The Examiner: Election Tracker

[Meeker]

New Senate Balance of Power:

SDP: 3 (Al, Lewis, Lief)
RPP: 3 (DWTL, PiT, SPC)
DA: 1 (HappyWarrior)
JCP: 1 (Bacon King)
NLC: 1 (AndrewCT)

and Torie

[Јas]

The Examiner Senate Election Tracker

Total Votes Cast: 56
Last Voter: a person
Quota: 10

Count 1

Al	11	(Franzl, GMantis, Sam Spade, Cosmo Kramer, Earl, Al, Xahar, Peter, True Democrat, The Mikado, Speed of Sound)
DWTL	9	(DWTL, Smid, benconstine, Winfield, Inks, PiT, PBrunsel, Duke, Ronnie)
SPC	9	(SPC, NC Yankee, Daniel Adams, Deadman, Frihet, Rowan, BrandonH, ilikeverin, Masterjedi)
Lief	8	(AndrewCT, HappyWarrior, Eraserhead, Lief, Meeker, Max, Red, Marokai Blue)
Bacon King	8	(Sensei, Bacon King, bullmoose, Verily, Ebowed, Jesus, Alcoun, Culture)
Franzl	6	(Mr. Moderate, Conor Flynn, Hashemite, Earth, TCash, Jas)
Xahar	4	(Lewis, Opebo, Torie, a person)
gporter	1	(gporter)
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. 
Al is elected with a surplus of 1, which shall now be distributed.

Count 2 (Distribution of Al's surplus)

Al	10	(-1)
DWTL	9 1/11	(+1/11: Sam Spade)
SPC	9
Lief	8 4/11	(+4/11: GMantis, Cosmo Cramer, Earl, Al)
Bacon King	8 1/11	(+1/11: The Mikado)
Franzl	6 3/11	(+3/11: Xahar, Peter, Speed of Sound)
Xahar	4 1/11	(+1/11: Franzl)
gporter	1	(gporter)
Sam Spade	0
benconstine	0
Non-Transferable	1/11	(+1/11: True Democrat)

Notes
Each of Al's 11 votes has been distributed at a value of ¹/₁₁ each.
Nobody else has been elected., therefore eliminations begin.
benconstine and Sam Spade are eliminated on 0 votes changing nothing.
The next transfer is from the elimination of gporter.


Count 3 (Distribution of gporter's vote)

Al	10
DWTL	9 1/11
Bacon King	9 1/11	(+1: gporter)
SPC	9
Lief	8 4/11
Franzl	6 3/11
Xahar	4 1/11
gporter	0	(-1)

Notes
BK gains the vote. Nobody else is elected, therefore the eliminations continue with Xahar.


Count 4 (Distribution of Xahar's votes)

Al	10
Lief	10 4/11	(+2: opebo, a person)
Bacon King	10 2/11	(+1 1/11: 1 from Torie; 1/11 from Franzl)
DWTL	9 1/11
SPC	9
Franzl	7 3/11	(+1: Lewis)
Xahar	0	(-4 1/11)

Notes
Xahar's votes have been transfered as above.
Lief and Bacon King pass the quota and are deemed elected with a surplus of ⁴/₁₁ and ²/₁₁ respectively.
However, as the combined ⁶/₁₁ surplus would not be enough to affect things (as Franzl is behind by 1 and ⁸/₁₁ of a vote), the count is over.

Result
#1 Al
#2 Lief
#3 Bacon King
#4 DWTL
#5 SPC

[DownWithTheLeft]

New Senate Balance of Power:

SDP: 3 (Al, Lewis, Lief)
RPP: 3 (DWTL, PiT, SPC)
DA: 1 (HappyWarrior)
JCP: 1 (Bacon King)
NLC: 1 (AndrewCT)

and Torie

Very, very interesting.  Pro-regional has at least 5 votes this around, possibly more on most issues

[Keystone Phil]

So....Lief or Al. So appropriate. I was undecided between these two. Hmmm...the person that asked for my vote or the person who didn't...

[Јas]

The Examiner Senate Election Tracker

Total Votes Cast: 57
Last Voter: Phil
Quota: 10

Count 1

Al	12	(Franzl, GMantis, Sam Spade, Cosmo Kramer, Earl, Al, Xahar, Peter, True Democrat, The Mikado, Speed of Sound, Phil)
DWTL	9	(DWTL, Smid, benconstine, Winfield, Inks, PiT, PBrunsel, Duke, Ronnie)
SPC	9	(SPC, NC Yankee, Daniel Adams, Deadman, Frihet, Rowan, BrandonH, ilikeverin, Masterjedi)
Lief	8	(AndrewCT, HappyWarrior, Eraserhead, Lief, Meeker, Max, Red, Marokai Blue)
Bacon King	8	(Sensei, Bacon King, bullmoose, Verily, Ebowed, Jesus, Alcoun, Culture)
Franzl	6	(Mr. Moderate, Conor Flynn, Hashemite, Earth, TCash, Jas)
Xahar	4	(Lewis, Opebo, Torie, a person)
gporter	1	(gporter)
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. 
Al is elected with a surplus of 2, which shall now be distributed.

Count 2 (Distribution of Al's surplus)

Al	10	(-1)
DWTL	9 2/12	(+2/12: Sam Spade)
SPC	9
Lief	8 8/12	(+8/12: GMantis, Cosmo Cramer, Earl, Al)
Bacon King	8 2/12	(+2/12: The Mikado)
Franzl	6 6/12	(+6/12: Xahar, Peter, Speed of Sound)
Xahar	4 2/12	(+2/12: Franzl)
gporter	1
Sam Spade	0
benconstine	0
Non-Transferable	4/12	(+4/12: True Democrat, Phil)

Notes
Each of Al's 12 votes has been distributed at a value of ²/₁₂ each (i.e. ^surplus/_#voters)
Nobody else has been elected., therefore eliminations begin.
benconstine and Sam Spade are eliminated on 0 votes changing nothing.
The next transfer is from the elimination of gporter.


Count 3 (Distribution of gporter's vote)

Al	10
DWTL	9 2/12
Bacon King	9 2/12	(+1: gporter)
SPC	9
Lief	8 8/12
Franzl	6 6/12
Xahar	4 2/12
gporter	0	(-1)

Notes
BK gains the vote. Nobody else is elected, therefore the eliminations continue with Xahar.


Count 4 (Distribution of Xahar's votes)

Al	10
Lief	10 8/12	(+2: opebo, a person)
Bacon King	10 4/12	(+1 2/12: 1 from Torie; 2/12 from Franzl)
DWTL	9 2/12
SPC	9
Franzl	7 6/12	(+1: Lewis)
Xahar	0	(-4 2/12)

Notes
Xahar's votes have been transfered as above.
Lief and Bacon King pass the quota and are deemed elected with a surplus of ⁸/₁₂ and ⁴/₁₂ respectively.
Though the combined surplus of 1 vote would close the gap considerably, it is not enough to overturn Franzl's 1 ¹/₂ vote deficit. Therefore, the count is over.

Result
#1 Al
#2 Lief
#3 Bacon King
#4 DWTL
#5 SPC

[DownWithTheLeft]

I honestly did not think there was any way both myself and SPC could win

[Јas]

I honestly did not think there was any way both myself and SPC could win

The RPP has 22 voters.
9 votes wins a seat.

Anything less than 2 seats would have been a very poor performance by the RPP.

[Brandon H]

I honestly did not think there was any way both myself and SPC could win

The RPP has 22 voters.
9 votes wins a seat.

Anything less than 2 seats would have been a very poor performance by the RPP.

Of that 22, does that include King of the Bench Press and The Populist?

[Meeker]

Just for kicks:

Governors

DA: 1 (Rocky)
Htup,hweP: 1 (ilikeverin)
JCP: 1 (CultureKing)
NLC: 1 (Afleitch)
RPP: 1 (Duke)

Lt. Governors

JCP: 1 (Alcon)
RPP: 1 (Daniel Adams)
SDP: 1 (GMantis)
Vacant: 2


Such coherency!

[SPC]

I honestly did not think there was any way both myself and SPC could win

The RPP has 22 voters.
9 votes wins a seat.

Anything less than 2 seats would have been a very poor performance by the RPP.

Nobody knew beforehand that 9 votes would win a seat. Last election, it was 12 votes.

[Robespierre's Jaw]

OMG! CONOR'S FINALLY GOVERNOR OF THE NORTHEAST!! WOOT!!!!!111

Congratulations to all of the candidates that were elected this December . Never did I ever imagine that both DWTL and South Park Conservative would be serving in the hallowed halls of the Atlasian Senate. May Ford have mercy on us all.

[minionofmidas]

Well well. It could have been done, but the tactical votes would have had to have flown just right.
To simplify too much, there were two center, two right and two left candidates, the camps were approximately equal (though the center was smallest) and one group had to lose out.

[Јas]

I honestly did not think there was any way both myself and SPC could win

The RPP has 22 voters.
9 votes wins a seat.

Anything less than 2 seats would have been a very poor performance by the RPP.

Nobody knew beforehand that 9 votes would win a seat. Last election, it was 12 votes.

No, last time it was also 9 votes.

[Hash]

DWTL and South Park Conservative would be serving in the hallowed halls of the Atlasian Senate. May Ford have mercy on us all.

Damn.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I note that the region run by the RPP had less votes cast in it than any other region (things get even worse when you take out the people that only moved there to take it over) and had no contested regional elections. Clearly the meaning of "protection" has changed, unless it's "protection" in the sense of a protection racket.

[Franzl]

well...one thing I am pleased about....is that my not voting for myself didn't affect anything after all....that'd make things incredibly depressing

[minionofmidas]

well...one thing I am pleased about....is that my not voting for myself didn't affect anything after all....that'd make things incredibly depressing

Have you done the maths?

Because, as it turns out, you are correct.

The Examiner Senate Election Tracker

Total Votes Cast: 57
Last Voter: Phil
Quota: 10

Count 1

Al	11	(GMantis, Sam Spade, Cosmo Kramer, Earl, Al, Xahar, Peter, True Democrat, The Mikado, Speed of Sound, Phil)
DWTL	9	(DWTL, Smid, benconstine, Winfield, Inks, PiT, PBrunsel, Duke, Ronnie)
SPC	9	(SPC, NC Yankee, Daniel Adams, Deadman, Frihet, Rowan, BrandonH, ilikeverin, Masterjedi)
Lief	8	(AndrewCT, HappyWarrior, Eraserhead, Lief, Meeker, Max, Red, Marokai Blue)
Bacon King	8	(Sensei, Bacon King, bullmoose, Verily, Ebowed, Jesus, Alcoun, Culture)
Franzl	7	(Franzl, Mr. Moderate, Conor Flynn, Hashemite, Earth, TCash, Jas)
Xahar	4	(Lewis, Opebo, Torie, a person)
gporter	1	(gporter)
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. 
Al is elected with a surplus of 1, which shall now be distributed.

Count 2 (Distribution of Al's surplus)

Al	10	(-1)
DWTL	9 1/11	(+1/11: Sam Spade)
SPC	9
Lief	8 4/11	(+4/11: GMantis, Cosmo Cramer, Earl, Al)
Bacon King	8 1/11	(+1/11: The Mikado)
Franzl	7 3/11	(+3/11: Xahar, Peter, Speed of Sound)
Xahar	4
gporter	1
Sam Spade	0
benconstine	0
Non-Transferable	4/12	(+4/12: True Democrat, Phil)

Notes
Each of Al's 11 votes has been distributed at a value of ¹/₁₁ each (i.e. ^surplus/_#voters)
Nobody else has been elected., therefore eliminations begin.
benconstine and Sam Spade are eliminated on 0 votes changing nothing.
The next transfer is from the elimination of gporter.


Count 3 (Distribution of gporter's vote)

Al	10
DWTL	9 1/11
Bacon King	9 1/11	(+1: gporter)
SPC	9
Lief	8 4/11
Franzl	7 3/11
Xahar	4
gporter	0	(-1)

Notes
BK gains the vote. Nobody else is elected, therefore the eliminations continue with Xahar.


Count 4 (Distribution of Xahar's votes)

Al	10
Lief	10 4/11	(+2: opebo, a person)
Bacon King	10 1/11	(+1 from Torie)
DWTL	9 1/11
SPC	9
Franzl	8 3/11	(+1: Lewis)
Xahar	0	(-4 2/12)

Notes
Xahar's votes have been transfered as above.
Lief and Bacon King pass the quota and are deemed elected with a surplus of ⁴/₁₁ and ¹/₁₁ respectively.
Though the combined surplus of ⁵/₁₁ vote would close the gap considerably, it is not enough to overturn Franzl's ⁸/₁₁ vote deficit. Therefore, the count is over.

Result
#1 Al
#2 Lief
#3 Bacon King
#4 DWTL
#5 SPC

[Associate Justice PiT]

I honestly did not think there was any way both myself and SPC could win

The RPP has 22 voters.
9 votes wins a seat.

Anything less than 2 seats would have been a very poor performance by the RPP.

Of that 22, does that include King of the Bench Press and The Populist?

     Them as well as Dabeav.

[Јas]

Following our involvement in the recent debate, The Examiner returns briefly to keep an eye on developments in this weekend's Senate elections...

Following the opening of the voting booth by SoFA EarlAW earlier today, we've seen a reasonable turnout so far. First up, the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Al...

National Seat
Count 1

Franzl	10	(Verily, Franzl, Gustaf, Hashemite, Democratic Hawk, True Democrat, bullmoose, Meeker, Earth, jamespol, BRTD)
BrandonH	2	(DWTL, PiT)
ilikeverin	1	(ilikeverin)
bullmoose*	1	(Ebowed)
Al*	1	(Lewis Trondheim)
Marokai Blue	0

*This candidate has not yet accepted write-ins.


In the Midwest, the run-off vote is underway following the tie between Masterjedi and GMantis in the mid-term election. So far, the early votes have gone as follows:

Midwest Seat
Count 1

GMantis	3	(ilikeverin, Lewis Trondheim, BRTD)
Masterjedi	1	(Speed of Sound, Gustaf)

More to follow over the weekend...

[Јas]

Just to note that I've provisionally excluded the votes of Speed of Sound and Verily from the above count on the basis that they appear to have been cast prior to the official opening time of the voting booth.

[Verily]

Just to note that I've provisionally excluded the votes of Speed of Sound and Verily from the above count on the basis that they appear to have been cast prior to the official opening time of the voting booth.

With the assumption that a pre-vote doesn't count as a vote at all, I've deleted my vote and reposted it.

[Јas]

Just to note that I've provisionally excluded the votes of Speed of Sound and Verily from the above count on the basis that they appear to have been cast prior to the official opening time of the voting booth.

With the assumption that a pre-vote doesn't count as a vote at all, I've deleted my vote and reposted it.

I'd be of the same view.

[Јas]

Might as well take a look at the Constitutional Convention delegate voting as well...

Northeast
Delegates: 5
Voting Ends: 8 March
Voting System: STV

Count 1

Verily	2	(Verily, bullmoose)
Smid	1	(Smid)
AndrewCT	1	(AndrewCT)

Mideast
Selected: afleitch, Hashemite, South Park Conservative, Franzl

(Though it's unclear just how Inks tallied the votes.)


Midwest
Delegates: 3
Voting Ends: 11 March
Voting System: STV

Count 1

ilikeverin	1	(ilikeverin, PBrunsel, Gustaf, Speed of Sound)
dead0man	1	(MasterJedi, dead0man)
Lewis	1	(Lewis)

Pacific
Delegates: 5
Voting Ends: ?
Voting System: Approval

bgwah	9	(bgwah, Marokai Blue, CultureKing, realisticidealist, Lunar, Alcon, coffeebeans, MaxQue, Meeker)
Meeker	9	(bgwah, Marokai Blue, CultureKing, realisticidealist, Lunar, Alcon, coffeebeans, MaxQue, Meeker)
Marokai Blue	8	(bgwah, Marokai Blue, CultureKing, realisticidealist, Lunar, Alcon, MaxQue, Meeker)
Lunar	8	(bgwah, Marokai Blue, CultureKing, realisticidealist, Alcon, coffeebeans, MaxQue, Meeker)
MaxQue	6	(Marokai Blue, realisticidealist, Lunar, coffeebeans, MaxQue, Meeker)
CultureKing	4	(bgwah, CultureKing, Lunar, Alcon)
coffeebeans	1	(coffeebeans)

Southeast

The Party has selected DWTL, BrandonH and Daniel Adams.

[Јas]

Election Update
Last Voter: opebo

National Seat
Count 1

Franzl	14	(Franzl, Gustaf, Hashemite, Democratic Hawk, True Democrat, bullmoose, Meeker, Earth, jamespol, BRTD, Verily, Torie, Mr. Moderate, Tender Branson)
BrandonH	6	(DWTL, PiT, MasterJedi, Daniel Adams, AHDuke, dead0man)
Marokai Blue	3	(MaxQue, Marokai Blue, opebo)
ilikeverin	1	(ilikeverin)
bullmoose*	1	(Ebowed)
Al*	1	(Lewis Trondheim)

*This candidate has not yet accepted write-ins.


Midwest Seat
Count 1

Masterjedi	4	(Gustaf, MasterJedi, Speed of Sound, dead0man)
GMantis	3	(ilikeverin, Lewis Trondheim, BRTD)

[PBrunsel]

Wow did I goof. I only voted in the Midwest Senate election and posted my ballot. I assume this disqualifies me from voting in the other special election?