{"data":{"id":17561,"title":"Terra Gazette: Suppression of the Secondary Vote","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/17561-Terra-Gazette-Suppression-Of-The-Secondary-Vote","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/17561","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/17561","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":5330,"name":"Terra-Gazette-Clean.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/7vhfuimx58p6ar\/source\/Terra-Gazette-Clean.jpg","alt":"","size":427039,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2020-04-23T20:45:57+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/5330","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/5330\/similar"},{"id":26463,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/weozjmuuh3hwh\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":843046,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2019-09-19T15:49:32+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463\/similar"},{"id":27892,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/w3o9r4zgppm77\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":900916,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2021-09-06T14:48:40+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892\/similar"}],"images_count":8,"translations":{"en_EN":"Tevarin Often Face Additional Hurdles During the Imperator Secondary Vote\n\nBy Koto Dodson\nContributor\nSor\u2019en Ashraf felt a mixture of excitement and apprehension about casting her Secondary Vote for Imperator. A security professional based in Nexus, Sor\u2019en is one of millions across the Empire who have earned Citizenship in the decade since the last Imperator election. Yet, her concern wasn\u2019t over which of the ten candidates to support. As Sor\u2019en approached a polling center in Lago an armed individual blocked her path and informed her that Tevarin couldn\u2019t vote there.\n\nA decorated Navy veteran who earned a commendation for her actions during the battle of Vega II, Sor\u2019en quickly assessed the situation. The individual was not alone. Several others were dressed in similar armor, each one bearing the discreet markings that indicated their alliance to the xenophobic hate-group known as Nemesis.\n\n\u201cEvery ounce of my being wanted to push past those bastards and exercise my right as a UEE citizen, but instead, I played dumb and asked where I should go. They essentially told me to get the hell outta the UEE with a whole bunch of colorful language meant to provoke me into doing something rash.\u201d\n\nSor\u2019en walked away that day without voting, but still got something valuable from the experience: evidence of targeted Tevarin voter suppression. Strategically positioned around the polling center were members of a surveillance team recruited by Sor\u2019en. Over the following three days, her team of Humans and Tevarin visited polling centers around Lago to document the movements and intimidation tactics used by Nemesis to keep other Tevarin from voting. Sor\u2019en shared this information along with real time information of Nemesis whereabouts with local authorities, but when election officials showed up to catch the group in action, it was nowhere to be found.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s when I knew someone on the inside had let the group know that this was gonna happen. Less than an hour after the observers left, Nemesis was right back at it.\u201d\n\nThe revelation was disappointing but not surprising for Sor\u2019en, who battled institutional bias throughout her Navy career. It also justified her decision to share her initial findings with Yasal Gor from the Tevarin advocacy group Stronger Together.\n\n\u201cThe amount of evidence Sor\u2019en gave us was honestly overwhelming. It was the most clear-cut case of voter suppression we had seen, and it warranted immediate action. Our legal team started drafting the lawsuit before we even finished reviewing all the evidence.\u201d\n\nFounded in 2941, Stronger Together advocates for Tevarin causes across the UEE. They routinely provide free legal representation for Tevarin who can\u2019t afford it and guide others through the complicated Citizenship application process. They also monitor the activity of anti-Tevarin hate groups and collate data of xenophobic crimes from all UEE systems. Yesterday, Stronger Together filed a lawsuit in Nexus on behalf of Sor\u2019en requesting that UEE observers take control of the planet\u2019s election. Gor explained that Lago\u2019s relatively weak government allowed such a blatant disregard for the rule of law to go unchecked.\n\n\u201cThis issue isn\u2019t isolated to Nexus,\u201d argued Gor. \u201cTevarin across the Empire have faced a variety of voting issues. Unfortunately, we won\u2019t be able to address them all before the Secondary Vote ends, but by gathering this evidence and data now, we can fight for the necessary changes before the Final Vote later this year.\u201d\n\nGor highlighted several voting issues or irregularities seen in other systems. This included several polling stations in Ferron that turned away Tevarin voters after issues with biometric readers made it impossible to confirm their citizenship status. Officials eventually resolved the issue with a software patch that should have been installed prior to the voting period.\n\nMore concerning for Gor was the lack of polling centers near historic Tevarin districts, forcing them to travel greater distances to vote. Gor doesn\u2019t believe the placement of polling centers is intended to disenfranchise Tevarin voters, merely a result of centuries of anti-Tevarin policies enacted during the Messer regime. This includes the construction of districts after the Second Tevarin War to house the Tevarin diaspora across the UEE, which were strategically placed in undesirable locations far from government and cultural centers and often disconnected from public transit systems. The impact of these decisions still can be felt to this day in the lack of local infrastructure to support polling centers in Tevarin neighborhoods. To address this issue, Gor drafted a proposal that would open new polling centers near heavily populated Tevarin districts in Gemma (Elysium), Tanys (Idris), Odyssa (Magnus), and elsewhere around the Empire.\n\n\u201cSuj Kossi becoming the first Tevarin elected to the UEE Senate energized us in a way I\u2019ve never seen before,\u201d said Gor. \u201cEven Imperator campaigns now see Tevarin as an important and growing voter base, and many of their campaigns released policy proposals specifically geared toward swaying Tevarin voters.\u201d\n\nThese proposals are as varied as the Imperator candidates themselves: Transitionist candidate Mira Ngo has proposed a law that would require government departments to staff at minimum a certain percentage of Tevarin. Illyana Sharrad and Emma Thorne both want to fund programs that recruit more Tevarin into the military, Advocacy, and other public sector positions. Antwan Lillard, whose controversial proposal to dismantle the UEE central government has gained more populist support than many ever expected, would give Tevarin the Kabal system to settle and control. Meanwhile, Calvin Derry, the self-proclaimed Human First candidate, has refused to state his position. When reached for comment, his campaign would only say that, \u201cThe UEE is a Human institution and Candidate Derry will do everything in his power to ensure it stays that way.\u201d\n\nWhen asked if there was a candidate that he believed was best positioned to help the Tevarin, Yasal Gor declined to state his opinion and instead focused on the bigger picture. \u201cI love that political candidates are engaging Tevarin in specific policy discussions about what\u2019s best for their future. That\u2019s a great step, and I want to capitalize on this momentum to get more Tevarin engaged in the Empire because I firmly believe, like the name of this organization, that we\u2019re all stronger together.\u201d\n\nMeanwhile, Sor\u2019en Ashraf and her team continue to surveil polling centers in Lago. When asked if her experience has soured her on voting for Imperator, she quickly responded \u201cNo.\u201d In fact, it\u2019s only motivated her to become more engaged in Nexus politics.\n\n\u201cThe way I see it, this only happened in Nexus because the local government wasn\u2019t strong enough to stop it. But that also means it\u2019ll be easier for other, positive influences to affect local change. Doing this has shown me just how many Tevarin citizens there are in Lago. I\u2019ve gotten to meet many of them and, like me, they\u2019re motivated to help bring about real, positive change for all of Lago\u2019s residents. Honestly, I think a lot of good will end up coming out of this.\u201d\n\nAnd for the record, Sor\u2019en, together with a large group of fellow Tevarin citizens, successfully visited a polling center and cast her first official vote for Imperator.","de_DE":"Tevarin sehen sich bei der Imperator-Sekund\u00e4rabstimmung oft zus\u00e4tzlichen H\u00fcrden gegen\u00fcber\n\nVon Koto Dodson\nBeitragender\nSor'en Ashraf f\u00fchlte eine Mischung aus Aufregung und Besorgnis \u00fcber die Abgabe ihrer Zweitstimme f\u00fcr den Imperator. Als Sicherheitsexpertin mit Sitz in Nexus ist Sor'en eine von Millionen im ganzen Reich, die in den zehn Jahren seit der letzten Wahl zum Imperator die Staatsb\u00fcrgerschaft erworben haben. Ihre Sorge galt jedoch nicht der Frage, welchen der zehn Kandidaten sie unterst\u00fctzen sollte. Als Sor'en sich einem Wahllokal in Lago n\u00e4herte, blockierte eine bewaffnete Person ihren Weg und informierte sie, dass Tevarin dort nicht w\u00e4hlen k\u00f6nne.\n\nSor'en, eine ausgezeichnete Marine-Veteranin, die f\u00fcr ihre Taten w\u00e4hrend der Schlacht von Vega II eine Belobigung verdiente, beurteilte schnell die Situation. Der Einzelne war nicht allein. Mehrere andere waren in \u00e4hnliche R\u00fcstungen gekleidet, von denen jede die diskreten Markierungen trug, die auf ihr B\u00fcndnis mit der fremdenfeindlichen Hassgruppe Nemesis hinwiesen.\n\n\"Jede Unze meines Wesens wollte sich an diesen Bastarden vorbeischieben und mein Recht als UEE-B\u00fcrger aus\u00fcben, aber stattdessen stellte ich mich dumm und fragte, wohin ich gehen sollte. Sie sagten mir im Wesentlichen, ich solle zum Teufel aus der UEE verschwinden, mit einem Haufen bunter Worte, die mich dazu provozieren sollten, etwas Un\u00fcberlegtes zu tun.\n\nSor'en ging an diesem Tag ohne Stimmabgabe weg, erhielt aber dennoch etwas Wertvolles aus der Erfahrung: Beweise f\u00fcr die gezielte Unterdr\u00fcckung von Tevarin-W\u00e4hlern. Strategisch um das Wahlzentrum herum positioniert waren Mitglieder eines von Sor'en rekrutierten \u00dcberwachungsteams. In den folgenden drei Tagen besuchte ihr Team aus Menschen und Tevarin die Wahllokale um Lago, um die Bewegungen und Einsch\u00fcchterungstaktiken zu dokumentieren, die Nemesis anwendete, um andere Tevarin vom W\u00e4hlen abzuhalten. Sor'en teilte diese Informationen zusammen mit Echtzeit-Informationen \u00fcber den Aufenthaltsort von Nemesis mit den \u00f6rtlichen Beh\u00f6rden, aber als Wahlbeamte auftauchten, um die Gruppe in Aktion zu erwischen, war sie nirgendwo zu finden.\n\n\"Da wusste ich, dass jemand im Inneren die Gruppe wissen lie\u00df, dass dies geschehen w\u00fcrde. Weniger als eine Stunde, nachdem die Beobachter gegangen waren, war Nemesis wieder voll dabei.\n\nDie Enth\u00fcllung war entt\u00e4uschend, aber nicht \u00fcberraschend f\u00fcr Sor'en, die w\u00e4hrend ihrer gesamten Marinekarriere gegen institutionelle Voreingenommenheit ank\u00e4mpfte. Sie rechtfertigte auch ihre Entscheidung, ihre ersten Erkenntnisse mit Yasal Gor von der tevarinschen Interessenvertretung Stronger Together zu teilen.\n\n\"Die Menge der Beweise, die Sor'en uns lieferte, war ehrlich gesagt \u00fcberw\u00e4ltigend. Es war der eindeutigste Fall von Unterdr\u00fcckung von W\u00e4hlern, den wir je gesehen hatten, und er erforderte sofortiges Handeln. Unser Rechtsteam begann mit dem Entwurf der Klage, noch bevor wir die Pr\u00fcfung aller Beweise abgeschlossen hatten.\n\nStronger Together wurde 2941 gegr\u00fcndet und setzt sich in der gesamten UEE f\u00fcr die Belange von Tevarin ein. Sie bieten routinem\u00e4\u00dfig kostenlose Rechtsvertretung f\u00fcr Tevarin, die sich diese nicht leisten k\u00f6nnen, und f\u00fchren andere durch das komplizierte Verfahren zur Beantragung der Staatsb\u00fcrgerschaft. Sie \u00fcberwachen auch die Aktivit\u00e4ten von Anti-Tevarin-Hassgruppen und sammeln Daten \u00fcber fremdenfeindliche Verbrechen aus allen Systemen der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate. Gestern reichte Stronger Together im Namen von Sor'en im Nexus eine Klage ein, in der er darum bat, dass die UEE-Beobachter die Kontrolle \u00fcber die Wahlen auf dem Planeten \u00fcbernehmen. Gor erkl\u00e4rte, dass die relativ schwache Regierung von Lago eine solch eklatante Missachtung der Rechtsstaatlichkeit unkontrolliert zulasse.\n\n\"Dieses Thema ist nicht isoliert von Nexus\", argumentierte Gor. \"Die Tevarins im ganzen Reich waren mit einer Vielzahl von Abstimmungsproblemen konfrontiert. Leider werden wir nicht in der Lage sein, sie alle anzusprechen, bevor die Zweitabstimmung endet, aber wenn wir diese Beweise und Daten jetzt sammeln, k\u00f6nnen wir f\u00fcr die notwendigen \u00c4nderungen vor der Schlussabstimmung sp\u00e4ter in diesem Jahr k\u00e4mpfen.\n\nGor wies auf mehrere Abstimmungsprobleme oder Unregelm\u00e4\u00dfigkeiten hin, die in anderen Systemen festgestellt wurden. Dazu geh\u00f6rten mehrere Wahllokale in Ferron, die Tevarin-W\u00e4hler abwiesen, nachdem Probleme mit biometrischen Leseger\u00e4ten es unm\u00f6glich machten, ihren Staatsb\u00fcrgerschaftsstatus zu best\u00e4tigen. Die Beamten l\u00f6sten das Problem schlie\u00dflich mit einem Software-Patch, der vor der Wahlperiode h\u00e4tte installiert werden m\u00fcssen.\n\nNoch besorgniserregender f\u00fcr Gor war der Mangel an Wahllokalen in der N\u00e4he der historischen Tevarin-Bezirke, was sie zwang, gr\u00f6\u00dfere Entfernungen zum W\u00e4hlen zur\u00fcckzulegen. Gor glaubt nicht, dass die Platzierung von Wahllokalen darauf abzielt, die Tevarin-W\u00e4hler zu entrechten, lediglich ein Ergebnis der jahrhundertelangen Anti-Tevarin-Politik, die w\u00e4hrend des Messer-Regimes betrieben wurde. Dazu geh\u00f6rt der Bau von Bezirken nach dem Zweiten Tevarin-Krieg, in denen die Tevarin-Diaspora in der gesamten UEE untergebracht werden sollte, die strategisch an unerw\u00fcnschten Orten weit entfernt von Regierungs- und Kulturzentren platziert und oft von \u00f6ffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln abgetrennt waren. Die Auswirkungen dieser Entscheidungen sind bis heute im Mangel an lokaler Infrastruktur zur Unterst\u00fctzung der Wahllokale in den Tevarin-Vierteln zu sp\u00fcren. Um dieses Problem anzugehen, entwarf Gor einen Vorschlag, der die Er\u00f6ffnung neuer Wahlzentren in der N\u00e4he der dicht besiedelten Tevarin-Bezirke in Gemma (Elysium), Tanys (Idris), Odyssa (Magnus) und anderswo im ganzen Reich vorsah.\n\n\"Dass Suj Kossi der erste Tevarin war, der in den Senat der UEE gew\u00e4hlt wurde, hat uns in einer Weise motiviert, wie ich es noch nie zuvor gesehen habe\", sagte Gor. \"Sogar die Imperator-Kampagnen sehen Tevarin jetzt als eine wichtige und wachsende W\u00e4hlerbasis an, und viele ihrer Kampagnen ver\u00f6ffentlichten politische Vorschl\u00e4ge, die speziell darauf abzielten, die W\u00e4hler der Tevarins zu beeinflussen.\n\nDiese Vorschl\u00e4ge sind so vielf\u00e4ltig wie die Imperator-Kandidaten selbst: Der \u00dcbergangskandidat Mira Ngo hat ein Gesetz vorgeschlagen, das von den Regierungsstellen verlangen w\u00fcrde, mindestens einen bestimmten Prozentsatz von Tevarin zu besch\u00e4ftigen. Illyana Sharrad und Emma Thorne wollen beide Programme finanzieren, die mehr Tevarin f\u00fcr das Milit\u00e4r, die Anwaltschaft und andere Positionen im \u00f6ffentlichen Sektor rekrutieren. Antwan Lillard, dessen umstrittener Vorschlag zur Demontage der Zentralregierung der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate mehr populistische Unterst\u00fctzung gefunden hat, als viele je erwartet hatten, w\u00fcrde Tevarin das Kabal-System zur Ansiedlung und Kontrolle \u00fcberlassen. In der Zwischenzeit hat Calvin Derry, der selbsternannte Human First-Kandidat, sich geweigert, seine Position zu nennen. Wenn man ihn zu einem Kommentar bewegen w\u00fcrde, w\u00fcrde seine Kampagne nur sagen: \"Die UEE ist eine menschliche Institution, und der Kandidat Derry wird alles in seiner Macht Stehende tun, um sicherzustellen, dass dies auch so bleibt.\n\nAuf die Frage, ob es einen Kandidaten gebe, von dem er glaube, dass er am besten in der Lage sei, dem Tevarin zu helfen, lehnte Yasal Gor es ab, seine Meinung zu \u00e4u\u00dfern und konzentrierte sich stattdessen auf das Gesamtbild. \"Ich liebe es, dass politische Kandidaten den Tevarin in konkrete politische Diskussionen dar\u00fcber verwickeln, was das Beste f\u00fcr ihre Zukunft ist. Das ist ein gro\u00dfer Schritt, und ich m\u00f6chte diesen Schwung nutzen, um mehr Tevarin im Imperium zu engagieren, denn ich glaube fest daran, wie der Name dieser Organisation, dass wir alle zusammen st\u00e4rker sind\".\n\nIn der Zwischenzeit setzen Sor'en Ashraf und ihr Team die \u00dcberwachung der Wahllokale in Lago fort. Auf die Frage, ob ihre Erfahrung sie bei der Wahl des Imperators ges\u00e4ttigt habe, antwortete sie schnell mit \"Nein\". Tats\u00e4chlich hat es sie nur dazu motiviert, sich st\u00e4rker in der Nexus-Politik zu engagieren.\n\n\"So wie ich es sehe, geschah dies nur in Nexus, weil die lokale Regierung nicht stark genug war, um es zu stoppen. Das bedeutet aber auch, dass es anderen, positiven Einfl\u00fcssen leichter fallen wird, auf lokale Ver\u00e4nderungen einzuwirken. Das hat mir gezeigt, wie viele Tevarin-B\u00fcrger es in Lago gibt. Ich habe viele von ihnen kennen gelernt, und wie ich sind sie motiviert, einen echten, positiven Wandel f\u00fcr alle Einwohner von Lago herbeizuf\u00fchren. Ehrlich gesagt glaube ich, dass daraus eine Menge Gutes hervorgehen wird\".\n\nUnd f\u00fcr das Protokoll: Sor'en besuchte zusammen mit einer gro\u00dfen Gruppe tevarischer Mitb\u00fcrger erfolgreich ein Wahlzentrum und gab ihre erste offizielle Stimme f\u00fcr den Imperator ab.","zh_CN":"Tevarin Often Face Additional Hurdles During the Imperator Secondary Vote\n\nBy Koto Dodson\nContributor\nSor\u2019en Ashraf felt a mixture of excitement and apprehension about casting her Secondary Vote for Imperator. A security professional based in Nexus, Sor\u2019en is one of millions across the Empire who have earned Citizenship in the decade since the last Imperator election. Yet, her concern wasn\u2019t over which of the ten candidates to support. As Sor\u2019en approached a polling center in Lago an armed individual blocked her path and informed her that Tevarin couldn\u2019t vote there.\n\nA decorated Navy veteran who earned a commendation for her actions during the battle of Vega II, Sor\u2019en quickly assessed the situation. The individual was not alone. Several others were dressed in similar armor, each one bearing the discreet markings that indicated their alliance to the xenophobic hate-group known as Nemesis.\n\n\u201cEvery ounce of my being wanted to push past those bastards and exercise my right as a UEE citizen, but instead, I played dumb and asked where I should go. They essentially told me to get the hell outta the UEE with a whole bunch of colorful language meant to provoke me into doing something rash.\u201d\n\nSor\u2019en walked away that day without voting, but still got something valuable from the experience: evidence of targeted Tevarin voter suppression. Strategically positioned around the polling center were members of a surveillance team recruited by Sor\u2019en. Over the following three days, her team of Humans and Tevarin visited polling centers around Lago to document the movements and intimidation tactics used by Nemesis to keep other Tevarin from voting. Sor\u2019en shared this information along with real time information of Nemesis whereabouts with local authorities, but when election officials showed up to catch the group in action, it was nowhere to be found.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s when I knew someone on the inside had let the group know that this was gonna happen. Less than an hour after the observers left, Nemesis was right back at it.\u201d\n\nThe revelation was disappointing but not surprising for Sor\u2019en, who battled institutional bias throughout her Navy career. It also justified her decision to share her initial findings with Yasal Gor from the Tevarin advocacy group Stronger Together.\n\n\u201cThe amount of evidence Sor\u2019en gave us was honestly overwhelming. It was the most clear-cut case of voter suppression we had seen, and it warranted immediate action. Our legal team started drafting the lawsuit before we even finished reviewing all the evidence.\u201d\n\nFounded in 2941, Stronger Together advocates for Tevarin causes across the UEE. They routinely provide free legal representation for Tevarin who can\u2019t afford it and guide others through the complicated Citizenship application process. They also monitor the activity of anti-Tevarin hate groups and collate data of xenophobic crimes from all UEE systems. Yesterday, Stronger Together filed a lawsuit in Nexus on behalf of Sor\u2019en requesting that UEE observers take control of the planet\u2019s election. Gor explained that Lago\u2019s relatively weak government allowed such a blatant disregard for the rule of law to go unchecked.\n\n\u201cThis issue isn\u2019t isolated to Nexus,\u201d argued Gor. \u201cTevarin across the Empire have faced a variety of voting issues. Unfortunately, we won\u2019t be able to address them all before the Secondary Vote ends, but by gathering this evidence and data now, we can fight for the necessary changes before the Final Vote later this year.\u201d\n\nGor highlighted several voting issues or irregularities seen in other systems. This included several polling stations in Ferron that turned away Tevarin voters after issues with biometric readers made it impossible to confirm their citizenship status. Officials eventually resolved the issue with a software patch that should have been installed prior to the voting period.\n\nMore concerning for Gor was the lack of polling centers near historic Tevarin districts, forcing them to travel greater distances to vote. Gor doesn\u2019t believe the placement of polling centers is intended to disenfranchise Tevarin voters, merely a result of centuries of anti-Tevarin policies enacted during the Messer regime. This includes the construction of districts after the Second Tevarin War to house the Tevarin diaspora across the UEE, which were strategically placed in undesirable locations far from government and cultural centers and often disconnected from public transit systems. The impact of these decisions still can be felt to this day in the lack of local infrastructure to support polling centers in Tevarin neighborhoods. To address this issue, Gor drafted a proposal that would open new polling centers near heavily populated Tevarin districts in Gemma (Elysium), Tanys (Idris), Odyssa (Magnus), and elsewhere around the Empire.\n\n\u201cSuj Kossi becoming the first Tevarin elected to the UEE Senate energized us in a way I\u2019ve never seen before,\u201d said Gor. \u201cEven Imperator campaigns now see Tevarin as an important and growing voter base, and many of their campaigns released policy proposals specifically geared toward swaying Tevarin voters.\u201d\n\nThese proposals are as varied as the Imperator candidates themselves: Transitionist candidate Mira Ngo has proposed a law that would require government departments to staff at minimum a certain percentage of Tevarin. Illyana Sharrad and Emma Thorne both want to fund programs that recruit more Tevarin into the military, Advocacy, and other public sector positions. Antwan Lillard, whose controversial proposal to dismantle the UEE central government has gained more populist support than many ever expected, would give Tevarin the Kabal system to settle and control. Meanwhile, Calvin Derry, the self-proclaimed Human First candidate, has refused to state his position. When reached for comment, his campaign would only say that, \u201cThe UEE is a Human institution and Candidate Derry will do everything in his power to ensure it stays that way.\u201d\n\nWhen asked if there was a candidate that he believed was best positioned to help the Tevarin, Yasal Gor declined to state his opinion and instead focused on the bigger picture. \u201cI love that political candidates are engaging Tevarin in specific policy discussions about what\u2019s best for their future. That\u2019s a great step, and I want to capitalize on this momentum to get more Tevarin engaged in the Empire because I firmly believe, like the name of this organization, that we\u2019re all stronger together.\u201d\n\nMeanwhile, Sor\u2019en Ashraf and her team continue to surveil polling centers in Lago. When asked if her experience has soured her on voting for Imperator, she quickly responded \u201cNo.\u201d In fact, it\u2019s only motivated her to become more engaged in Nexus politics.\n\n\u201cThe way I see it, this only happened in Nexus because the local government wasn\u2019t strong enough to stop it. But that also means it\u2019ll be easier for other, positive influences to affect local change. Doing this has shown me just how many Tevarin citizens there are in Lago. I\u2019ve gotten to meet many of them and, like me, they\u2019re motivated to help bring about real, positive change for all of Lago\u2019s residents. Honestly, I think a lot of good will end up coming out of this.\u201d\n\nAnd for the record, Sor\u2019en, together with a large group of fellow Tevarin citizens, successfully visited a polling center and cast her first official vote for Imperator."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":34,"created_at":"2020-04-22T03:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"6 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-07 21:14:54","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":17560,"next_id":17563}}