Triumvirate of the Mostly Harmless Alliance

Early Days
In the Early Days of the MHA. the government was split into two parts That controlled the MHA alliance.

The Executives
The Executive level of the Alliance is made up of the Internal, Operations, and External Overseers. The initial positions of Internal Overseer, External, and Operations Overseer shall fall to Vinny P, JimmyK, and Rich respectively as the founders of the alliance. If one retires and the other remains, the retiree may appoint a successor. When both the original holders have retired, the Overseer positions shall become elected. In such a time of both Overseer's absence, on a temporary basis, Acting Overseers may be appointed to act on their behalf for the duration of their absence.

The Senate
The Senate will consist of 5 Senators elected monthly by the Populace. A thread will be opened in the Populace at the start of the month for members to put their name forwards to become a Senator. A list will then be compiled with the potential Senator candidates. If too many apply then a questionnaire will be sent out to each of the applicants to try to whittle down the number of applicants. Potential senators will also be allowed to write a short speech for why they should be elected into power. Once this has been done a list of, at most, 15 possible senators will be posted in the Populace and other members will be allowed to vote for their 5 chosen senators. The Senators with the most votes shall be moved into office. Any senators leaving for vacation must state as such, and their positions will be temporarily handed over to the highest runner up in the elections.

The Harmless Revolution
The harmless Revolution that was brought forward tot he MHA in the Final weeks of 2007 Changed the Government from The Senate to a Triumvirate.

The Triumvirate
The Triumvirate is a 3-member Executive Council, elected by the people of the alliance. As the alliance's Head of State, the Triumvirate shall be responsible for legislating alliance policy, ratification of all treaties, overseeing all internal departments, deployment of alliance military, and management of all alliance affairs. They shall be considered the decision-making body and leaders of the Mostly Harmless Alliance. For this reason, the Triumvirate of the MHA shall be active, intelligent, motivated individuals who seek the position only to serve and to enhance the MHA. This position shall be considered an honor and a privilege and shall receive the upmost respect from every member of the MHA.

Election history
Below is the election history and other Nominees for the Triumvirate elections

The First Triumvirate
After the Decision to accept the harmless revoloution, the search was on for the first MHA triumvirate. Only eight people were legible for the three places. to be legible you have to have served in the MHA for a period of six months, and held a leadship postion for three months.

The Eight people who were Legible for the spot were: Johnson, Denzin, WCR, Madoverseer, Genzod, Doc Taco, ArianGD, Craftj2

Of these eight people. Denzin, WCR and Madoverseer where the only three people intrested. therefore the First Triumvirate went ahead without an Election. They were appointed in December 07

The Second Triumvirate
At the end of February, Nominations were ask. with more people legible for the spot of Triumvirate. new people began to emerge as Potential triumvirate candidates. Seven people brought there name forward These were: Denzin, Destroyer, WCR, Scrumptusbrisket, Anagent, Silok and Johnson. The polls opened on febuary 28th. The Results were:
 * WCR [68 Votes]
 * Denzin [65 Votes]
 * Johnson [55 Votes]
 * An Agent [29 votes]
 * Silok [21 Votes]
 * Scrumptusbrisket [15 Votes]
 * Destroyer [7 votes]

Both WCR and Denzin retained there seats as Triumvirate. And Johnson replaced Madoverseer in the third seat

The Third Triumvirate
at the End of May nominations were asked for those who wanted to be in the Third Triumvirate. The Nominees where: WCR, Johnson, Denzin, Iron Will And Dpops

The Results were:
 * WCR [77 votes]
 * Johnson [72 Votes]
 * Denzin [71 Votes]
 * IronWill [46 votes]
 * Dpops [39 votes]

The Fourth Triumvirate
on the back of the war with Genesis MHA went into its fourth Triumvirate with alot of Hype. the Nominees were Rustynail, WCR, Denzin and Johnson. a thread made by ex MHA now Argent member Raholia sparked some people for a Change to the Triumvirate. Some support followed through with her thread for Rustynail to be Elected into the triumvirate. however high the spark was in the highest voting election in the MHA triumvirate. the results were
 * WCR [138 Votes]
 * Johnson [122 Votes]
 * Denzin [118 Votes]
 * Rustynail [81 votes]

Johnson Steps down, Count Rupert rises
Just after the fourth triumvirate elections. Johnson -elected Triumvir- Real life pressure got the best of him. and because of the time and workload required for trium, decided to step down. Which brought - for the first time - that a Replacement be brought in from one of the Ministers. only three Ministers were Legible to take over were: Count Rupert, Shamshir and John Rocker. The vote came down to the Ministers and Remaining Triumvirate who in the End Voted for Count Rupert

Changes to Triumvirate Voting
Change came during the month of October. Triumvirate Voting Changed to having one Triumvirate Seat put up each month. a change from three triumvirate seats each three months. all Triumvirates still held there seat for 3 months, just that they wont contest against each other to retain it.

The Third Seat Election November 07
The first Seat up for grabs was the Third seat the Election being held at the start of November. held by Denzin. Denzin decided not to retain the seat, as real life became more demanding that John rocker had stepped in for a part of his term. The nominees for the Third Seat were Doc taco and John Mathews The Results were


 * Doc Taco [90 Votes]
 * John Mathews [36 Votes]

The Second seat Election December 08
The 2nd seat was held at the End of November. Count Rupert's Seat. Three Nominees Contested for the 2nd seat, they were: Count Rupert, Tristram and John Mathews The results were
 * Count Rupert [49 Votes]
 * Tristram [43 Votes]
 * John Mathews [13 Votes]

After polling began. John Mathews pulled out of the race. his name remained on the ballot

The First Seat election January 09
One again during the December. Hype rose for the seat. some people who seemed unhappy with WCR's progress as a Triumvir hoped to have him outdone as his Seat was up for grabs at the end of December. However only hours away from the election. WCR told the MHA that he will be running as Triumvir stating that he wanted to go back to Real life. Three Nominees put there name forward: Floyd, Thunderstruck and DrakeZ07 The Results Were
 * Floyd [60 votes]
 * Thunderstruck [9 Votes
 * DrakeZ07 [5 Votes]

Trivia

 * The Biggest margin, and Lowest Voting turn out happened in the First Seat Election December 09. the Big margin for Victory, a 51 Vote gap between the Winner Floyd and Runner up Thunderstruck
 * The Closest margin for Victory was during the Second Seat Novemeber 08 Election were Count rupert edged out second place Tristram by 6 votes
 * WCR is the longest serving triumvir. as he served the alliance in the top spot for 12 Months.