The Examiner: Election Tracker

[minionofmidas]

Is this an official press release by the Vice President's office?

[minionofmidas]

Dear editor,

I'd like to complain about your comment about no cases ever coming before the CJO....see the Bullmoose election cases, where this writer...cough...where the CJO had to deal with issues relating the election law...

Sincerely yours,

Sitting on a park bench in my robes

He said he was not aware of them, not that there weren't any. I'm not aware of them either.

[minionofmidas]

I'm amazed that the Jesus Christ Party somehow has 4 Senate seats.

(Alright, counting Sam is sort of cheating, but...)

He did vote for me over Colin.

[minionofmidas]

I'm amazed that the Jesus Christ Party somehow has 4 Senate seats.

(Alright, counting Sam is sort of cheating, but...)

He did vote for me over Colin.

My vote did put you over the top.  And imagine, it wouldn't have happened if the NLC had put a District 4 resident in the seat to begin with.  Wonder if there are any lessons here...

I still wonder if Jake resigned precisely to allow Brandon to challenge the lack of (district-wide, of course) by-elections.
And to think that the appointment idea was created to get Brandon to vote for Proportional Representation...
And to think that Jake's was the last in a whole series of resignations, started by Senator Mr Moderate's confirmation as SoFA and policy decision not to hold by-elections...
The ironies are endless...

[minionofmidas]

Let's blame this whole thing on Jas for not completely amending the constitution to make Sections 18 and 19 of the PRA legal. 

Following all of the (wasted) efforts that went in to putting in place those sections, there's a part of me that's really quite satisfied to see them struck off - especially in the manner in which it happened.

So I'll happily take whatever blame is going around

Oh come on. At least admit that you created that constitutional issue on purpose.

[minionofmidas]

Just noticed something:

For the PLP, the results are less positive. Taking 13.4% of the first preference vote in a 5-seater election would see them placed to contest for only 1 seat. Given recent events, the party’s cohesion must be seen as being under serious doubt. Whether they are united on a candidate or at least show strong unity in transfers will determine their success.

The first candidate on the PLP list is in fact EarlAW; Sensei is #2.

So he is.
In which case he would obviously be favoured, but the same provisos apply. Whatever the result, the PLP vote will be interesting.

I think we'll have the best, most unified voting patterns of any party. The JCP doesn't even have a list, and the NLC is full of dissidents. Overoptimistic? We'll wait and see.

The JCP doesn't NEED a list. -_-

[minionofmidas]

I was from district 4... I totally forgot about that, actually.

[minionofmidas]

I was from district 4... I totally forgot about that, actually.

And yet it was why you won

Three votes including Brandon, yeah... then again, the JCP's GOTV effort was worth four votes.

[minionofmidas]

I was from district 4... I totally forgot about that, actually.

And yet it was why you won

Three votes including Brandon, yeah... then again, the JCP's GOTV effort was worth four votes.

I doubt all of those were JCP GOTV. Some, yes, but not all.

Two of them are by JCP members... and the other two are bullet votes by people who never vote. So...

[minionofmidas]

I was from district 4... I totally forgot about that, actually.

And yet it was why you won

Three votes including Brandon, yeah... then again, the JCP's GOTV effort was worth four votes.

I doubt all of those were JCP GOTV. Some, yes, but not all.

Two of them are by JCP members... and the other two are bullet votes by people who never vote. So...

It could've been me, for all you know. I've gotten those bullet voters in the past.

Could be.

[minionofmidas]

It's the Do-Nothing Congress and the Do-Nothing President. We deserve each other.

[minionofmidas]

Hey, maybe Everett can be elected Senator again! !  !!

*hurr*

[minionofmidas]

Just FYI, I voted neither negative nor positive in my own approval, so that means there was only one other vote.

That#s how I voted on my opponent!

EDIT: Or I thought I did. However, the forum records how you voted... I don't know if I dithered about the button and then decided one way and remembered the other option, or if I simply clicked the wrong button, but I'll believe the software when it tells me I voted disapprove...

[minionofmidas]

Torie, who becomes the first Atlasian to defeat an incumbent JCP office holder.

I was an incumbent JCP office holder when I was defeated by five Atlasians, four of them not JCP members.

[minionofmidas]

Except that it is clearly nothing of the kind.

If there isn't a stronger constitutional basis for the Deregistration Act, then clearly it should have been declared unconstitutional by the Court or, failing that, repealed by the Senate.

I'll introduce a law to that effect as soon as the term starts.

[minionofmidas]

There seems to have been a media blackout regarding the passage of the December Elections Amendment, though.

[minionofmidas]

I am still absolutely flummoxed as to why I was never sued during my tenure as SoFA.

Joe Republic had stronger supporters IIRC.

*and* the facts on his side.

[minionofmidas]

Fellow Senator CK, is the thrust of your opposition, that less populated regions will lose senators, or that the regions should exist as separate government entities for other reasons?  I think having regions as entities just over the rainbow should exist so that there can be discussions about the limits of federal power, and litigation, and all of that good stuff. We need to keep the court busy.

Senator Trondheim, do we care as to whether of not the regions are functional, so long as the federal trains run on time?  Is the concern that they drain energy away from the center, which has only a marginal amount in its own right? Or is the concern that it makes amending the Constitution too difficult? Is it just about having rotten boroughs? Or something else?

We need to make sure that there are representatives of the regions to make sure that every part of Atlasia is well-represented in Nyman and to make sure that the various concerns of the different areas of our country are adressed. I see this new legislation as a way to take away power from less-populated areas, also I like the idea of having smaller elections where you get to know the candidates better and you have a history following them (like you have a personal, regional representative where as national representatives can seem a little distanced since they in represent and ideology instead of an given population.)

Seeing as I am a representative of the type you're hankering after... it's not all it's made out to be.

Senator Trondheim, do we care as to whether of not the regions are functional, so long as the federal trains run on time?

In principle, we do. But we care even more when the regions' dysfunctionality makes the federal trains go late. As is the case right now.

Basically, I'm just about ready to give up on fixing the regions. So it's time to look for ways to make the federal trains run on time without relying on the regions.

[minionofmidas]

More secret codes plz

I hear that if you solve the codez you get a free medium iced coffee with purchase of a breakfast sandwich.

I also hear that the government's iced coffee is delicious, but it's breakfast sandwiches are horridly expensive, not to mention completely inedible and potentially fatal.

[minionofmidas]

How do I get elected to the Lt. Governship without posting a making a single post in this board in weeks?

Actually, you're being elected Ican'tbelieveit'snotverin.

[minionofmidas]

The Examiner Senate Election Tracker

Total Votes Cast: 30
Last Voter: Alcoun
Quota: 6

Count 1

DWTL	7	(DWTL, Smid, benconstine, Winfield, Inks, PiT, PBrunsel)
Bacon King	7	(Sensei, Bacon King, bullmoose, Verily, Ebowed, Jesus, Alcoun)
Al	5	(Franzl, GMantis, Sam Spade, Cosmo Kramer, Earl)
Lief	4	(AndrewCT, HappyWarrior, Eraserhead, Lief)
SPC	4	(SPC, NC Yankee, Daniel Adams, Deadman)
Franzl	3	(Mr. Moderate, Conor Flynn, Hashemite)
Xahar	0
gporter	0
Sam Spade	0
benconstine	0

Notes
Sam Spade and benconstine are included by virtue of having written themselves in.
Candidates tied on 1^st preference votes are ordered by their total number of 2^nd preferences and so on. Well they're supposed to be, but they might not be as I didn't do a count.
DWTL and Bacon elected. Both have a surplus of 1 which shall now be re-distributed. Well, I suppose it needs to be distributed in order. I'm not sure which needs to be redistributed first, but I do know the results of the DWTL redistribution are such that it doesn't matter what happens in the Bacon redistribution, so I'm doing only that one.

Count 2 (Distribution of DWTL's surplus of 1)

DWTL	6	(-1)
Bacon King	7
Al	5
SPC	4.857	(+0.857) (DWTL, benconstine, Winfield, Inks, PiT, PBrunsel)
Lief	4.143	(+0.143) (Smid)
Franzl	3
Xahar	0
gporter	0
Sam Spade	0
benconstine	0

Notes
There is a further surplus to distribute, but it cannot materially affect the count.

Therefore, the persons who would currently be deemed elected are:
#1 DWTL
#2 Bacon King
#3 Al
#4 SPC
#5 Lief

[minionofmidas]

DWTL and Bacon elected. Both have a surplus of 1 which shall now be re-distributed. Well, I suppose it needs to be distributed in order. I'm not sure which needs to be redistributed first,

According to the act it's by order of election

I was aware of that, just not of what the order of election was.

[minionofmidas]

The Examiner Senate Election Tracker

Total Votes Cast: 33
Last Voter: Max
Quota: 6

Count 1

DWTL	7	(DWTL, Smid, benconstine, Winfield, Inks, PiT, PBrunsel)
Bacon King	7	(Sensei, Bacon King, bullmoose, Verily, Ebowed, Jesus, Alcoun)
Lief	6	(AndrewCT, HappyWarrior, Eraserhead, Lief, Meeker, Max)
Al	5	(Franzl, GMantis, Sam Spade, Cosmo Kramer, Earl)
SPC	4	(SPC, NC Yankee, Daniel Adams, Deadman)
Franzl	4	(Mr. Moderate, Conor Flynn, Hashemite, Earth)
Xahar	0
gporter	0
Sam Spade	0
benconstine	0

Notes
Sam Spade and benconstine are included by virtue of having written themselves in.
Candidates tied on 1^st preference votes are ordered by their total number of 2^nd preferences and so on. 
DWTL, Bacon and Lief elected. DWTL and Bacon have a surplus of 1 which shall now be re-distributed, beginning with DWTL.

Count 2 (Distribution of DWTL's surplus of 1)

DWTL	6	(-1)
Bacon King	7
Lief	6
Al	5
SPC	5	(+1) (DWTL, benconstine, Winfield, Inks, PiT, PBrunsel, Smid)
Franzl	4
Xahar	0
gporter	0
Sam Spade	0
benconstine	0

Count 3 (Distribution of Bacon King's surplus of 1)
No, just kidding. Can't affect anything.

Therefore, the persons who would currently be deemed elected are:
#1 DWTL
#2 Bacon King
#3 Lief
#4 Al
#5 SPC

[minionofmidas]

in other words, I'm currently losing by 1/7th of a vote....

It's just risen again.

[minionofmidas]

The Examiner Senate Election Tracker

Total Votes Cast: 36
Last Voter: Al
Quota: 7

Count 1

DWTL	8	(DWTL, Smid, benconstine, Winfield, Inks, PiT, PBrunsel, Duke)
Bacon King	8	(Sensei, Bacon King, bullmoose, Verily, Ebowed, Jesus, Alcoun, Culture)
Lief	6	(AndrewCT, HappyWarrior, Eraserhead, Lief, Meeker, Max)
Al	6	(Franzl, GMantis, Sam Spade, Cosmo Kramer, Earl, Al)
SPC	4	(SPC, NC Yankee, Daniel Adams, Deadman)
Franzl	4	(Mr. Moderate, Conor Flynn, Hashemite, Earth)
Xahar	0
gporter	0
Sam Spade	0
benconstine	0

Notes
Sam Spade and benconstine are included by virtue of having written themselves in.
Candidates tied on 1^st preference votes are ordered by their total number of 2^nd preferences and so on. 
DWTL and Bacon elected. DWTL and Bacon have a surplus of 1 which shall now be re-distributed, beginning with DWTL.

Count 2 (Distribution of DWTL's surplus of 1)

DWTL	7	(-1)
Bacon King	8
Lief	6
Al	6
SPC	5	(+1) (DWTL, benconstine, Winfield, Inks, PiT, PBrunsel, Smid, Duke)
Franzl	4
Xahar	0
gporter	0
Sam Spade	0
benconstine	0

Count 3 (Distribution of Bacon King's surplus of 1)
no, just kidding. Can't change a thing.

Therefore, the persons who would currently be deemed elected are:
#1 DWTL
#2 Bacon King
#3 Lief
#4 Al
#5 SPC