This election is held in accordance with Article V of the Constitution and with the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act. This booth will open at 12:00 P.M. EDT, July 10th, and closes at 12:00 P.M. EDT, July 13th.
You may either vote in the General Election Voting Booth or in the Absentee Voting Booth. Voting in both will render both of your votes invalid.
DO NOT EDIT OR DELETE THE POST CONTAINING YOUR BALLOT IN ANY WAY AFTER 20 MINUTES OF ITS BEING POSTED OR YOUR VOTE WILL BE INVALIDATED.
The act of campaigning within the election booth is strictly forbidden and will render void any votes made by those who campaign. The act of campaigning is considered to include, but is not limited to, strong attempts to compel others either to vote or not to vote for one or multiple candidates, or other related activities that could reasonably be construed as a direct attempt to influence how future voters cast their ballots.
However, the Department of Forum Affairs will make every effort to be fair in consideration of the above matter and will give voters the benefit of the doubt. Explanations of one's vote or simple expressions of approval for a candidate will not be construed as acts of campaigning, unless they obviously violate the above criteria.
Place the numbers 1, 2, etc. in the space provided beside the candidates who you wish to vote for to designate your order of preference for these candidates. If any other mark or attempt to order the candidates is made, the Department of Forum Affairs will make every effort to deduce voter intent from the content of the ballot, but the warning must be issued that failure to follow the above instructions may result in the invalidation of your ballot in the event of an inability to discern voter intent. You are an eligible voter in general if you were registered to vote on or before June 30th, 2008, and if you made 15 posts in any location within the Atlas Forum in the 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the regular election. All properly registered Atlasian voters, who are citizens of the Southeast are eligible to cast a ballot in this special election.
In the event that you do not support any listed candidate or that you support one or many candidates that are not listed in addition to those that are, you may write in other candidates and include them in your list of preferences. Space is provided for one such write-in, but as many can be listed as you wish. In the event that you do not support any listed candidate, and do not wish to write in any candidate, you may place an X or a 1 beside "None of the above", and only beside "None of the above". In the event that an X or a 1 appears beside "None of the above" on a ballot, all other marks or numbers will be ignored. It is not permissible under current election law to vote for both "None of the above" and other candidates.
For your convenience, here is a map of the regions, to aid you in the question of which region you reside in:
Puerto Rico is in the Southeast.
for SenatorSoutheast[ ] GPorter (FP-TN)
[ ] DownWithTheLeft (AUB-AL)
[ ] BaconKing (NLC-GA)
[ ] Write-in: _______________________________________
[ ] None of the Above
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