New Cambria general election, 2009

The 2009 New Cambria general election will take place sometime before November 2009, following the dissolution of the Assembly by the President at the request of the Prime Minister. The electorate will be given the task of choosing the deputies of the 17th Assembly, who will meet on the first day of the first month following 30 days after the election. The deputies will then nominate a Prime Minister and ratify the ministers of the incoming Executive Council.

The tentative date for the presidential election is Saturday 14 March 2009, and the Prime Minister may ask the President to dissolve Parliament early so both the presidential and general elections can be held on the same day.

Election Date and System
The law requires that the Assembly must be dissolved within three years after its first meeting following the previous election and the election must take place not later than thirty days after the dissolution. It is expected that, as is usual in New Cambria, the life of the Assembly will extend close to a full three years. In November 2008, Prime Minister Adam Duval stated unambiguously that the election would take place in spring 2009.

Recently, most general and presidential elections have been held on Thursdays. The 2009 election, however, is expected to be held on a Saturday in order to allow as many people to vote as possible. Plans for New Cambria's voter registration to be tied to the National Registry in time for the 2009 election went unrealized, and the current method of voter registration remain in effect.