Assembly Elections
I would like to suggest that at least 1 or 2 of us become candidates in this 2016 Assembly Elections. I know we are not enough number to be a political party, but our intention will be to spread the pirate ideas. I feel that we can reach out to a few more like minded people through this effort.
Would like to know your thoughts in this matter.
Contest assembly elections
proposal by Pirate Praveen Closed Mon 21 Mar 2016 2:37PM
7-agree, 7-disagree and 1-abstain. Right through the middle. But more importantly no one blocked (disagreement on fundamental principle). So I'll proceed with contesting elections with those who agreed with me. We'll also try to find candidates we can support and campaign for them too.
We should contest in upcoming elections.
Results
| Results | Option | Votes | % of votes cast | % of eligible voters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | 7 | 47 | 5 |  | |
| Abstain | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Disagree | 7 | 47 | 5 |       | |
| Block | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 119 | 89 |                 |
15 of 134 votes cast (11% participation)
Pirate Praveen
Mon 14 Mar 2016 3:00PM
yes, this will give us much more exposure and attract more members.
michael john sinclair.Mon 14 Mar 2016 5:26PM
Great idea, keep up the good work,
[deactivated account]Mon 14 Mar 2016 6:24PM
Although not completely convinced with the idea, I feel this is the perfect time to enter politics. With the heat surrounding the net neutrality debate, a lot of people could relate to a group like ours.
Pirate VikMon 14 Mar 2016 7:11PM
You'll get some publicity and that spreads our ideas.
[deactivated account]Tue 15 Mar 2016 3:12AM
I agree, let's spread our ideas through this.
Vidyut
Tue 15 Mar 2016 5:56AM
What is the point? Awareness we can do like that only. We can simply promote a movement that wants to be a party, and raise awareness and form a party. Contesting as independent knowing we lose makes little sense.
Sooraj Kenoth
Tue 15 Mar 2016 6:28AM
I think this is not the right time.
Balasankar CTue 15 Mar 2016 8:11AM
Why pick the least efficient way to "spread" our ideas? Especially when we haven't done anything significant for people to even recognize us. (Remember the "Pirates are thieves" argument. We haven't even posted a statement towards correcting that.)
Abhijith BWed 16 Mar 2016 1:23PM
This is a good way to reach out to more people. In election campaigns candidates can go door to door explaining their views and ideas. They talk face to face. There is no better way tospread ideas than this.