Election MMDCCLXI (Nova Roma)

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Simple steps for voting

Make sure you are familiar with our voting procedure.
Carefully check the schedule below for your correct voting times for each comitia.
Go to your Album Civium page. Make sure you are logged in via the box on the right of the screen.
Click on "vote here...".
Click on the "go vote" button.
Cast your ballots.
Make a note of your ballot number. You will need it if there are problems with your vote.

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[edit] Plebicites and voting in Comitia Plebis Tributa

L. Livia Plauta tribuna plebis omnibus quiritibus S.P.D.

I hereby announce that I will convene the Comitia Plebis Tributa two times.

The first time in order to repeal two laws that affect respectively the requirements for becoming Aedilis Plebis and the modalities for electing plebeian magistrates (see separate announcement).

The second time for the annual elections of Tribuni Plebis and Aediles Plebis.

The first contio period starts today, Monday, November 3, at 7:00 Rome time (approximately 6 hours after this posting) and ends on Saturday, November 8 at 17:00 Rome time.

Voting on repealing the two laws starts on Sunday, November 9 at 7:00 Rome time and ends on Saturday, November 15 at 17:00 Rome time. I will have to ask citizens not to vote on Thursday, November 13 and Friday, November 14, because those days are not dies comitiales.

At the same time, at 7:00 roman time on November 9, the contio will start for the elections of Tribuni and Aediles Plebis. This contio will end at 17:00 Rome time on November 15.

Voting for the election of tribuni Plebis and Aediles Plebis will begin on Sunday, November 16 at 7:00 Rome time and end on Sunday, November 23 at 17:00 Rome time.

[edit] Calls for candidates

a.d. V Non. Oct. ‡ Consul M. Moravius Piscinus called for candidates for magistracies for the year MMDCCLXII [1].

The contio is tentatively scheduled to begin on 9 November, with the elections to follow tentatively beginning on 15 November. Voting should therefore conclude on 23 November and the elections completed by 1 December at the latest.

prid. Non. Oct. ‡ Tribune T. Flavius Aquila called for candidates for Plebeian offices. [2]

Those Designati for Plebeian offices who are accepted by the Comitia Plebis Tributa by passage of a further plebiscitum de consecratio will then have their terms of office begin AUC 2761 a. d. IV Idus Dec. (10 Dec 2008).

[edit] Voting Schedule

Today: a.d. X Kal. Dec. ‡ .

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[edit] Comitia Centuriata

The Centuria Praerogativa is centuria VI.

The Comitia Centuriata election will follow this schedule:

07:00 hrs CET 15 November: Voting by the Centuria Praerogativa alone begins.
07:00 hrs CET 17 November: Diribitores capture tally of Centuria Praerogativa.
07:00 hrs CET 17 November: Voting by all First Class centuries now permitted.
07:00 hrs CET 20 November: Diribitores capture tally of all First Class centuries.
07:00 hrs CET 20 November: Voting by all centuries now permitted.
17:00 hrs CET 24 November: All voting ends.

The diribitores shall provide reports of the progress of the voting in accordance with the provisions of the LEX FABIA DE RATIONE COMITIORUM CENTURIATORUM.

[edit] Comitia Populi Tributa

The Comitia Populi Tributa election will take place from: 07:00 hours (CET) on 15 November and will end at 17:00 hours (CET) on 24 November A.U.C. 2761.

The presidium (the first tribe to be counted) shall be Tribe Maecia, Tribus XXII.

[edit] Comitia Plebis Tributa

The voting in the Comitia Plebis Tributa on two plebiscita starts on Sunday, November 9 at 7:00 Rome time and ends on Saturday, November 15 at 17:00 Rome time. Citizens are requested not to vote on Thursday, November 13 and Friday, November 14, because those days are not dies comitiales.
The voting in the Comitia Plebis Tributa for the election of tribuni Plebis and Aediles Plebis will take place from Sunday, November 16 at 7:00 Rome time and end on Sunday, November 23 at 17:00 Rome time.

[edit] Comitia Centuriata

Special procedures for voting in comitia centuriata.

Find your century. Go to the Album Civium. Log in, go to your page and find the century to which you are assigned.
Compare your century with the centuria praerogativa (listed above). If you are in this century you may vote in the first round or in any other round of the election.
If you are not in the centuria praerogativa, are you in another "first class" century? These are centuries I to XIV. All citizens who are in first class centuries may vote in the second and third rounds.
If you are not in a first class century, then you must wait for the third round of balloting.

If you vote before your correct time, your vote won't be counted.

[edit] Rogationes

The offices, number of openings, and candidates are:

[edit] Censor (1)

Censores are very respected magistrates with the highest auctoritas to safeguard the public morality and honour but third in rank after the consules and praetores, because they do not possess imperium, and have no power to convene either the senate or an assembly of the people. Their principal duty is to maintain the lists of citizens, equestrians and senators.

To stand for election as censor, a potential candidate is required to be at least 27 years old as of the effective date of office, must already have served at least six months as a consul, praetor, aedilis, quaestor, tribunus plebis, magister aranearius, editor commentariorum, rogator, or provincial governor and must be assiduus.

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Candidate : Publius Constantinus Placidus (Statement ...)

Candidate : Gaius Popillius Laenas (Statement ...)

Candidate : Titus Iulius Sabinus (Statement ...)

Result:

[edit] Consul (2)

The consulship is the highest executive magistracy of Nova Roma. The two consules are co-presidents of the republic.

To stand for election as consul, a potential candidate is required to be at least 27 years old as of the effective date of office, must already have served at least six months as a consul, praetor, aedilis, quaestor, tribunus plebis, magister aranearius, editor commentariorum, rogator, or provincial governor and must be assiduus.

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Candidate : Marcus Curiatius Complutensis (Statement ...)

Candidate : Marcus Iulius Severus (Statement ...)

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[edit] Praetor (2)

The praetores are the second highest executive magistrates and vice-presidents of the Nova Roman Republic and are considered as lower colleagues and deputies for the consules. There are two praetores in Nova Roma and their principal duty is to oversee the official fora and to administer the judicial sytem.

To stand for election as praetor, a potential candidate is required to be at least 25 years old as of the effective date of office, must already have served at least six months as a consul, praetor, aedilis, quaestor, tribunus plebis, magister aranearius, editor commentariorum, rogator, or provincial governor and must be assiduus.

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Candidate : Gnaeus Equitius Marinus (Statement ...)

Candidate : Publius Memmius Albucius (Statement ...)

Result:

[edit] Comitia Populi Tributa

[edit] Rogationes

Rogatio Moravia Iulia de tributo virgines vestales

The offices, number of openings, and candidates are:

[edit] Curule Aedile (2)

All aediles are responsible for the organization of the ludi (public games), public religious events and State properties maintenance. Curule aediles specifically are also resonsible for the Aedilician Fund, specially for the Magna Mater Project, and the Macellum to report changes to the equites to the censors.

To stand for election as aedilis curulis, a potential candidate is required to be at least 21 years old as of the effective date of office and assiduus, i.e. a current Nova Roman taxpayer.

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Candidate : Gnaeus Iulius Caesar (Statement ...)

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[edit] Quaestor (8)

There are eight quaestores elected annually to serve as aides and financial administrators to the consules, praetores, and aediles. After eight quaestores have been elected, the newly elected senior magistrates are consulted and asked which of the new quaestores they wish to have assigned to them. The new consules make the final determination of this, publishing an edict assigning quaestores to senior magistrates. Learn more ...

Candidate : Gaius Arminius Reccanellus (Statement ...)

Candidate : Tiberius Cornelius Scipio (Statement ...)

Candidate : Quintus Valerius Poplicola (Statement ...)

Candidate : Titus Flavius Aquila (Statement ...)

Candidate : Marcus Valerius Potitus (Statement ...)

Candidate : Gaius Petronius Dexter (Statement ...)

Candidate : Lucia Livia Plauta (Statement ...)

Candidate : Lucius Gratius Nerva (Statement ...)

Result:

[edit] Rogator (2)

The two rogatores are magistrates of Nova Roma. The rogators work closely with the censors to process citizen applications, check eligibility, and ensure that voters have voter codes and are properly assigned to centuries and tribes. Learn more ...

Candidate : Gaius Tullius Valerianus Germanicus (Statement ...)

Candidate : Aula Tullia Scholastica (Statement ...)

Candidate : Titus Arminius Genialis (Statement ...)

Result:

[edit] Diribitor (4)

The four diribitors (Lat. diribitores) are magistrates of Nova Roma who are responsible for counting votes; when they have cross-checked each other, they turn their tallies over to the custodes. Because of their involvement in elections, diribitors cannot run for any office for which they would be counting the votes. In antiquity the diribitors were typically young men who had just completed their military service. The office of diribitor is a traditional first step toward the cursus honorum. Learn more ...

Candidate : Marcus Octavius Corvus (Statement ...)

Candidate : Marcus Valerius Traianus (Statement ...)

Candidate : Gaius Terentius Varro (Statement ...)

Candidate : Annia Minucia Marcella (Statement ...)

Result:

[edit] Custos (2)

The two custodes take the raw vote tallies compiled by the diribitors and convert them to a tally of tribes and centuries which they then certify to the convening magistrates of elections. The Latin word "custos" means "guard" or "watcher": in antiquity it was typical for very senior people such as senators and consulars to serve as custodes. Because of their involvement in the elections, custodes can not run for any office for which they would be certifying the election results. Learn more ...

Candidate : Lucius Salix Cicero (Statement ...)

Candidate : Marcus Lucretius Agricola (Statement ...)

Result:

[edit] Comitia Plebis Tributa

[edit] Plebiscita

Voting has ended for the Plebiscita.

The offices, number of openings, and candidates are:

[edit] Aedilis Plebis (2)

Candidates for aedilis plebis must be citizens in good standing for at least six full months before taking office. They must be of the plebeian order, assidui, and at least 21 years of age by the date of taking office. Learn more ...

Candidate : Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Postumianus (Statement ...)

Result:

[edit] Tribunus Plebis (5)

The Constitution of Nova Roma provides that there shall be five tribuni plebis (Tribunes of the Plebs), who shall be elected by the comitia plebis tributa, and who shall all be of the plebeian order.

Candidates for tribunus plebis must be citizens in good standing, for at least six full months before taking office, of the plebeian order, assidui, and at least 25 years of age by the date of taking office.

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