Citizenslave On Blocking
Day 1,330, 20:04
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by Kara Zor El
Federalists! If you've been wanting to help out, this is your opportunity. The time has come upon us to sign up for blocking and mobile voting. Both will receive USD for travel expenses if requested. If you are not running for Congress, you are strongly encouraged to help out blocking. Everyone can mobile vote. Mobile voting is important for a few reasons:
1) Gives the PD a better idea what votes are available to direct.
2) Helps save votes that otherwise would be wasted on badly losing candidates or winning candidates who do not need any more votes. This is why a Congress candidate should not vote for his/her self until/unless directed. Their vote may be more valuable elsewhere.
3) Allows for sniping opportunities just before reset.
Recently, I asked former Fed PP and my old friend, citizenslave, for an explanation to why blocking is important. I wanted to know how blocking is effective in regards to game mechanics. I think it is important for us all to be reminded of these things from time to time. Also, there are sure to be a number of newbs who have never had it explained to them by a Fed icon. So, in the words of citizenslave, I present to you his explanation:
"Blocking is crucial to protecting the integrity of Congressional elections. If only one candidate declares in a region for a top 5 party before the 24th, that candidate is guaranteed a spot on the ballot on the 25th. Often, a political party does not have enough candidates meeting the standards expected of eUS Congressmen for every region. When a candidate is not available for a particular region, a blocker/candidate is sent to ensure that a foreign or domestic PTO candidate, an inactive player, or an otherwise untrustworthy player does not become the official candidate of the party. By ensuring the presence of a reliable party member, Party Presidents are able to select their blockers and prevent unauthorized candidates from misusing the party's ballot access."
If a party has no blocker for a region, then anyone can swoop in and get the endorsement. If a blocker is available, then the PP has a choice who he will endorse. Sign up below.
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Kara Beth is right.
done
It's A MAN!
Hell yeah I'm a man Pizza.
Nice article.
failure to block has resulted in Pizza getting on the ballot, then elected, then granting citizenships to more security risks.
block.
V/sh
PTH discovers the difference between boys and girls.
Film at eleven.
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Good info
thanks
Voted
I like Kara Beth and her Korner
I know I let a comment, last night. I didn't get a famous point. Did someone CENSOR the comment section. If so, game on.
I thought this article to be a little odd...well, many of you know some of my history and how I feel about blocking. But what the article doesn't deal with at all are important changes in the distribution of congressional seats. If the congressional election were to be held today, there would be 40 seats available distributed across 8 states, 4 per state plus 8 "wildcard" seats. I would assume that the Top Five parties would in this scenario be able to run 32 candidates total, again 4 per state. Understand that the Feds have always liked to concentrate their votes and block out the rest. But this just smells too much like the bad old days of the Federal Election Commission, of smoke-filled rooms and preselected winners. Is that the kind of system we really want to roll out as America recovers ? Really ? And truly ?
Samuel I see you are up to your tricks again. How amusing that you still equate RL politics with eRepublik. Please do not disillusion our members by bearing false witness with your rhetoric and accusations. If you truly were interested in someone other than your own ego then your argument would stand on solid ground for which it does not.