Northeast Judiciary - Office of CJO Barnes

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The Northeast Judiciary
Office of the Chief Judicial Officer
New York City, New York

Welcome to the Northeast Judiciary!

This will serve as the official office of the Chief Judicial Officer and Election Administrator of the Northeast.  It is my goal to make this office a resource for citizens to connect to current judicial cases and all matters relating to Northeast elections.  

The following two posts in this thread will be reserved by me to create an interactive list linking to any ongoing litigation or elections, as well as to house any official judicial orders.

Thank you,
Barnes
Chief Judicial Officer

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Current Regional Litigation


Current Regional Elections


Upcoming Regional Elections

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Judicial Orders and Directives
No. 1 - July 13, 2014
No. 2 - July 15, 2014
No. 3 - July 19, 2014

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The reason for this directive is to provide a single, streamlined thread to present any litigation.  It is my opinion that case threads should be easily understandable and navigable; by having all case threads operated by the CJO, with all relevant case material posted at the beginning of the thread, this should be easily achieved.

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This thread should be on the regional board IMO

No political offices are maintained in government boards - for either regional or federal offices (with the exception of the White House, which maintains an identical thread here).  Also, the point of this thread is to be easily accessible for citizens.  This board is, by far, the most viewed board in Atlasia.

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This isn't a political office, this is a government office. Plus, your wrong about the other office's threads. Duke's White House thread on here was his campaign one.

Look, I don't really want to continue this argument any longer.  I will just say to look around to every other official office maintained on this board - such as the Governor of the Northeast, himself - and perhaps you'll understand my reasoning. The Regional Government Board is buried in a sub-forum and would not be the easiest place to display the important election information that this office is supposed to provide.

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As Chief Judicial Officer, I hereby declare that the total number of votes cast in the election for each candidates was as follows:

Dr. Cynic = 10
JoMCaR = 7

Seeing as Poirot neither declare in the appropriate thread that he would accept write-in votes, nor did he actually write his own name in on his ballot, all write-in votes cast for Poirot were not counted.

Therefore, Dr. Cynic has been duly elected to serve as a Representative in the Northeast Assembly.

The results of this election will be gazetted in the official office of the Northeast Judiciary.

x Barnes
Chief Judicial Officer
July 14, 2014

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I will be on LOA until Thursday, July 17.  Not that I expect there to be much litigation between now and then, but you never know...

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You can't have the Northeast Cabinet repeal amendment in this voting booth - that vote lasts a week. The special electionast 3 days.

Please read Article VII, Section 2 of the Northeast Constituton - regional constitutional amendments are voted on for three days.

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As Chief Judicial Officer, I hereby declare that the total number of votes cast in the referendum was as follows:

Ayes: 15

Therefore, the Constitutional Convention Clarification Amendment has been ratified by the Northeast Region.

The results of this referendum will be gazetted in the official office of the Northeast Judiciary and transmitted to the Vice President.

x Barnes
Chief Judicial Officer
July 20, 2014

[Barnes]

As Chief Judicial Officer, I hereby declare that the total number of votes cast in the election for each candidates was as follows:

JoMCaR = 13
NOTA = 1

Seeing as Poirot neither declared in the appropriate thread that he would accept write-in votes, nor did he actually write his own name in on his ballot, all write-in votes cast for Poirot were not counted.

Therefore, JoMCaR has been duly elected to serve as a Representative in the Northeast Assembly.

I hereby further declare that the total number of votes cast in the referendum was as follows:
Ayes = 5
Noes = 6

Therefore, the Northeast Cabinet Repeal Amendment is not approved.

The results of this election will be gazetted in the official office of the Northeast Judiciary.

x Barnes
Chief Judicial Officer
July 21, 2014

[Barnes]

A reminder that the special election to fill one seat in the Assembly is being held now and will close at 23:59:59 EST on July 27.

[Barnes]

As Chief Judicial Officer, I hereby declare that the total number of votes cast in the election for each candidates was as follows:

Matt from VT = 10
Poirot = 3

Therefore, Matt from VT has been duly elected to serve as a Representative in the Northeast Assembly.

The results of this election will be gazetted in the official office of the Northeast Judiciary.

x Barnes
Chief Judicial Officer
July 28, 2014

[Barnes]

It has come to my attention that there is some confusion regarding the certification of two federal amendments in February 2014. 

Therefore, I certify that the Plebiscite Clause Removal Amendment has been approved by the Northeast Region.

Furthermore, I certify that the On Third Thought, We Do Have Expectations Amendment has been approved by the Northeast Region.

x Barnes
August 1, 2014

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Thank you, for clearing that up and for everything, Barnes

Thank you! Just doing my job!

[Barnes]

I hereby give notice that a special election to fill the seat of Dr. Cynic, resigned, will be held next weekend.

EDIT: The timing of the election was incorrectly stated earlier; this has now been corrected.

[Barnes]

As Chief Judicial Officer, I hereby declare that SawxDem and Dallasfan65 have been duly elected to serve as Representatives in the Northeast Assembly.

The results of this election will be gazetted in the official office of the Northeast Judiciary.

x Barnes
Chief Judicial Officer
August 18, 2014

(Sorry about not showing the full vote totals, but time constraints have limited my time to do so.)

[Barnes]

Sawx was elected, not Matt

Whoops, sorry about that.

That's what I get for trying to do this between classes!

[Barnes]

I hereby declare that the Candidacy Withdrawal Amendment has been confirmed by the Northeast Region.

x Barnes
August 24, 2014

[Barnes]

As Chief Judicial Officer, I hereby declare that the total number of votes cast in the election for each candidates was as follows:

Candidates=8 Seats=5 Votes=21 Quota=3.5
Round 1 votes
SWE = 3
rpryor03 = 3
SawxDem = 3
MattFromVT = 3
Dallasfan65 = 4
BaconBacon96 = 2
NJ Christian = 1
Winfield = 1

Most votes currently held by a candidate = 4.
Number of candidates with the greatest number of votes = 1.
Dallasfan65 has exceeded the quota and is elected. If there are seats remaining to be filled, the surplus will now be reallocated.
Round 2 votes
SWE = 3
rpryor03 = 3
SawxDem = 3
MattFromVT = 3.375
Dallasfan65 = 0
BaconBacon96 = 2.125
NJ Christian = 1
Winfield = 1

Fewest votes won by a candidate = 1.
Number of candidates with the fewest votes = 2.
The tiebreaker loser is Winfield.
Winfield is eliminated.
Round 3 votes
SWE = 3
rpryor03 = 3
SawxDem = 3
MattFromVT = 3.375
Dallasfan65 = 0
BaconBacon96 = 2.125
NJ Christian = 1
Winfield = 0

Fewest votes won by a candidate = 1.
Number of candidates with the fewest votes = 1.
NJ Christian is eliminated.
Round 4 votes
SWE = 3
rpryor03 = 4
SawxDem = 3
MattFromVT = 3.375
Dallasfan65 = 0
BaconBacon96 = 2.125
NJ Christian = 0
Winfield = 0

Most votes currently held by a candidate = 4.
Number of candidates with the greatest number of votes = 1.
rpryor03 has exceeded the quota and is elected. If there are seats remaining to be filled, the surplus will now be reallocated.
Round 5 votes
SWE = 3.125
rpryor03 = 0
SawxDem = 3
MattFromVT = 3.625
Dallasfan65 = 0
BaconBacon96 = 2.125
NJ Christian = 0
Winfield = 0

Most votes currently held by a candidate = 3.625.
Number of candidates with the greatest number of votes = 1.
MattFromVT has exceeded the quota and is elected. If there are seats remaining to be filled, the surplus will now be reallocated.
Round 6 votes
SWE = 3.211206896551724
rpryor03 = 0
SawxDem = 3.0344827586206895
MattFromVT = 0
Dallasfan65 = 0
BaconBacon96 = 2.1293103448275863
NJ Christian = 0
Winfield = 0

Fewest votes won by a candidate = 2.1293103448275863.
Number of candidates with the fewest votes = 1.
BaconBacon96 is eliminated.
Round 7 votes
SWE = 3.3405172413793105
rpryor03 = 0
SawxDem = 3.0344827586206895
MattFromVT = 0
Dallasfan65 = 0
BaconBacon96 = 0
NJ Christian = 0
Winfield = 0

Therefore, Dallasfan65, rpryor03, MattFromVT, SomebodyWhoExists, and SawxDem, are duly elected to be Representatives in the Northeast Assembly.

Furthermore, the results for the referendums are as follows:

Referendum 1 - approved
Referendum 2 - approved

x Barnes
August 25, 2014

[Barnes]

As Chief Judicial Officer, I hereby declare that the total number of votes cast in the referendum was as follows:

Ayes: 10
Nays: 5

Therefore, the War Powers Amendment has been ratified by the Northeast Region.

The results of this referendum will be gazetted in the official office of the Northeast Judiciary and transmitted to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

x Barnes
Chief Judicial Officer
September 7, 2014

[Barnes]

The voting booth for the October general election has been posted.  This election does not being until 00:00 EST on Friday, October 24.  Any vote cast before that time will be invalid.

The voting booth will close at 23:59:59 EST on Sunday, October 26.

[Barnes]

The total number of votes cast for Governor are as follows:
SawxDem - 17
Barnes - 9
Winfield - 6
NOTA - 1

Therefore I declare that SawxDem is duly elected Governor.

x Barnes, Chief Judicial Officer
27 October 2014

Therefore, I declare that: Napoleon, rpryor03, SWE, ThomasFromNJ, and Barnes, are elected to the Northeast Assembly.

EDIT: Also, the Assembly calculation was extremely complex, as can be seen in the results posts.  If anyone notices an error in the tabulation, please inform me.