United Regions Alliance January Election Calendar and Information

Positions up for election in January 2022:

President: Duties:
The President of the Alliance is to be responsible for governing the Alliance. The President is given purview by the Alliance Cabinet to utilize their own discretion in the management and oversight of all Alliance functions, programs, initiatives, and others. The President must justify the executive order to the Civil Council if asked to do so. The Civil Council may overturn an Executive Order at any time. Similarly, the sitting President may revoke an Executive Order at any time. The President of the Alliance is a signing authority on all Foreign agreements and treaties. The President must submit a monthly report on the activities of the executive to the Civil Council.

Vice President Duties:
The Vice President of the Alliance functions as an assistant and successor to the President. The Vice President is responsible to assist the President in the execution of their duties throughout their term, as well as assisting all Departmental Directors in the execution of their duties. In assisting the President, the Vice President is permitted to pass emergency legislation in the form of an Executive Order. The Vice President, in case of absence of the President for longer than fourteen days, is to serve as Acting President. The Vice President of the Alliance is a signing authority on all Foreign agreements and treaties.

Director of World Assembly Affairs Duties:
Director is required to appoint Deputy Directors to head up sub depts. Which will be sent to the Civil Council for Approval. The Director may choose to incorporate additional sub-departments within their department, but require Civil Council approval to do so. The Director is responsible for the management and oversight of each department they oversee. The director is responsible for the staffing of their respective departments, as well as appropriately setting out goals for their term, and working to accomplish them. The Director must work to accomplish the goals of the Alliance Cabinet over the course of their term as those goals relate to their specific department. The Director is required to submit a monthly report to the Civil Council on the activities of their Department. The Director of World Assembly Affairs is required to start all internal votes for upcoming proposals in the General Assembly and Security Council by our Bot feature. In addition, they are responsible for the creation of recommendations dispatches for all World Assembly votes.

Director of Internal Affairs Duties:
Director is required to appoint Deputy Directors to head up sub depts. Which will be sent to the Civil Council for Approval. The Director may choose to incorporate additional sub-departments within their department, but require Civil Council approval to do so. The Director is responsible for the management and oversight of each department they oversee. The director is responsible for the staffing of their respective departments, as well as appropriately setting out goals for their term, and working to accomplish them. The Director must work to accomplish the goals of the Alliance Cabinet over the course of their term as those goals relate to their specific department. The Director is required to submit a monthly report to the Civil Council on the activities of their Department. The Director with their team is also in charge of monitoring compliance of member regions ensuring they are holding up their agreed to terms as members.

Director of Foreign Affairs: Duties:
Director is required to appoint Deputy Directors to head up sub depts. Which will be sent to the Civil Council for Approval. The Director may choose to incorporate additional sub-departments within their department, but require Civil Council approval to do so. The Director is responsible for the management and oversight of each department they oversee. The director is responsible for the staffing of their respective departments, as well as appropriately setting out goals for their term, and working to accomplish them. The Director must work to accomplish the goals of the Alliance Cabinet over the course of their term as those goals relate to their specific department. The Director is required to submit a monthly report to the Civil Council on the activities of their Department. The Director of FA is also responsible for keeping our Organizations allies informed about happening within the URA.

Director of Cultural Affairs: Duties:
Director is required to appoint Deputy Directors to head up sub depts. Which will be sent to the Civil Council for Approval. The Director may choose to incorporate additional sub-departments within their department, but require Civil Council approval to do so. The Director is responsible for the management and oversight of each department they oversee. The director is responsible for the staffing of their respective departments, as well as appropriately setting out goals for their term, and working to accomplish them. The Director must work to accomplish the goals of the Alliance Cabinet over the course of their term as those goals relate to their specific department. The Director is required to submit a monthly report to the Civil Council on the activities of their Department. Director is in charge of the Monthly Newspaper, Maintaining an active Interregional Roleplay, and leading the charge on all cultural events internal or external the URA is involved in.

Election Calendar
Candidate Declarations- January 2nd-16th- You can declare your candidacy for positions you would like to run for in #campaign Central. All citizens of URA member regions are allowed to run and vote in the elections in the URA. To hold office you must have a discord account that is in the URA discord by the date you would take office. You are able to run for more than one position in the Alliance cabinet but if you win both you will need to choose which office you want to hold. The one that you didn’t choose will go to the second place person in voting.
Candidate debates-
Directors debates: WA Affairs, Internal, FA, and Culture: January 17th-19th
President and Vice President debates: January 20th-23rd
URA Alliance Election voting- January 24th- January 31st.
Election results will be released between January 31st-February 1st.
New Alliance Cabinet takes office on February 1st.

If you have any questions about elections please contact Ellenburg#8639 on discord or Ellenburg