Faction Election changes Apr 25 2001 6:59PM CST   Faction elections have been re-written to correct several problems. Elections will proceed in the following manners. Normal Election cycles will be 9 days. They will consist of 3 sub-cycles termed “election pending”, “campaigning”, and “open voting”. Each of these election cycles can last from one to five days. Election Pending The election pending phase lasts five days, and during this phase players cannot run for office or vote for candidates. Campaigning This phase lasts 1 day, and is the phase where players choose to run for office. Players must be of Faction rank 6 or higher to run for office. Up to ten candidate slots are filled on a first come, first served basis. Players that quit Factions before this phase ends are removed from the election list immediately. If there are no candidates on the list at the end of this phase, the Campaigning phase repeats for an additional day. If there is only one candidate, the voting phase is skipped and that one candidate wins by default. Voting phase This phase lasts 3 days. All members of the Faction can cast one vote for one candidate on the list. Each candidate’s name and current vote total are displayed to every Faction member. If there are ties in the voting, the candidate first on the list wins. Back