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Primarily, fixing the position of speaker and solidifying the legislative process. Secondly, engaging members of Wintreath's community on NationStates. Finally, judicial reform. I'm not at Reon's level of disgust (I can imagine he dry-heaves every time he's forced to read the laws) but there's definitely a lot of room for improvement.

The judicial system is broken. That's is a fundamental issue. Potentially any citizen could become a party in it at some point, and as it currently stands, it would not work. We would be defrauding the people involved in it - particularly the defendant. If we want to at least pretend we value fairness and impartiality, then we need to fix the justice system.

If I remember correctly, the issue was you wanted a separate branch of government to handle criminal cases, but the Monarch and a few others were against the concept of a standing judiciary and wanted to use members of the legislature and executive to fill the gaps. Neither solution, in my opinion, is ideal for this community. I can't give you any solid details, but I imagine my plan for Wintrean justice will involve the Monarch at some level and will rely on ordinary citizens.

You have my support.

Glad to hear that Gov, thank you!

Reon - (Provided we both get seats in the UH, fingers crossed) Do you want to start working on a comprehensive Underhusen reform?  Or is this something that would be done better piece by piece?

PB, I do firmly believe that it is something that is best done all at once. But I would love to work with you. As always, you are an absolute delight.

Well, since you're in the unfortunate position of being in a run-off election, do you have any last minute comments on why you'd be a better candidate than Sapphiron or Chanku?

They are both great candidates, and who am I to say I'm better than a Crown Prince and someone who can roleplay me out of my socks?  Too bad we don't need fancy storytelling or nobility in the Underhusen.  What we need is creativity, outside the box thinking, and a new way of thinking about the things the UH has taken for granted for many terms. We can no longer rest on these flimsy assumptions in the procedural rules. We've had too many close calls. We also can't tolerate a broken judicial system any longer if we hope to be a free and just region.

Thanks to everyone for their support so far. Let the best man win!

Too bad we don't need fancy storytelling or nobility in the Underhusen.

Ouch

...was that too harsh?  Nothing personal, I promise.

They are both great candidates, and who am I to say I'm better than a Crown Prince and someone who can roleplay me out of my socks? 

Prince.  Chanku isn't the Crown prince.

Important difference! Big important difference.

Indeed. My mistake.