#GEIII - Guide to the election campaign

Hello and welcome to the election campaign for the 3rd General Election!

CAMPAIGNING IS NOW OFFICIALLY OPEN!

This post is a quick guide to give you a rundown on how the campaign works.

• 15 Members of Parliament shall be duly elected to the 4th Model House of Commons. Candidates may select any real life constituency to become the MP for.
• A seat will be awarded to the candidate who has the best local campaign in each region. (7 in total)
• 8 seats will be won by parties according to their national vote share.

You can find a list of all the nominated candidates here

If you haven't picked one already, please let us know if there is a real life constituency you want to be the MP of. It's for a bit of fun when it comes to the results stream, and is cosmetic-only so not mandatory.

Election Rules:

Candidates must verify that they agree to take part in the election, via the ‘candidate sign-up thread’. Given this was posted later, candidates can consent by 10PM on Wednesday the 18th of February, but if they have not done so by that time, then their campaign will be invalidated.

All National and Local Campaigning must take place on the r/MHoPElects subreddit.

Regional and Manifesto Debates shall take part on the r/MHoP subreddit.

Parties may submit a manifesto outlining their policy platform. An ideal manifesto size is between 500 - 2,000 words. Any manifesto longer than this will not be as successful, and may even be ignored.

Between the 14th and the 18th, parties may submit up to 1 National Campaign Post per day, for up to 5 in total. Any post above 1,000 words will be ignored. National posts should come from the party leadership or a nominated individual who will post on behalf of the party - but we will take the first 5 flaired national posts per party.

Between the 14th and the 18th, individuals may submit up to 2 Local Campaign Posts in total. Any post above 1,000 words will be ignored.

Any content created with AI must include a disclaimer, describing to what extent AI was used. Use of AI is generally discouraged, and will not be as successful. We do check if AI has been used.

Election Timeline:

Saturday the 14th of February: Campaign formally opens, alongside candidate and manifesto debates.

Wednesday the 18th of February: Campaigning concludes at 10pm.

Thursday the 19th of February: Voters go to the polls. Just for fun, we will take an ‘exit poll’ of MHoP members to see how they would have voted.

Weekend of the 21st/22nd of February: Results shall be announced. The timing of this shall be dependent on if anyone is available to organise a live results stream. (please let us know if you'd like to get involved!)

Election Advice:

Don’t worry about getting every post perfect, and at the same time, don’t do a post just for the sake of it. One enjoyable post is always better than 2 rubbish posts.

Remember the human. The Triumvirate, and fellow candidates, are going to need to be able to read/watch/understand what you’re posting. Try to make a post not take longer than about 2 or 3 minutes to go through.

Have fun! Fun can be infectious, and if you’re having fun, chances are you’re having an impact which will help other people have fun too. We want to reward people for contributing to the game.

Any questions? Just ask any member of the Triumvirate :)

Best of luck to everyone!

CAMPAIGNING IS NOW OFFICIALLY OPEN!