In my position as SC Dean pro tempore I hereby notify all CDS citizens officially about the Dates for the election of 18th Representative Assembly - 1 December 2012 to 31 May 2013
as approved by the SC on sunday July 1 2012 ( http://forums.slcds.info/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3878 )
Dean of SC notifies citizens of key dates : September 29 (Forum posting and inworld group notice)
Qualification deadline to run for office : 12 noon SLT October 2 (census generated on this date by Sudane)
Qualification deadline for right to vote: 12 noon SLT October 12 (census generated on this date by Sudane)
Number of RA seats announced: October 13 (Forum posting and inworld group notice)
Deadline for declaration to run: 12 noon SLT October 31
Dean posts official list of candidates: November 2 (Forum posting and inworld group notice)
Campaign officially starts: November 3
Polls open : 12 noon SLT November 10
Polls close: 12 noon SLT November 17
Dean of SC announces names of the new RA when received (Forum posting and inworld group notice)
Inaugural RA Meeting (LRA selection) 24 November 2012
In this post, 'qualification deadline' means the date an avatar must be a full citizen in good standing. A full citizen in good standing is one who has no arrears in tier on the date of the census, whether this tier is on land the citizen owns, or tier paid to qualify as a citizen through any other method permitted by law.
In addition, at the request of the RA, the Dean of the SC will post declarations of candidacy using in-world group notices as they are received. The Dean, or designated members of the SC, will also post periodic reminders by inworld group notices, encouraging citizens to participate in government by standing for election and include the number of candidates currently declared and the number of RA seats available.