OSR v. The Office of DoFE

[Battista Minola 1616]

Re: Count II and III

The position of the Department of Federal Elections is the same as that of the Census Bureau:

The Census Bureau has been operating under the belief that the UK ABCMA Amendment has not taken effect as it has not been signed by the President, and therefore has continued to count Atlasian citizens residing in the UK.

[Battista Minola 1616]

A separate point on my tabulation - I counted Cokeland Saxton's vote as invalid but applying the Ballot Chicanery Amendment (which was not law previously but was approved by referendum at the same time as the Senate election) his first ballot should be valid. I think common sense goes against retroactivity but I am interested to see if there are conflicting perspectives on this.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Additionally, I concur with Dwarven Dragon in that it would be unreasonable to consider Adam Griffin's and thumb21's votes invalid but Pink Panther's vote valid, since the latter never changed his registration from the United Kingdom.

[Battista Minola 1616]

That if the Court rules in favor of Petitioner on Count 1, grants requested relief items #1 and #4, and Defendant obeys and retabulates the results excluding TSA's vote and resultingly certifies Petitioner OSR as the 9th at-large winner and Poirot as not winning an at-large seat, then Petitioner will voluntarily dismiss count 2 and 3 and requested relief items 2 and 3. This will allow the Court to timely decide the election while avoiding a collateral issue.

The Defendant agrees with this deal. I think you are in the right on Count 1 - my mistake - and in the wrong on Count 2 and 3. That's all.