Important Council of Ministers Special Election Declaration (DoID & DoE) - October 2025

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This is the official declaration post for the October 2025 first Council of Ministers Special Election.

This election applies to the following Minister of Council positions:​

1. Minister of Internal Development
2. Minister of Economy

Election Schedule:​

October 13th - Declarations (48 hours)
October 15th - Open Voting (48 hours)
October 17th - Voting Closes
October 17th-18th - Announcement of results (24 hours)

The following requirements need to be met to run for Minister of Council:​

1. Holding a minimum of six hours (6) of active playtime, as seen in /bcseen, by the time the election poll opens.
2. Having a join date on the BusinessCraft server of more than four (4) weeks, as seen in /jd, before the time the election poll opens.
3. Holding a minimum of four (4) days of total playtime, as seen in /pt, by the time the election poll opens.
4. Holding or running for no foreign office of any kind in a state recognized by the Republic of Stratham or otherwise.
5. Having a Discord account and forums account linked to their in-game account.

Campaign Clause​

3.3(a) No person shall be able to run in an election for a Council of Ministers position without making a public campaign post before the start of the voting period.

Declaration​

In order to follow the campaign clause, you can choose from 2 ways to make your campaign statement and declare your intention to run in this election.

If you intend to make a campaign post on the forums, please use this format to reply to this thread. "I, username, am seeking the position of the [department] Minister, and here is my campaign thread: link to thread. I will be running as an independent/member of [party name]."
The title of the thread should be as such: [Username's] [Department] Minister Campaign (October 2025)

If you intend to make your campaign post through Discord, use this format to reply to this thread. "I, username, am seeking the position of the [department] Minister. I will be running as an independent/member of [party name]."

You must choose to run as either independent or a party member. If you are running as a party member, it must be an officially registered party.

Note: If you do not make a campaign post by the official 48 hours mark after declarations have begun, you will be disqualified from the election.

Campaign Requirements​

For a post to qualify as a campaign, it must be posted by yourself and contain, at minimum, a call for citizens to vote for you.

Please post in this thread your declaration to run in this election. You may declare to run for a single, specified position only.

 

[bharatj]

I, bharatj, am seeking the position of the DoE Minister. I will be running as an independent.

 

[Lentark_]

I, Lentark_, am seeking the position of the DoID Minister. I will be running as an independent.