Department of Federal Elections: Homelycooking, SoFE

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Why was mine invalid? I thought I followed all the rules...

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Why was mine invalid? I thought I followed all the rules...

You voted for the wrong candidate.

I vote for you as my #2 choice!

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I registered on the registration thread...I've been on the forum since 2009...I have plenty of posts...I didn't edit the vote once I cast it...

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The real reason is that you had to register as a voter at least seven days before the election.

Hey, you should run for Northeast Assembly!

Oh, must have missed that in the rules. Oh well. I was thinking about running next time around. Wanted to get used to what was going on in this board first.

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My advice is to throw yourself into it and just run at the first chance you get. There's no better or faster way to learn.

Hmm, next time it is then. The only reason I didn't "attempt" to vote for you is because you were running uncontested --and I wanted to have at least one rebel write in.

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I am afraid to say anything for fear I will come on tomorrow to find another Senator has resigned.

This special election is, bizarrely, the responsibility of Gov. Sirnick under the Northeast's Senate Vacancy Act

I thought it was weird too. Do you know how long the voting booth has to be open for?

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I am afraid to say anything for fear I will come on tomorrow to find another Senator has resigned.

This special election is, bizarrely, the responsibility of Gov. Sirnick under the Northeast's Senate Vacancy Act

I thought it was weird too. Do you know how long the voting booth has to be open for?

Nevermind. I found it.

https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Northeastern_Voting_Regulations

So, in theory, I could leave the voting booth open for a year.

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That law is repealed.

Ya'll need to update the Wikipedia to make it more obvious which laws are current.

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I'm off on vacation. I'll be back Saturday August 17.

Have all the fun!

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We need secret ballot elections. I hate how in every election people are trying to strategically alter votes in some way.

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We need secret ballot elections. I hate how in every election people are trying to strategically alter votes in some way.

How can that be accomplished, though?  If the ballots are completely secret, there's no way to ensure that they're being counted fairly and accurately.

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Secret ballot voting sounds great in theory, but there are far too many potential issues with such a practice in a game like Atlasia to make it a reality.

These elections are as open and fair as I think we can realistically get in this game, while still keeping it enjoyable.

I think we should at least discuss it. One idea I just had was two-step validation when you cast your vote. An example would be have people vote on a Google Poll then messaging the SOFE (and another indicated person) to validate your vote.

I'm sure there are other ideas on how to accomplish this as well.

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Adam's idea would work but like everyone has said, its incredibly trying and complicated.

A Google Poll would work like this.

SOFE sets up an election ballot on the poll. In the poll there is a line for "username"

After "username" votes, "username" sends a PM to the SOFE & another person saying "I voted."

Bada bing bada boom. Only people who complete both steps get counted.

Can also do this with a code from the SOFE, but that takes a lot more messaging.

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Looks good to me Homely.