Pirate Congress 2021/Motions/Formal/Joint Tickets

FM-1 Joint Tickets and Campaigning
Put by: Alex Jago

Motion
Authorise the National Council to negotiate joint tickets and/or campaigns for the next election with other parties or independents, provided that said party or independent exceeds two-thirds approval in a membership-wide poll held not more than one year prior. All deals must be balanced and reciprocal, but will not require subsequent ratification by another membership vote.

Rationale
Let's spend more money on actually campaigning and less on nomination fees!

This motion is being put because we haven't done joint tickets or campaigns before. As it may well make sense to do them at the next election, membership endorsement is desirable.

A "joint ticket" means we share a single column and above-the-line box with another party. Both our names are on the ballot paper. Candidates go in whatever order the parties choose. (Two candidates are required to have your own column and above-the-line box, so going halves could save both sides $2000 per state.)

Under this motion the party would run an approval poll in parallel with the preference poll to determine whether or not deals are permissible.

In the absence of any deals, existing practice is to recommend preferences to the top 6 parties from the poll (or a little further down if someone isn't running in a state).

Results
Passed on the floor of Congress.

Ratified by online vote with 88 Ayes; 2 Nays; and 7 Abstains.