Sam Spade v. Secretary of Forum Affairs

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Just for the record, I will not be submitting a brief—I will let Inks (or his counsel) do that.

I will, of course, make myself available for any questions regarding my own actions as they pertain to the case.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

If it would please the court, I would like to submit the following set of "facts" related to this case acting in my capacity as Secretary of Forum Affairs.  (While the election was administered by Deputy SoFA Inks.LWC, I continued to maintain and update the active voter list.)

In the opinion of the SoFA, Sam Spade's deregistration was made effective immediately upon his posting of his request for deregistration.

SPADE v. DSoFA TIMELINE
June 13, 2008 @ 07:45:22 P.M.  Absentee Booth Opens.
June 15, 2008 @ 11:17:50 P.M.  Plaintiff De-registers.
June 19, 2008 @ 05:00:00 P.M.  General Election Begins.
June 22, 2008 @ 05:00:00 P.M.  General Election Concludes.
June 23, 2008 @ 02:00:18 P.M.  Plaintiff Re-registers.
June 23, 2008 @ 06:47:31 P.M.  Deputy SoFA Issues Initial (Preliminary?) Certification.
June 24, 2008 @ 06:26:59 P.M.  Deputy SoFA Issues Final Certification.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Am I correct in remembering that in real life, in the United States, it does not matter how old a candidate is when (s)he is elected to say the senate, or the presidency as long as (s)he met the requirement at the time (s)he assumed office?

This is correct, but I caution the Justice in relying on this aspect of the United States electoral proceedure to rule on an election here in Atlasia.

While the United States may not place residency requirements on candidates (and instead has such residency requirements on office holders), Atlasia certainly does have residency requirements for candidates enshrined in the constitution.