Lincoln August 2019 elections

[Peanut]

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OFFICIAL BALLOT

Region of Lincoln
August 2019 Regular Senatorial Election and Referendum

Instructions and important information

This election will last for exactly 72 hours beginning at 12:00 AM (Eastern Standard Time) [1:00 AM (Eastern Daylight Time)] on Friday, August 23 and ending at 12:00 AM [1:00 AM (Eastern Daylight Time)] on Monday, August 26. All votes cast outside of this period will be counted invalid.

Ballot instructions
1. Please vote for the candidate of your choosing on both races on the ballot. The election is carried out using single transferable vote and instant runoff voting, so you may rank the candidates as you please.

2. You are permitted, but not advised, to edit your ballot within 20 minutes of posting it in this thread. Editing your ballot more than 20 minutes after posting it in this voting booth will cause it to be counted invalid.

3. Please check over your ballot thoroughly before you click "Post". You have no excuse for casting a ballot which contains errors or does not accurately reflect your preferences. Failure to correct errors in your ballot may result in its disqualification.

4. It is a crime against the Republic of Atlasia to a) delete your ballot after the voting period is closed and before the results are certified or delete your ballot after the 20 minute edit period and revote and/or b) intimidate or attempt to place undue pressure on a voter to delete their ballot as outlined in part a or invalidate their ballot.

5. Please note multiple posts within the voting booth (with the exception of the original ballot post posted by the election administrator) are prohibited and will result in your ballot being invalid.  

Eligibility
You are eligible to vote in this election if you (a) have registered with the federal Census Bureau as a voter of one of the states of this region; (b) have not had your voting rights stripped as the result of deregistration or court order; (c) meet all other requirements set forth in Article V of the Constitution of Lincoln; (d) have been a registered voter of Lincoln for the past week and (e) have made 10 posts in the last 8 weeks (posts only count if made before the start of this election).

General election ballot

There are one election and one ballot question on this ballot.

Election one: for Lincoln's Class II Senate Seat- For a four-month term beginning on Friday,
September 6th (one to be elected).

[  ] Poirot of New York
Independent-Liberal
[  ] PyroTheFox of New York
Labor Left-Labor
[  ] Write-in: ___________


Question one - Shall the Taxation Adjustments Act be made law?
The text is viewable here.
MARK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING.
[  ] Yes
[  ] No
[  ] Abstain

[Peanut]

Senate:
[1] PyroTheFox
[2] Poirot

Taxation Adjustments Act:
[X] Yes

[Peanut]

Official certification of Electoral Results
August 23-25, 2019

The region of Lincoln of Atlasia, under its Governor Peanut of Illinois in lieu of the Minister of Regional Elections, having conducted free and fair elections for the soon-commencing Class II Senate term and for the ratification of the Taxation Adjustments Act between the twenty-third and twenty-fifth days of the month of August of the year 2019, and counted the votes therein cast, hereby certifies the following results:

In the Senatorial race, a total of 50 valid votes were cast. The distribution of such votes is as follows.

15 votes were cast for Mr. Poirot of New York.

35 were cast for Mr. PyroTheFox of New York.

PyroTheFox, having achieved a total of 70% of valid votes cast, is hereby elected Class II Atlasian Senator for Lincoln.


In the referendum, a total of valid votes were cast. Ishan was invalid. The distribution of such votes is as follows:

31 votes in favor were recorded.

8 votes against were recorded.

3 abstentions were recorded.

The bill is ratified by the people.

In witness whereof, I, Peanut, have hereunto set my hand to certify the above is a legitimate and accurate report of the votes cast, on this twenty-sixth of August of the year 2019 at twenty-two hours with twenty-two minutes.