Urban Party of Kirlawa

= History = The Urban Party of Kirlawa was founded by a group of college kids who wanted to make a difference in their community and Kirlawa as a whole.

= Party Demographics =

Party Membership

22 Million (est.)

Gender

Male: 49%

Female: 51%

Race

Black: 44%

White: 35%

Hispanic: 16%

Asian: 2%

Arabic: 2%

Other: 1%

=Headequarters=

The party's headquaters are currently located in Indrala, Merkan Province. Since the party has regional leadership, they also have HQ's for the leaderships of Urban Party-North and Urban Party-South.

National Headquarters: Indrala, Merkan Province

Urban Party-North Headquarters: Salubris, Uwakah Province

Urban Party-South Headquarters: Telon, Nuchtmark Province

=Pressure Groups=

The party has 5 pressure groups that sway party interests/votes in the Assembly.

Progressive/Liberal

 * National Women's Association: A group that advocates for women's rights and progressive reform.


 * Minority Leauge: The party's largest and oldest pressure group. It favors improved education and health reforms and the idea of economic empowerment for minorities.


 * WorldLove: Advocates for equal rights for the nation's GLBT community.


 * Teachers United: The primary group in the nation that focuses on the needs and wants of more than 92% of the nation's teachers.

Conservative

 * Taxpayers Union: Favors small taxes and big business.

=Affiliations=

The Urban Party has been affiliated in places other than politics. The Urban Party is affiliated with the following things in Kirlawa:


 * University of Merkan: Indrala: Is the home of the party's television studio and future home of the party's radio station as well as the home of the National Convention.


 * Urban T.V.: The television station that carries news from the party and other places around the world.


 * Urban Radio: A radio station in conjunction with UnitedMedia that provides party news and other programs.


 * Federation Bank: Provides funding for some of the party activities.


 * Artania Airlines Inc.: Provides transportation for the party's leadership as well as the nominees for President and Vice President.

=Urban Party of Kirlawa Nomination Process=

The party holds its nomination process 3 years before the elections. Candidates who are running must submit there name within 3 months before the election. The party currently selects its nominee based on a primary process that takes place on in one day and includes all 5 provinces in Kirlawa. Each province has a different amount of points based on the population. The grand total is 2,000 points at stake. During special/early elections, the nominee that represented the party during the scheduled election, will automatically get the nomination for president. After the nominee is chosen, the party holds a convention 1 year before the election so the nominee can focus on campaigning 2 years before the election.The party holds the convention at H.P. Durbin Arena at the University of Merkan: Indrala and lasts 3 days.

Urban Party Presidential Primary

= Leadership =

The party's leaderiship structure is broken up into 4 parts. Each of the 4 parts is responsible for a certain aspect that pertains to the party. The Leader is responsible for the National and Regional Leaderships. He/She is also responsible for the base operations called Urban Party-North and Urban Party-South. The Chairman is in charge of Legislative affairs/leadership and the Election Committee is responsible for media affairs.

Congressional Leadership
=Legislative Affairs=

General Assembly


 * Party Leader: John Patterson (U-Mrk)


 * Party Whip: Mihn Okura (U-Dir)


 * Seats in Assembly: 73

Senate


 * Party Leader: Anwar Muzaria (U-Mrk)


 * Seats in Senate: 7


 * Senators:

Dirguzia: Christina Ward

Dirlana: Anne Cho

Merkan: John Hunter, Anwar Muzaria, Rachel Washington

Nuchtmark: Mark Engram

Uwakah: Keisha Franklin-Woods

=Elections=

Presidential Elections
Note:

E- Early Election

=Elected Officials=

Merkan Province
=Party Links=

List of Senate Leaders

List of Assembly Leaders

List of Assembly Whips

Urban Party Senate Info.

=Links=

Republic of Kirlawa