Candidates may make any number of Early Campaign Events/Appearances before Official Campaigning begins. Please note that these early events will only impact Early Polling Data.
10 Aug: Early Polling Posted
17 Aug: August Events Due
21 Aug: August Polling Posted
17-24 Aug (TBD): Federation Day Debate
24 Aug: September Events Due
28 Aug: September Polling Posted
31 Aug: October Events Due
4 Sep: October Polling Posted
31 Aug-7 Sep (TBD): Final Presidential Debate
7 Sep: November Events Due
14 Sep: Election Day Results!
Debates will be coordinated with the candidates.
Any late events will receive a penalty.
Parties may not hold events themselves, yet may spend on advertising or transfer money to candidate campaigns (see below).
Deadlines will utilize GMT+2 which is the Paris Time Zone
Due to the vast distance of space, each month, a candidate has 5 events, 1 designated as a headline event.
Appearances by other politicians or prominent individuals may also be combined with an event.
Bonus Events:
However, some planets are located much closer to each other, so a candidate may have up to 3 Bonus Events per month.
To exercise bonus events, you just have to schedule your events in way to squeeze more events in. You must hold a regular event at one of the planet pairs, and then you may hold a bonus event at the other planet afterwards.
Alpha III & Andoria
Alpha III & Vulcan
Alpha Centauri & Earth
Alpha Centauri & New Montana
Andoria & Vulcan
Arcturus IV & Alpha Centauri
Arcturus IV & Altair
Arcturus IV & Benzar
Arcturus IV & Earth
Arcturus IV & Tellar
Arcturus IV & Planet Q
Bajor & Hanolan Colony
Bajor & Solarion IV
Denobula & Vega IX
These bonus events also apply to planets that are in the same system (see below)
Same system:
Alpha III & Alpha V
Alpha Centauri
Altair
Andoria
Dramia
Rigel
NOTE: You may present your events in any way as long as the information is there. It doesn't have to be in this exact format.
Location: Planet 1 - You may also be more specific to describe the event... where on the planet? What building/place?
Audience: If you are targeting a specific audience (check polling), please note it here. E.g.: <name a party> Voters or Undecided Voters or otherwise just say 'General'. If it's a fundraising event, make sure you note who you're targeting for fundraising. E.g.: Grassroots or high-credit donors.
Topic: Pick the topic of focus for this particular event. Each event may have a different topic, or you can use the same topics.
In the speech above, it is an excerpt as there are ellipses before and afterwards. If you want to note that the excerpt is the beginning or end of your speech, just leave out the ellipses accordingly.Write a blurb here. This should be an excerpt of your speech. It doesn't have to be the full portion of the speech. I am really only expecting about a paragraph. Please bold & underline the portion of your speech that you want to be the sound byte. That clip will be played in the news cycle.
E.g.: ... It was here, in Springfield, where North, South, East and West come together that I was reminded of the essential decency of the American people - where I came to believe that through this decency, we can build a more hopeful America.
And that is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a divided house to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States. I recognize there is a certain presumptuousness - a certain audacity - to this announcement. I know I haven't spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington. But I've been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change.
The genius of our founders is that they designed a system of government that can be changed. And we should take heart, because we've changed this country before. In the face of tyranny, a band of patriots brought an Empire to its knees. In the face of secession, we unified a nation and set the captives free. In the face of Depression, we put people back to work and lifted millions out of poverty. We welcomed immigrants to our shores, we opened railroads to the west, we landed a man on the moon, and we heard a King's call to let justice roll down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream. ...
The sound byte should be no longer than a couple sentences or a few phrases. You can cut-off a sentence with your sound byte as denoted in the example.
After your events, please post your Campaign Expenditures for your Advertising for that month, along with your Budget as of the end of that month (after the expenditures).
NOTE: This is an example advertising order & budget. You may format it in any way as long as all the information is present.
Advertisement for August
Canvass: Planet 1 (COST)
Give details of the canvass here. Use images (not necessary) or any other medium you feel like!
Subspace Ad: Planet 2 (COST)
TOTAL: TOTAL COSTPost your subspace ad here
Budget for August
Starting Balance: 100 Million Credits
Advertisement: TOTAL COST
Transfer from Party: TRANSFER
Ending Balance: ENDING Credits
Each political entity will receive the following starting campaign funds provided by the Federation Election Public Fund:
Parties: 100 Billion Credits
Presidential Candidates: 100 Million Credits
Councilor Candidates: 10 Million Credits
Transfers of Credits are allowed. Just be sure to denote them in the budgets. EACH PARTY MUST ALSO POST AT LEAST A BUDGET EACH MONTH
Need more credits? You may also raise credits along the campaign trail. Just designate those events as fundraisers.
NOTE: Unused public monies are not rolled over. If you happen to fundraise during your campaign, you are obligated to spend those monies first before public funds. If you have a surplus of funds after your campaign, you may keep your personal funds. E.g.: As a presidential candidate you happened to end your campaign with 120 Million Credits. You will roll over the 20 Million Credits into your war chest for the future.
Monthly Canvass – No larger than letter size piece of paper, with content on both sides. Handed out or messaged to voters.
Billboard – These designs will appear on electronic signs, promenades, etc.
Subspace Ad - A subspace radio advertisement. No longer than 60 seconds (read the ad to yourself).
Television Commercial - A commercial that appears over video presentation. No longer than 120 seconds (read the commercial to yourself or if making an actual video, make sure it doesn't go over the max run-time).
Costs (based on planetary population):
All values are in credits:
Over 20 Billion
Canvass: 6,000,000
Billboard: 7,000,000
Subspace Ad: 7,000,000
Television Ad: 10,000,000
10-20 Billion
Canvass: 5,000,000
Billboard: 6,000,000
Subspace Ad: 6,000,000
Television Ad: 9,000,000
7-10 Billion
Canvass: 4,000,000
Billboard: 5,000,000
Subspace Ad: 5,000,000
Television Ad: 8,000,000
4-7 Billion
Canvass: 3,000,000
Billboard: 4,000,000
Subspace Ad: 4,000,000
Television Ad: 7,000,000
1-4 Billion
Canvass: 2,000,000
Billboard: 3,000,000
Subspace Ad: 3,000,000
Television Ad: 6,000,000
80 Million – 1 Billion
Canvass: 1,000,000
Billboard: 2,000,000
Subspace Ad: 2,000,000
Television Ad: 5,000,000
50-80 Million
Canvass: 948,000
Billboard: 1,896,000
Subspace Ad: 1,896,000
Television Ad: 4,000,000
12-50 Million
Canvass: 500,000
Billboard: 1,000,000
Subspace Ad: 1,000,000
Television Ad: 2,000,000
9-12 Million
Canvass: 252,000
Billboard: 504,000
Subspace Ad: 504,000
Television Ad: 756,000
6-9 Million
Canvass: 225,000
Billboard: 450,000
Subspace Ad: 450,000
Television Ad: 675,000
3-6 Million
Canvass: 177,000
Billboard: 354,000
Subspace Ad: 354,000
Television Ad: 531,000
1-3 Million
Canvass: 138,000
Billboard: 276,000
Subspace Ad: 276,000
Television Ad: 414,000
100,000 - 1 Million
Canvass: 120,000
Billboard: 240,000
Subspace Ad: 240,000
Television Ad: 360,000
10,000 - 100,000
Canvass: 87,000
Billboard: 174,000
Subspace Ad: 174,000
Television Ad: 261,000
Under 10,000
Canvass: 43,500
Billboard: 87,000
Subspace Ad: 87,000
Television Ad: 130,500