Campaign begins tomorrow!
Since the Constitution and laws are somewhat contradictory and include some archaic language, I am sending out these guidelines for campaigning so that new citizens (and old for that matter!) have a consistent reference to use. These guidelines are based on the Constitution and law and some customary practises at campaign time.
Campaign signs: no scripted signage is permitted in any location, other than a simple notegiver that hands out your info when touched. Please limit signage to a land impact of 3. It is practical to make your signs fullbright, to be seen in all light conditions but please avoid glow, as it can be quite erratic and make signs unreadable in some viewers.
Please limit the size of your sign to 2m x 2m x .5m. on public land - on private land you can use any size you want of course, keeping in mind the encouragement to 'use good taste and common sense'
Signs can be placed in these public CDS locations:
CN: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/C ... /67/193/43
NFS: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/N ... 59/182/173
LA: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/L ... /46/205/24
There are 13 candidates in these elections, and there are also events scheduled in the sims throughout the weekend. Please keep this in mind when placing your signage! You may be asked to move signs that are blocking activities.
If you cannot rez your signs in these locations, contact a member of the SC for assistance.
Other campaign activity:
Candidates are encouraged to hold whatever campaign events you wish during the campaign and those events can be announced in the CDS inworld group notices and group IM.
There will be no official debates held during this campaign; a special Forum will be created, as it was in the last election and by-election, to allow the candidates to post their platforms, answer citizen's questions and debate the issues. It is expected that it WILL be issues that are debated, and that any assertions made will be based on provable facts, not hearsay and recollection.
The General and Event Forums can also be used to announce any campaign events or to invite discussions with the citizenry.
The intent of the campaign laws is that citizens should only receive campaign material that they wish to receive, so you may NOT use the CDS inworld group notices or IM to distribute campaign material.
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