7th Culture Competitions



The 7th Culture Competitions was the seventh biannual design event held in The Leftist Assembly, hosted by Minister of Information Greylyn from 19 to 29 October 2020. The event was held to select a new regional anthem, coat-of-arms, flag, flora, mascot, and medal concept.

Timeline

 * 19 October: Submission entry opened
 * 26 October: Submission entry closed
 * 26-29 October: Vote on all contests

Voter eligibility
To be eligible to vote, a nation must be an electoral citizen, which requires that individual to reside in The Leftist Assembly with their World Assembly nation (World Assembly citizen), or to have their World Assembly nation be registered in an affiliated anti-fascist military (Military Voting citizen) or an allied NSLeft region (dual citizen).

Counting
The single transferable voting (STV) system is used, whereby voters rank the options in order of their preference. The primary vote of each option is then tallied, and the option with the least votes is eliminated and their votes preferentially distributed in a repeated process until one option achieves a majority.

Anthem
The submissions were as follows:
 * 1) Varshavianka (current)
 * 2) Bella Ciao (Greylyn)
 * 3) Bread and Roses (Lalune)
 * 4) Come Out Ye Black and Tans (Red Actions)
 * 5) Do You Hear The People Sing? (Kavagrad)
 * 6) Einheitsfrontleid (Podria & Regional Defence Council of Aragon)
 * 7) Lenin Is Young Again (Wascoitan)

The following were the results of the vote:

Do You Hear The People Sing? was returned as the regional anthem after a years-long hiatus in the sixth round with a majority.

Coat-of-Arms
The submissions can be found here: https://imgur.com/a/ZuDHKy9

The following are the results of the vote:

The Great Seal of The Leftist Assembly was elected as the regional coat-of-arms in the first round with a majority.

Flag
The submissions can be found here: https://imgur.com/a/YWKW3U9

The following are the results of the vote:

Rosy Red was re-elected as the regional flag in the first round with a majority.

Flora
The submissions can be found here: https://imgur.com/a/ZLogQdw

The following are the results of the vote:

Rose was re-elected as the regional flora in the first round with a majority.

Mascot
The submissions can be found here: https://imgur.com/a/YksoaSb

The following are the results of the vote:

Wojtek the Bear was re-elected as the regional mascot in the fourth round with a majority.