May 15 is a very ordinary day, this day has nothing to praise except for the unknown World Family Day, but for Zhou Ming, this day is not ordinary, because this day is the day when Huang Yi represents Zhou Ming's campaign foundation in the Brighton campaign.

Of course, at the beginning, Zhou Ming's ideal candidate was Omar, after all, Zhou Ming knew very well that he was the future president of the United States, or the president of the re-election, so even if he was recognized as a black man with no political status, Zhou Ming was still very confident in him, and the development of the president was also a very exciting challenge project; 。

Later, Zhou Ming's intention was to choose Li Yang, but after consulting Allen, he learned that although the election they participated in was not as harsh as the congressman election, the law also stipulated that the election must be an American citizen who had obtained citizenship in the United States for more than seven years, so Li Yang, who had only been in the United States for a few months, obviously did not meet this identity, let alone seven years, even the American citizenship had not yet entered, so he had to choose another one.

Although Huang Yi is also an international student, he immigrated to the United States with his family seven years ago, and has become an American citizen since then, so he just meets the requirements of the law, and as the chairman of the International Student Mutual Aid Association, his speech is also very good, and Zhou Ming decided him.

Early in the morning, Zhou Ming's lawyer, Allen, drove to Zhou Ming's dormitory with a pile of legal documents, and he handed the documents to Zhou Ming and said: "This is the campaign document of the Vida community, which is essentially no different from the campaign document of the city of Brighton, and there are no provisions attached. ”

"This is the property documents of the Vinda community and your tax certificate as the head of the Vida community, these are very important, because the election councillors, first of all, must live in the constituency, so as to better represent the interests of the voters, and the property documents and tax certificates are the best and most direct documents. Alan said and took out a few more forms, "This one is the campaign registration form, I have already prepared a copy according to Mr. Zhou Ming's requirements, if there is no essential problem, then Mr. Huang Yi only needs to copy it once." ”

After the incident with Little Brooke, for the convenience of communication, Huang Yi also lived in Zhou Ming's dormitory, and Huang Yi happened to be there when Alan came over.

Allen handed the documents to Zhou Ming and Huang Yi, and continued: "Although according to Massachusetts law, any American citizen who has become a U.S. citizen can participate in the election campaign, the election committee will definitely verify and screen every candidate and weed out those with poor qualifications, so as to ensure the smooth running of the election campaign." ”

"Therefore, in order to be blocked from the door before the election, candidates usually get a certain number of signatures of support in the constituency and hand them over to the election committee, and the election committee will basically not let the candidate go until it has received the signatures and verified the registered identity of the voters. Allen said.

"So lawyer Allen, you say that I have to go to the constituency to find a certain number of voters?" asked Huang Yi.

"I think so. And in order to ensure the fairness and impartiality of the election, the voter must belong to the constituency you are running for," Alan said, and took out a document to Huang Yi. "This is a legal document about the identity of the voter, you can take it and look at it, although it seems a little complicated, but in simple terms, it means that at least he has to have a property in the constituency for more than five years and live in it for more than three years. ”

"And all the voters who sign must be registered with the Election Commission," Allen continued, "and that's very important! Because not all signatures have legal significance, and what the Election Commission guys do every day is to pick a bone in the egg, and you don't want to get by, there were a lot of people who wanted to do that, but in the end their names were said goodbye to the election forever." ”

Huang Yi looked at the document and said: "It looks a little complicated, but our constituency this time is in a Chinese-populated area, and I believe that a sufficient number of voters will be fine with signatures." ”

Regarding Huang Yi's statement, Allen glanced at Zhou Ming before saying, "Mr. Huang Yi, I advise you not to be too optimistic." ”

Zhou Ming stood up at this time and said: "Thank you very much Lawyer Allen, I think no matter what difficulties there are, we always have to overcome them, Huang Yi is only the chairman of our Chinese Overseas Students Association, this is the first time to participate in the election, and he is still a student, he may be a little excited and nervous, Lawyer Allen should not mind, I just don't know if Lawyer Allen has any ideas to remind us?"

Facing Zhou Ming's peacemaker, Alan and Huang Yi couldn't say anything more, Alan shook his head and said no, Zhou Ming invited Alan to eat first, and then went out after eating.

About an hour and a half later, Zhou Ming and the others took a bus to the Fenway District Capitol Building, where the Fenway District Election Committee was located. Since according to the election practice, all the electors who participate in the election register first, and then hand in the full number of voters' signatures within the time limit, so today Zhou Ming and they will accompany Huang Yi here to register first.

When Zhou Ming and the others arrived at the Fenway District Council Building, a lot of people had gathered in the square in front of the building, and everyone gathered together in their own groups, and it was obvious that there were two major parties and other small parties and people without party affiliation playing slogans and flags.

Li Yang and the others stepped off the bus and were immediately surprised when they saw this scene: "Wow! Don't you want to be so exaggerated? Teacher, we are definitely participating in a community election, right? Why do so many people, I think I have come to the scene of the presidential election!"

Before Zhou Ming could speak, Ye Ning said first: "No way, this is the United States, election is a very important political matter here, but this is also a community election, if it is really a presidential election, I'm afraid there are only two parties left here, right? ”

Being ridiculed by Ye Ning, Li Yang shrugged his shoulders in embarrassment, but felt that Ye Ning seemed to be getting closer and closer to Zhou Ming.

Li Yang can feel it, and Zhou Ming can naturally feel it even more, but after all, Ye Ning is nominally his own female student, and he can't always get over the hurdle in his heart, so he can only pretend to be an ostrich and say: "Okay, we are not here to play today, others have supporters, and we have them, let's send Huang Yi to the election committee to report his name first." ”

Zhou Ming is an absolute center, although everyone mocked each other for a while, as long as Zhou Ming spoke, everyone could immediately calm down and listen to Zhou Ming's command.

So Chen Shu and Ye Ning began to organize the students to take out banners and slogans and walk towards the parliament building.

After all, the election campaign is not only a major event in the United States, but also the most important thing for them at the moment, and they must prepare well.

Although Zhou Ming elected Huang Yi for the community election, it was actually the election of the House of Representatives of the Fenway District, but they belonged to the House of Representatives of the Vinda community, so it can also be called a community election.

According to the provisions of the U.S. Constitution, all members of the House of Representatives are elected every two years, and this year happens to be the year of the change of House members, so Zhou Ming and the others must seize this opportunity, otherwise they can only wait until two years later, or if any member dies or is removed from office during his term of office, a by-election may be launched.

Although the House of Representatives is far less powerful and influential than Senators due to the term of office, it is also very important.

Because in the administrative planning of the United States, from top to bottom, it is the state, county, or city and so on, and the Fenway District should be called Fenway City strictly speaking, and Zhou Ming is only called the state, city, and district because of domestic habits.

In this set of administrative plans, the most basic administrative unit is the district, and there are not grassroots units such as community and sub-district offices in China. All communities here enjoy a high degree of autonomy, which means that they can do whatever you want without violating the federal constitution and Massachusetts law and the city of Brighton charter.

Generally speaking, the people who can lead this non-governmental organization are the members of parliament who are elected every two years.

In other words, the representative is the director of the neighborhood and the street, and he is also the king with a high degree of autonomy, so if the elected representative has a business in the community, then he can use his status as a member of the council to make policies for himself at will without violating the law, and remove all obstacles to his business, such as using executive power to fight competitors.

Perhaps due to the loose federal politics of the United States, the situation in each of the more than 3,000 cities in 50 states may be different, but the overall situation will not be much different: the congressman is a triad boss in the cloak of legality.

It is precisely for this reason that many businessmen in the United States always want to participate in the election after they have enough money, or actively contribute money to support someone's candidacy, which can obtain direct benefits after being elected.

Zhou Ming took Huang Yi and other students from the finance class to the front of the parliament building, and Zhou Ming said to Huang Yi: "Due to the number of people, the students can only send you here, and lawyer Allen and I will accompany you to the election committee to submit the registration form, I believe you can do it." ”

Alan patted Huang Yi on the shoulder and said, "Hey, young Chinese boy, you have to cheer up, then you just need to throw the registration form in the faces of those people in the council, they will do the following work for you, and you don't even need to speak during the whole process, so you don't have to be too nervous, just take a deep breath with me." ”

Huang Yi exhaled lightly and said, "Teacher, don't worry, this is the task you gave me, and I promise to complete him!"

"That's what it looks like. ”

Zhou Ming praised Huang Yi, but when they were about to enter the parliament building, they suddenly heard a strange voice from the side: "Isn't this the parliament building? Why are there yellow-skinned monkeys here, haven't the security guards of the parliament come to work again?"