out. Please allow 48 hours notice. The Chancery will email exactly what you send (no editing). The Chancery will not target specific citizens and will not send out more than one email per party per week.

2. You need to pay a fee. This needs to happen before assigning cosa seats.
The fee is 6¤40 ($10 USD) and needs to be paid to the Bürgermeister of Inland Revenue, Txec dal Nordselva. Contact him to find out more about the best way to pay the fee. Parties can appear on the ballot before the fee has been paid.

3. Information regarding referenda statements (King + existing parties)
In addition, parties that currently hold cosa seats may provide a statement of up to 50 words for each referendum either in favour or against the bill.

In addition, the King may provide a 150 word statement for each amendment that was passed after the Ziu overruled an earlier objection.

This can be done by posting in this thread, sending me a pm or sending an email to talossachancery@gmail.com. Please do not wait until the last minute for this as they may have to be manually added to the ballot by the database admin


4. Information for Senatorial Candidates
Three Senate seats will be contested during the upcoming elections: Atatürk (3 cosa terms), Benito (3 cosa terms), and Vuode (3 cosa terms)
.
Some of these will be conducted by the provinces themselves. Others will be conducted by the chancery. A list will be included in this post with the most up to date information about which elections are conducted by the chancery.

If elections are conducted by the chancery, the election will use IRV and allow write-in candidates, but candidates do get the opportunity to be listed on the ballot. All you have to do to appear on the ballot is register with the chancery. This can be done by posting in this thread, sending me a pm or sending an email to talossachancery@gmail.com.

In order to appear on the ballot you have to register before the start of the elections.

5. Information for Provinces
The chancery provides the option for provinces to have their Senate and Assembly elections conducted by the chancery. Additionally in the case of assembly elections, provinces may provide supplementary instructions to the voters (this could be a description of the relevant provincial law, whether to vote for a party or person, a list of provincially registered parties, etc). The chancery requests that provincial representatives supply this information (what elections should be conducted, voting instructions) to the chancery. I will also look at relevant provincial law and post a thread in each province asking for details. If no information is provided by the province (in whatever form) the default option will be to include an option for a provincial assembly vote, but NOT to conduct the senatorial election, as this requires an explicit request from the province.

6. Assembly elections (Could be subject to change until balloting day.) -Pending confirmation by the provinces
Atatürk - Election conducted by the chancery.
Benito - Election conducted by the chancery. Instructions: "For the Benito Legislative Assembly, please vote for a party, or PRESENT if you wish to cast a null ballot."
Cézembre - Election conducted by the province.
Fîovâ - Election for the Prasidïeu conducted by the Chancery. Instructions: "Ranked choice voting, same as for Senators.
Florencia - Election conducted by the chancery. Instructions: "Vote for a party or vote "present""
Maricopa - No election, all citizen can claim a seat in the Cabana.
Maritiimi Maxhestic - No election, all citizens can claim a seat in the Provincial assembly during the election.
Vuode - No election, all citizens can claim a seat in the Estats Xhenerais during the election..

7. Senate elections (Could be subject to change until balloting day.)
Benito (3 cosa terms) - Election conducted by the chancery.
Vuode (3 cosa terms) - Election conducted by the province.
Atatürk (3 cosa terms) - Election conducted by the Chancery.

Registration Status

Currently Declared Senate Candidates

• Tric'hard Lenxheir, Vuode. Fee paid: No
• Martì-Páir Furxhéir, Atatürk. Fee paid: No
• Eiric S. Bornatfiglheu, Benito. Fee paid:No
• Muhammed Yasir, Atatürk. Fee paid:No

Currently Registered Parties

• Free Democrats of Talossa, party leader Antaglha Somelieir. Fee paid: Yes Cosa List: Yes
• Talossan National Congress, party leader Breneir Tzaracomprada. Fee paid: Yes Cosa List: Yes
• The Independent Monarchist, party leader Munditenens Tresplet. Fee paid: Yes Cosa List: No
• Parti Tafialistà, party leader Marcel Tafial. Fee paid: Yes Cosa List: Yes
• Parti da Reformaziun, party leader Mic'haglh Autofil. Fee paid: No Cosa List: Yes
  
  

IF ANY OF THE INFORMATION ABOVE IS INCORRECT, PLEASE NOTIFY ME ASAP.
 
Page updated 1/10/23 5:05 AM Pacific Time

It is my pleasure to open call for bills of the November 2022 Clark.

Eventually, the clark can be viewed in real time here:

www.talossa.ca/files/cosa_vote_result.php?cosa=57&clark=6 (for the votes)

and here:

www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=57&clark=6 (for the bills )

It is NOT too late to submit bills, of course, as you have OFFICIALLY until the morning of the 31st of this month, provided your bills have been in the Hopper before end of business day the 15th, of course. I will make the Clark on November 1st's morning and bills submitted up to a few hours before that will probably also be taken.

PLEASE note that in order to support a bill, you need to:

1 ) Be a Senator, the Secretary of State or the King
or
2 ) Have been nominated as a Cosa Member for the upcoming Clark BEFORE the 15th,

To vote on the Clark, you will once again have 2 options:

1 ) You will be able to vote in the Clark thread (which will be created later on the 1st of November), as usual. I will enter your votes in the DB.

2 ) You will be able to vote directly in the database, using your usernumber and DB password (which you can retrieve at: www.talossa.ca/files/login.php using the PSC of the election) or by login via Facebook (which retrieve manual activation on my part).



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

As we approach the start of the final Clark of the 56th Cosa, and pursuant to El Lex B.13.2., it falls to me as the Secretary of State to establish an Electoral Commission. The relevant portion of El. Lex is below:

QuoteThe Electoral Commission shall be comprised of one Uppermost Cort justice to be appointed by the Cort, one Senator whose term will not expire at the conclusion of the Cosa term to be appointed by the Mençei, and one member to be appointed by the King upon recommendation of the Seneschal, pursuant to the following subsections. The Secretary of State shall be a permanent ex officio member of the Commission, and shall not be entitled to a vote nor affect quorum.

Therefore, I ask @King John in consultation with The Seneschal, @Ian Plätschisch , the Mençei @Eiric S. Bornatfiglheu , appoint their chosen member.

I will consult as well with the Uppermost Cort to determine which member shall join the Electoral Commission. @Viteu @Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN , @Istefan Perþonest, and Owen Edwards.

As the next General Election is quickly approaching, I will need to consult with the EC to establish the rules of the election as soon as I can.



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretary of State

Azul,

If you are unsure if the Chancery has your correct email address on file in the database, please send me a private message with the email address you can receive election related emails at. If I don't have your correct email, you may not get the notifications you need.

Thank you,



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

Azul,

I find it is more and more difficult for me to keep up with the demands of the Scribery (in addition to my other duties in the Chancery and the Treasury). As such, I intend to step down as the Scribe of Abbavilla once a suitable replacement can be found. In the meantime, I would encourage my deputies to assist me in updating El Lex. with the most recent information on the last two Clarks.

Thank you,

Txec dal Nordselva
Scribe of Abbavilla

The October 2022 Clark is now here.


www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=57&clark=5

Or here: www.talossa.ca/files/print_clark.php (this is the printer friendly version)


In PDF Form (which was made from the print_clark.php page):

www.talossa.ca/files/clarks/October2022Clark.pdf

or can vote online here: www.talossa.ca/files/clark_vote.php

Or in this thread, until the 21st of the month, at 19h30 TST.

Senators are allowed to create a single thread in the Senate chamber to post all of the Senate Votes that are not cast in this thread. Any votes not posted either using the form above, the current thread or the Senate thread might be ignored and void. Please do not vote by email or private messages.

When you vote, do not indicate any conditions which may make it sound like this vote isn't final: you can always change your vote later.

Please do not vote by email: We've had problems with email votes being caught in the spam filter.

All nominated Cosa Members and Senators have been emailed.



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

It is my pleasure to open call for bills of the October 2022 Clark.

Eventually, the clark can be viewed in real time here:

www.talossa.ca/files/cosa_vote_result.php?cosa=57&clark=5 (for the votes)

and here:

www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=57&clark=5 (for the bills )

It is NOT too late to submit bills, of course, as you have OFFICIALLY until the morning of the 30th of this month, provided your bills have been in the Hopper before end of business day the 15th, of course. I will make the Clark on October 1st's morning and bills submitted up to a few hours before that will probably also be taken.

PLEASE note that in order to support a bill, you need to:

1 ) Be a Senator, the Secretary of State or the King
or
2 ) Have been nominated as a Cosa Member for the upcoming Clark BEFORE the 15th,

To vote on the Clark, you will once again have 2 options:

1 ) You will be able to vote in the Clark thread (which will be created later on the 1st of October), as usual. I will enter your votes in the DB.

2 ) You will be able to vote directly in the database, using your usernumber and DB password (which you can retrieve at: www.talossa.ca/files/login.php using the PSC of the election) or by login via Facebook (which retrieve manual activation on my part).



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

Today marks my tenth anniversary of becoming a citizen. In those ten years much has happened and I've done so very many things! I've served as Seneschal, a Magistrate, Uppermost Cort Justice, served first as a Fellow, then a Pursuivant, then a Herald, and now The Squirrel Viceroy of Arms, Scribe of Abbavilla (twice), Captain of the Zouaves, Burgermeister, Secretary of State, member of the Privy Council, and maybe a few other things as well. However, none have been more important than the simple title "citizen".

Service and duty compel me, loyalty to Talossa is my heart and soul. For years my profile has had the personal motto "Fraichetz dels punts, es non dels mürs." Build bridges, not walls. I know that speaking in heraldic terms that mottos are reserved for knights and nobles (of which I've not been blessed with), but I use it because that is how I feel about what I've accomplished and how I've conducted myself as a citizen.

Long live Talossa!

On behalf of the members of the Royal Talossan College of Arms, today the Squirrel Viceroy of Arms, Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă, GST sends heartfelt condolences to the Royal Family and the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth upon the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Her passing is an unprecedented event, and her record-breaking reign of more than seventy years provided a stability and a comfort to millions around the world. The Royal College sends its well wishes to the new King and Queen Consort and the family of Her Majesty.

The September 2022 Clark is now here.


www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=57&clark=4

Or here: www.talossa.ca/files/print_clark.php (this is the printer friendly version)


In PDF Form (which was made from the print_clark.php page):

www.talossa.ca/files/clarks/September2022Clark.pdf

or can vote online here: www.talossa.ca/files/clark_vote.php

Or in this thread, until the 21st of the month, at 19h30 TST.

Senators are allowed to create a single thread in the Senate chamber to post all of the Senate Votes that are not cast in this thread. Any votes not posted either using the form above, the current thread or the Senate thread might be ignored and void. Please do not vote by email or private messages.

When you vote, do not indicate any conditions which may make it sound like this vote isn't final: you can always change your vote later.

Please do not vote by email: We've had problems with email votes being caught in the spam filter.

All nominated Cosa Members and Senators have been emailed.



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

It is my pleasure to open call for bills of the September 2022 Clark.

Eventually, the clark can be viewed in real time here:

www.talossa.ca/files/cosa_vote_result.php?cosa=57&clark=4 (for the votes)

and here:

www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=57&clark=4 (for the bills )

It is NOT too late to submit bills, of course, as you have OFFICIALLY until the morning of the 31st of this month, provided your bills have been in the Hopper before end of business day the 15th, of course. I will make the Clark on September 1st's morning and bills submitted up to a few hours before that will probably also be taken.

PLEASE note that in order to support a bill, you need to:

1 ) Be a Senator, the Secretary of State or the King
or
2 ) Have been nominated as a Cosa Member for the upcoming Clark BEFORE the 15th,

To vote on the Clark, you will once again have 2 options:

1 ) You will be able to vote in the Clark thread (which will be created later on the 1st of September), as usual. I will enter your votes in the DB.

2 ) You will be able to vote directly in the database, using your usernumber and DB password (which you can retrieve at: www.talossa.ca/files/login.php using the PSC of the election) or by login via Facebook (which retrieve manual activation on my part).



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

It brings me great pleasure to promote Private First Class Mic'haglh Autófil to the rank of Specialist in the Royal Zuavs. Specialist Autófil has shown himself to be a tremendous asset to the kingdom in work with the official government publication, his role as Distain, among many other acts of service to our Kingdom.

/s/ Dr. Txec Róibeard dal Nordselvă, El Capitán da l'Altahál

Azul membreux dal Coletx,

I've updated the Wiki page with what I hope is accurate and complete information. Please look it over and modify or let me know of any changes needed.

Thanks,

- SVA/REH

On behalf of the Squirrel King of Arms, and continuing the time honored tradition of bestowing the title of Fellow on the newest member of the Royal College of Arms we affectionately refer to as The Oblivious Auditing Fellow (OAF), upon completion of his first Grant of Arms:

Let it be known that from this time forward, and until higher honors are achieved, Carlüs Éovart Vilaçafat shall henceforth be known as The Fulbright Fellow (TFF).

The August 2022 Clark is now here.


www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=57&clark=3

Or here: www.talossa.ca/files/print_clark.php (this is the printer friendly version)


In PDF Form (which was made from the print_clark.php page):

www.talossa.ca/files/clarks/August2022Clark.pdf

or can vote online here: www.talossa.ca/files/clark_vote.php

Or in this thread, until the 21st of the month, at 19h30 TST.

Senators are allowed to create a single thread in the Senate chamber to post all of the Senate Votes that are not cast in this thread. Any votes not posted either using the form above, the current thread or the Senate thread might be ignored and void. Please do not vote by email or private messages.

When you vote, do not indicate any conditions which may make it sound like this vote isn't final: you can always change your vote later.

Please do not vote by email: We've had problems with email votes being caught in the spam filter.

All nominated Cosa Members and Senators have been emailed



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat