Office of Northeast CJO cinyc (June Northern Election Results Posted)

[cinyc]

Official Results - (Federal) Amendment to the Constitution

Total voters: 14
Invalid votes: None
Total Valid Voters: 14

With 12 voters voting Aye and 2 Nay, the (Federal) Amendement to the Constitution passes in the Northeast.

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[cinyc]

Just as a friendly reminder, the regularly scheduled Northeast Governor and Northeast Assembly elections will be held next weekend.  There currently are 6 declared Assembly candidates, so 5 seats will be up instead of 3.  There will also be 2 constitutional amendments on the ballot.

The deadline for getting on the Assembly ballot is Wednesday, October 21.

In other recent judicial news, the jury unanimously found SomebodyWhoExists not guilty of rebellion and terrorism in the case of Northeast v. SomebodyWhoExists

[cinyc]

Peeperkorn - here is your absentee ballot.  Obviously, it only includes candidates who have declared to this point.  Candidates may still declare or drop out until Wednesday, but I can't predict the future.  As of right now, there will be 5 Representatives in the next Assembly, but that could change, too.

Please vote by a response in this thread:

Absentee Ballot

This absentee ballot is for Governor, 5 Northeast Representatives and 2 Constitutional Amendments.

Votes for offices in this region are cast using PR-STV.  Voters who wish to preference more than one candidate should allocate a first preference for a candidate by marking a [1] in the space provided by that candidate's name, and proceeding to number as many preferences as they desire by marking a [2], [3], etc for as many candidates as they so desire.

A vote will be counted so long as the voter that casts it is eligible to vote in this election and casts a formal ballot. A vote is formal so long as it contains numbered preferences with no duplicate numbers. A ballot containing Roman Numerals is considered formal. A ballot in which candidates have been ranked a,b,c, etc is considered formal so long as no letter has been repeated, and so long as a single candidate has been ranked a, for as long as the letters are consecutive with no duplicate letters. A ballot is formal if the CJO can determine the intent of the voter without interviewing that voter.

Per past practice, write-in votes are only counted for a candidate if he or she publicly declares a willingness to receive write-in votes for the relevant office before the polls close in the Candidate Declaration Thread or writes in his or her own name on the ballot for the said office.

Official Absentee Ballot

Governor
[ ] Clyde1998 (Northeast National Party - MA)
[ ] Blair2015 (Labor - NY)
[ ] Write-in:___________________

Northeast Representative
Five people will be elected to the Assembly.
[ ] evergreen (Northeast National Party - NY)
[ ] ClarkKent (Federalist - CT)
[ ] Clyde1998 (Northeast National Party - MA)
[ ] BaconBacon96 (Federalist - CT)
[ ] RGN08 (Federalist - NY)
[ ] Enduro (Federalist - PA)
[ ] DemPGH (Labor - DE)

Northeast Cabinet Amendment

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[ ] Aye
[ ] Nay

Northeast Independence Amendment

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2. Article VIII shall be struck from the Northeast Constitution.

3. A new Article shall be appended to the Northeast Constitution, reading as follows:

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[ ] Aye
[ ] Nay

[cinyc]

RGN - here is your absentee ballot.  Obviously, it only includes candidates who have declared to this point.  Candidates may still declare or drop out until Wednesday, but I can't predict the future.  As of right now, there will be 5 Representatives in the next Assembly, but that could change, too.

Please vote by a response in this thread:

Absentee Ballot

This absentee ballot is for Governor, 5 Northeast Representatives and 2 Constitutional Amendments.

Votes for offices in this region are cast using PR-STV.  Voters who wish to preference more than one candidate should allocate a first preference for a candidate by marking a [1] in the space provided by that candidate's name, and proceeding to number as many preferences as they desire by marking a [2], [3], etc for as many candidates as they so desire.

A vote will be counted so long as the voter that casts it is eligible to vote in this election and casts a formal ballot. A vote is formal so long as it contains numbered preferences with no duplicate numbers. A ballot containing Roman Numerals is considered formal. A ballot in which candidates have been ranked a,b,c, etc is considered formal so long as no letter has been repeated, and so long as a single candidate has been ranked a, for as long as the letters are consecutive with no duplicate letters. A ballot is formal if the CJO can determine the intent of the voter without interviewing that voter.

Per past practice, write-in votes are only counted for a candidate if he or she publicly declares a willingness to receive write-in votes for the relevant office before the polls close in the Candidate Declaration Thread or writes in his or her own name on the ballot for the said office.

Official Absentee Ballot

Governor
[ ] Clyde1998 (Northeast National Party - MA)
[ ] Blair2015 (Labor - NY)
[ ] Write-in:___________________

Northeast Representative
Five people will be elected to the Assembly.
[ ] evergreen (Northeast National Party - NY)
[ ] ClarkKent (Federalist - CT)
[ ] Clyde1998 (Northeast National Party - MA)
[ ] BaconBacon96 (Federalist - CT)
[ ] RGN08 (Federalist - NY)
[ ] Enduro (Federalist - PA)
[ ] DemPGH (Labor - DE)
[ ] Write-in: ______________

Northeast Cabinet Amendment

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[ ] Aye
[ ] Nay

Northeast Independence Amendment

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2. Article VIII shall be struck from the Northeast Constitution.

3. A new Article shall be appended to the Northeast Constitution, reading as follows:

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[ ] Aye
[ ] Nay

[cinyc]

Here is this weekend's sample ballot.  If there are any changes before the deadline, I will amend it - but I doubt there will be.  Please let me know if there are any errors or omissions.

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[ ] Aye
[ ] Nay

Northeast Independence Amendment

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2. Article VIII shall be struck from the Northeast Constitution.

3. A new Article shall be appended to the Northeast Constitution, reading as follows:

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[ ] Aye
[ ] Nay
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[cinyc]

I've posted the voting booth for the Northeast's October Elections.  It is available here.  The thread is currently locked, as the voting booth doesn't open until 1:00AM Eastern Daylight Time.  I will unlock it shortly.

In order to vote in this election, you must be a registered voter in the Northeast that satisfies the 7-day residency and activity (i.e. at least 10 posts within the past 56 days) requirements.  I will work with the Secretary of Elections to determine eligibility if it is questioned, as federal election law generally governs.

[cinyc]

Official Results - Northeast October General Election

Total voters: 26
Invalid votes:
-ClarkKent (Edited Vote after it was cast.  The Northeast does not have a 20-minute grace period for edits)
-Pessimistic Antineutrino (Inactivity)
-1184AZ (Non-Northeast Resdent)
-dkrolga (Inactivity)
Total Valid Voters: 22

Northeast Governor
Quota = integer[22/(1+1) + 1 = integer [11 + 1] = 12
Dallasfan65, Andrew Cuomo and ClarkKent did not write themselves in or declare in the official declaration thread and are invalid candidates.

First Count:
Blair2015 13 (Enduro, rpryor03, Winfield, GM3PRP, polnut, pikachu, cinyc, Blair2015, bore, DemPGH, Poirot, JoMCar, RGN08)
Clyde1998 8 (evergreen, H_Wallace, Clyde1998, oakvale, Alfred F. Jones, JBach717, Hashemite, Bacon King)
Exhausted 1 (Peeperkorn)

Blair 2015 exceeds quota and is elected Northeast Governor

Northeast Representative
Quota = integer[22/(5+1) + 1] = integer[3.6667 + 1] = 4

H_Wallace (Turkisblau) and Alfred F. Jones wrote themselves in and therefore are a valid candidates.  No other Northeasterner not on the ballot wrote themselves in or declared in the official delcaration thread.  Votes for all other Northeasterners will not be counted and preferences ignored.

First Preference Count:
evergreen 5 (evergreen, H_Wallace, Alfred F. Jones, Hashemite, Peeperkorn)
ClarkKent 3 (rpryor03, Poirot, JoMCar)
Clyde1998 3 (Clyde1998, oakvale, JBach717)
BaconBacon96 1 (Bacon King)
RGN08 3 (Winfield, cinyc, RGN08)
Enduro 1 (Enduro)
DemPGH 6 (GM3PRP, polnut, pikachu, Blair 2015, bore, DemPGH)
Turkisblau 0
Alfred F. Jones 0
Exhausted 0

Surplus transfered to:
Clyde1998 (pikachu, bore, DemPGH) 3 x .33333 = 1
BaconBaconBacon96 (polnut) 1 x .3333 = .3333
ClarkKent (Blair2015) 1 x .3333 = .3333
Exhausted (GM3PRP) 1 x .3333 - .3333

evergreen exceeds quota and is also elected Northeast Representative.  Surplus is allocated to second preferences.  Transfer value = (5 - 4)/5 =.2
Surplus transferred to:
Clyde1998 (evergreen, H_Wallace, Alfred F. Jones, Hashemite) 4 x  .2 = .8
ClarkKent (Peeperkorn) 1 x .2 = .2

Second Count:
evergreen 4 (elected)
ClarkKent 3.5333
Clyde1998 4.8
BaconBacon96 1.3333
RGN08 3
Enduro 1
DemPGH 4
Turkisblau 0
Alfred F. Jones 0
Exhausted .3333

Clyde1998 exceeds quota and is elected Northeast Representative.  Surplus is allocated to second preferences.  Transfer value = (4.8 -4)/4.8 = .1667.  Transfer value for DemPGH first preferences: .1667 x .3333 = .05556.  Transfer value for evergreen first preferences: .1667 x .2 = .0333
(3-2)/3 = .333.

Surplus transfered to:
Turkisblau (Clyde1998, oakvale, Hashemite (via evergreen)) .3667
ClarkKent (JBach717, pikachu (via DemPGH), DemPGH (via DemPGH)) .2778
RGN08 (bore (via DemPGH)) .0556
BaconBacon96 (evergreen (via evergreen), H_Wallace (via evergreen)) 0.6667
Alfred F. Jones(Alfred F. Jones (via evergreen)) 0.0333

Third Count:
evergreen 4 (elected)
ClarkKent 3.811
Clyde1998 4 (elected)
BaconBacon96 1.4
RGN08 3.0556
Enduro 1
DemPGH 4 (elected)
Turkisblau .3667
Alfred F. Jones .0333
Exhausted .3333

Nobody exceeds quota.  Lowest vote-getter, Alfred F. Jones eliminated.  The only vote for Alfred F. Jones (Alfred F. Jones) is exhausted.

Fourth Count:
evergreen 4 (elected)
ClarkKent 3.811
Clyde1998 4 (elected)
BaconBacon96 1.4
RGN08 3.0556
Enduro 1
DemPGH 4 (elected)
Turkisblau .3667
Exhausted .3667

Nobody exceeds quota.  Lowest vote-getter, Turkisblau, is eliminated.  All votes for Turkisblau (.3667) transfered to BaconBacon96.

Fifth Count:
evergreen 4 (elected)
ClarkKent 3.811
Clyde1998 4 (elected)
BaconBacon96 1.7667
RGN08 3.0556
Enduro 1
DemPGH 4 (elected)
Exhausted .3667

Nobody exceeds quota.  Lowest vote-getter, Enduro, is eliminated.  All votes for Enduro (1) transfered to ClarkKent.

Sixth Count:
evergreen 4 (elected)
ClarkKent 4.811
Clyde1998 4 (elected)
BaconBacon96 1.7667
RGN08 3.0556
DemPGH 4 (elected)
Exhausted .3667

ClarkKent exceeds quota and is elected.  Surplus is allocated to second preferences.  Transfer value = (4.811 -4)/4.8 = .1686.  Transfer value for indirect transfers is miniscule.  I will not detail whose votes go where, because it is too complicated.  But the ultimate transfers are .5713 to RGN08 and .2398 to Exhausted.

Seventh Count:
evergreen 4 (elected)
ClarkKent 4 (elected)
Clyde1998 4 (elected)
BaconBacon96 1.7667
RGN08 3.6269
DemPGH 4 (elected)
Exhausted .6064

Nobody exceeds quota.  BaconBacon96 eliminated.  RGN08 is deemed elected.

DemPGH, evergreen, Clyde1998, ClarkKent and RGN08 elected Northeast Representatives.

Northeast Cabinet Amendment passes 13-5.
Northeast Independence Amendment fails 8-12.

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[cinyc]

Mr. Chief Judicial Officer (is that your official title?), I have something that should be on the ballot for the next election:

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Thanks.  This will be on the ballot in November.  I'll check the constitution to give the specific dates.  It's probably the weekend before Thanksgiving.

[cinyc]

Amendment elections are to be held the second weekend of the month in November and December.  So the election will be held the weekend of November 13-15.

[cinyc]

Sample ballot for this weekend's election:

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[ ] Aye
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[cinyc]

I've posted the voting booth for the November Constitutional Amendment election.  It is available here.  It technically doesn't open until midnight, so please don't vote in the next few minutes, or your vote will be invalid.

[cinyc]

Official Results - Northeast November Amendment Election

Total voters: 13
Invalid votes:
-Pessimistic Antineutrino (Failed Activity Requirements)
Total Valid Voters: 12

Amending the Bill of Rights: 3 Aye, 8 Nay.
The amendment fails.

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[cinyc]

Sample ballot for this weekend's election.  As usual, please inform me of any errors or omissions in this thread:

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[cinyc]

I've posted the voting booth for the December election.  It is available here.  Please note that the voting booth is currently locked, as the election does not start until Midnight.  I will unlock the booth when the clock nears Midnight.  When I do, please do not vote before Midnight or your vote will be invalid.

I also will remind you that under current Northeast law, any edit made to your vote at ANY time will render it invalid.  So please preview your ballot to make sure it is correct before posting it.

The voting booth slightly differs from the sample ballot posted yesterday, as ClarkKent registered as an Independent today.  The change reflects his new party status.

[cinyc]

My unofficial election results have 19 votes cast but only 18 valid voters.  TexasDemocrat is a Southerner, not a Northeasterner, so his or her vote is invalid.  Thus, the quota is 4.  Only Clyde1998 exeeded that quota and got elected on the first ballot with 6 votes.  His surplus goes to Poirot (1), RGN08 (.333) and Exhausted (.667), putting nobody over the quota on the second ballot.  Poirot has the lowest number of votes after the second ballot and is eliminated, making dkrolga, Enduro, RGN08 and ClarkKent deemed elected.

But this result depends on the SoFE's certification of valid voters on the activity requirement - which is a federal determination that is applied to Northeast elections.  Only Dallasfan65 seems close to missing the activity requirement, but I think he barely squeaks by.  That will be up to Homelycooking to determine, though, and I can't certify the results until after he does his analysis. 

If Dallasfan65's vote is invalid, the quota would drop to 3, which would alter my analysis (but probably not the result).  Dallasfan65 didn't vote for anyone on the ballot, only writing in a "name" that doesn't exist.  But that still counts as a vote for quota purposes.

[cinyc]

Official Results - Northeast December 2015 General Election

Total voters: 19
Invalid votes:
-TexasDemocrat (Non-Northeast Resident)

Total Valid Voters: 18

Northeast Representative
Quota = integer[18/(5+1) + 1] = integer[3 + 1] = 4

No Northeasterner not on the ballot wrote themselves in or declared in the official delcaration thread.  Votes for all other persons or protests will not be counted and preferences ignored.

First Preference Count:
Enduro 3 (Enduro, JoMCar, Poirot)
ClarkKent 2 (ClarkKent, cinyc)
Clyde1998 6 (Alfred F. Jones, Clyde1998, DemPGH, SomebodyWhoExists, bore, oakvale)
dkrolga 4 (dkrolga, Winfield, pikachu, Blair2015)
RGN08 2 (RGN08, SNJ1985)
Poirot 0
Exhausted 1 (Dallasfan65)

Clyde1998 exceeds quota and is elected Northeast Representative.  Surplus is allocated to second preferences.  Transfer value = (6 - 4)/6 = .3333
Surplus transfered to:
Poirot (Alfred F. Jones, Clyde1998, bore) 3 x .33333 = 1
RGN08 (DemPGH) 1 x .3333 = .3333
Exhausted (SomebodyWhoExists, oakvale) 2 x .3333 = .6667

Second Count:
Enduro 3
ClarkKent 2
Clyde1998 4 (Elected)
dkrolga 4
RGN08 2.3333
Poirot 1
Exhausted 1.6667

Nobody exceeds quota.  Poirot eliminated.  dkrolga, Enduro, RGN08 and ClarkKent deemed elected.


Clyde1998, dkrolga, Enduro, RGN08 and ClarkKent elected Northeast Representatives.

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[cinyc]

A special election will be held next weekend (January 8-10) to fill the Assembly seat vacated by now Senator Kent.  Please declare by midnight Thursday.

[cinyc]

Preliminary Sample Ballot for this weekend's election. Please let me know if there are any errors or omissions:

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Note that technically, there may still be time to declare candidacy and get on the ballot until the voting booth opens - though I'm not sure.  That's what I said the last time we had a special election.

[cinyc]

I've posted the preliminary voting booth here.  It is currently locked and will be unlocked around midnight.  It technically is subject to change if someone declares in the next few minutes, but I doubt that will happen.

[cinyc]

The Competitive Elections Amendment passed the Assembly at the end of last year.  A ratification vote will be held the weekend of January 22-24.

We also may have an Assembly special election upcoming when/if Clyde1998 gets confirmed as Registrar General and resigns his Assembly seat.

[cinyc]

Official Results - Northeast January 2016 Assembly Special Election I

Total voters: 13
Invalid votes:
-None

Total Valid Voters: 13

Northeast Representative
Quota = integer[13/(1+1) + 1] = integer[6.5 + 1] = 7

No Northeasterner not on the ballot wrote themselves in or declared in the official delcaration thread.  Votes for all other persons or protests will not be counted and preferences ignored.

First Preference Count:
pikachu 10 (pikachu, Clyde1998, Winfield, dkrolga, cinyc, ClarkKent, Enduro, JoMCar, RGN08, Blair2015)
cxs018 2 (cxs018, Poirot)
Exhausted 1 (SNJ1985)

pikachu exceeds quota and is elected Northeast Representative.

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[cinyc]

There will be a number of special elections held during the next few weeks:

1) A special election to fill dkrolga's Assembly seat will be held this weekend, January 15-17.
2) A special election to fill Oakvale's regional senate seat will be held starting next Monday, January 18-20.
3) A Constitutional Amendment Ratification election will be held the following weekend,  January 22-24.

A special election to fill Clyde1998's Assembly seat will likely be held soon, too.  The date depends on when he is confirmed as Registrar General.  In the unlikely event he is confirmed today or tomorrow, the election will be held this weekend.  If he is confirmed before next Wednesday, the election will be held concurrent with the Constitutional Amendment Ratification election next weekend.  Otherwise, we may be holding 5 separate special elections this January or be holding another special election early February.

[cinyc]

Preliminary Sample Ballot for this weekend's Assembly special election. The ballot is subject to change, as the deadline to declare is immediately before the election.  Please let me know if there are any errors or omissions:

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[cinyc]

I've posted the voting booth for this weekend's Assembly special election.  It is here.  Note that it is currently locked, as voting doesn't open for another 15 minutes.  It will be unlocked before the top of the hour.

[cinyc]

Preliminary Sample Ballot for this Monday's Senate election. The ballot is subject to change, as the deadline to declare is immediately before the election.  Please let me know if there are any errors or omissions:

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Note that I will be traveling this weekend, and may not be available to open the voting booth on Monday.  If I am not, I've asked Governor Blair to open the booth in my absence.  Thus, it is possible that the voting booth is not promptly opened at midnight.  If it is not, the voting booth will be held open for 72 hours from when the booth is opened, under the quirky rules of the senator special election law.  There technically is no requirement that a Senate special election be opened at midnight, but there is one that the booth be open for 72 hours.