Midwest Senatorial Runoff Canceled

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Why not hold a new election with new candidates?

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So can DanielX run?

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I can't really see anything wrong with allowing him to run again.  All this amounts to is just an excuse to not let somebody play in the game.

Agreed.  In fact, I'm begining to wonder if there isn't political motivation behind this action.  ILV has repeatedly said he's "scared of libertarians," and almost definitely is happy with populist liberal Lewis Trondheim representing him rather than Conservative/Libertarian DanielX.

Behind what action?

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What's the point of a run-off if one of the candidates left Atlasia?  Cancelling the run-off and holding a new election works fine.

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What's the point of a run-off if one of the candidates left Atlasia?  Cancelling the run-off and holding a new election works fine.

But he also said that DanielX's registration was invalid.  Plus, If a run off was planned, I think it should continue.  He could run it between DanielX and write-ins, and I don't remember him saying anything about a new election.  He was just going to leave Lewis in until the next election in Febuary, IIRC.

Write-ins are prohibited in run-off elections, so a run-off would be totally pointless.

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I didn't reply to those points because I have no comment- it's ILV's decision not to grant the registration rights to the rebels.  I'm not sure what I'd do in such a position myself, either.  I've been critical of Verin's handling of the election but I do not believe his decision to deny registration rights to the rebels is politically motivated against libertarians.

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CheeseWhiz, you could run for Senate in the run-off, win, and help pass some of the reform.  That would actually get things done.