Department of Federal Elections: Homelycooking, SoFE

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The regular election begins at 0:00 EDT, Friday, October 18, and ends at 0:00 EDT, Monday, October 21.

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Thank you to all who participated in the election. Official results will not be made available for several hours, but the presumptive winners are:

Duke/Matt from VT (President/VP)
Bore (NE Senate)
NCYankee (IDS Senate)
Spiral (ME Senate)
TNF (MW Senate)
Tyrion (Pac. Senate)

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Do you have any pretty preliminary charts already made?

I'll be releasing lots of graphics and statistics in the morning. Let the bureaucrat have his sleep!

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OFFICIAL RESULTS (part 1 of 2)

PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT

FIRST BALLOT

DUKE and MATT FROM VT 51 (tmthforu, Maxwell, Dereich, Goldwater, benconstine, Winfield, dead0man, opebo, Grumps, NHI, Mr. X, Smoltchanov, Vosem, Hagrid, Oakvale, Marokai, Franzl, TDAS04, J. Enderman, Miles, cinyc, Elections Guy, Ebowed, Badger, Frodo, Antineutrino, Rogue Beaver, Smid, Polnut, Inks, Rooney, Sanchez, Torie, Matt from VT, Oldiesfreak, PiT, J. Dibble, Lief, Thomas D, Keystone Phil, MasterJedi, Cris, Afleitch, Paul Kemp, Gustaf, NC Yankee, Cincinnatus, Duke, sbane, Talleyrand, Dave from MI)

DR CYNIC and ADAM GRIFFIN 23 (Dr Cynic, Tyrion, TNF, Snowguy, drj101, A. Belano, EarlAW, Bore, Hashemite, Velasco, Sir John Johns, Hawkeye, A. F. Jones, Snowstalker, Fuzzy, Badgate, Antonio V, Zanas, Gass, A. Griffin, Seatown, Bacon King, BRTD)

LUMINE and SUPERIQUE 16 (J. Tiver, Lumine, Siren, GAworth, Superique, a Person, OAM, Spamage, DC al Fine, Jerry AR, Politics Junkie, Earthling, Indy TX, Yeahsayyeah, Supersonic, TJ in Cleve)

DEMPGH and SIRNICK 15 (Sirnick, Fritz, Scott, Angus, Njall, Napoleon, DemPGH, Barfbag, Windjammer, Rejectamenta, Homely, Averroes, Clinton96, Malaspina, nclib)

DALLASFAN and JBRASE (write-in) 9 (Dallasfan, SPC, Jbrase, Cathcon, Spiral, sjoycefla, Small L, shua, bgwah)

JCL and PINGVIN (write-in) 5 (Pingvin, A. Kreitzer, JCL, Poirot, ZuWo)

XAHAR and ILIKEVERIN (write-in) 2 (Xahar, ilikeverin)

EXHAUSTED 1 (Lewis T.)

INVALID 1 (20RP12)

SECOND BALLOT

DUKE and MATT FROM VT 53 (tmthforu, Maxwell, Dereich, Goldwater, benconstine, Winfield, dead0man, opebo, Grumps, NHI, Mr. X, Smoltchanov, Vosem, Hagrid, Oakvale, Marokai, Franzl, TDAS04, J. Enderman, Miles, cinyc, Elections Guy, Ebowed, Badger, Frodo, Antineutrino, Rogue Beaver, Smid, Polnut, Inks, Rooney, Sanchez, Torie, Matt from VT, Oldiesfreak, PiT, J. Dibble, Lief, Thomas D, Keystone Phil, MasterJedi, Cris, Afleitch, Paul Kemp, Gustaf, NC Yankee, Cincinnatus, Duke, sbane, Talleyrand, Dave from MI, A. Kreitzer, ZuWo)

DR CYNIC and ADAM GRIFFIN 25 (Dr Cynic, Tyrion, TNF, Snowguy, drj101, A. Belano, EarlAW, Bore, Hashemite, Velasco, Sir John Johns, Hawkeye, A. F. Jones, Snowstalker, Fuzzy, Badgate, Antonio V, Zanas, Gass, A. Griffin, Seatown, Bacon King, BRTD, Xahar, ilikeverin)

LUMINE and SUPERIQUE 16 (J. Tiver, Lumine, Siren, GAworth, Superique, a Person, OAM, Spamage, DC al Fine, Jerry AR, Politics Junkie, Earthling, Indy TX, Yeahsayyeah, Supersonic, TJ in Cleve)

DEMPGH and SIRNICK 16 (Sirnick, Fritz, Scott, Angus, Njall, Napoleon, DemPGH, Barfbag, Windjammer, Rejectamenta, Homely, Averroes, Clinton96, Malaspina, nclib, Poirot)

DALLASFAN and JBRASE (write-in) 11 (Dallasfan, SPC, Jbrase, Cathcon, Spiral, sjoycefla, Small L, shua, bgwah, Pingvin, JCL)

EXHAUSTED 1 (Lewis T.)

INVALID 1 (20RP12)

THIRD BALLOT

DUKE and MATT FROM VT 57 (tmthforu, Maxwell, Dereich, Goldwater, benconstine, Winfield, dead0man, opebo, Grumps, NHI, Mr. X, Smoltchanov, Vosem, Hagrid, Oakvale, Marokai, Franzl, TDAS04, J. Enderman, Miles, cinyc, Elections Guy, Ebowed, Badger, Frodo, Antineutrino, Rogue Beaver, Smid, Polnut, Inks, Rooney, Sanchez, Torie, Matt from VT, Oldiesfreak, PiT, J. Dibble, Lief, Thomas D, Keystone Phil, MasterJedi, Cris, Afleitch, Paul Kemp, Gustaf, NC Yankee, Cincinnatus, Duke, sbane, Talleyrand, Dave from MI, A. Kreitzer, ZuWo, Pingvin, Spiral, Cathcon, SPC)

DR CYNIC and ADAM GRIFFIN 25 (Dr Cynic, Tyrion, TNF, Snowguy, drj101, A. Belano, EarlAW, Bore, Hashemite, Velasco, Sir John Johns, Hawkeye, A. F. Jones, Snowstalker, Fuzzy, Badgate, Antonio V, Zanas, Gass, A. Griffin, Seatown, Bacon King, BRTD, Xahar, ilikeverin)

LUMINE and SUPERIQUE 20 (J. Tiver, Lumine, Siren, GAworth, Superique, a Person, OAM, Spamage, DC al Fine, Jerry AR, Politics Junkie, Earthling, Indy TX, Yeahsayyeah, Supersonic, TJ in Cleve, JCL, Shua, Small L, Dallasfan)

DEMPGH and SIRNICK 18 (Sirnick, Fritz, Scott, Angus, Njall, Napoleon, DemPGH, Barfbag, Windjammer, Rejectamenta, Homely, Averroes, Clinton96, Malaspina, nclib, Poirot, bgwah, sjoycefla)

EXHAUSTED 2 (Lewis T., Jbrase)

INVALID 1 (20RP12)

FOURTH BALLOT

DUKE and MATT FROM VT 59 (tmthforu, Maxwell, Dereich, Goldwater, benconstine, Winfield, dead0man, opebo, Grumps, NHI, Mr. X, Smoltchanov, Vosem, Hagrid, Oakvale, Marokai, Franzl, TDAS04, J. Enderman, Miles, cinyc, Elections Guy, Ebowed, Badger, Frodo, Antineutrino, Rogue Beaver, Smid, Polnut, Inks, Rooney, Sanchez, Torie, Matt from VT, Oldiesfreak, PiT, J. Dibble, Lief, Thomas D, Keystone Phil, MasterJedi, Cris, Afleitch, Paul Kemp, Gustaf, NC Yankee, Cincinnatus, Duke, sbane, Talleyrand, Dave from MI, A. Kreitzer, ZuWo, Pingvin, Spiral, Cathcon, SPC, Fritz, Angus)

DR CYNIC and ADAM GRIFFIN 30 (Dr Cynic, Tyrion, TNF, Snowguy, drj101, A. Belano, EarlAW, Bore, Hashemite, Velasco, Sir John Johns, Hawkeye, A. F. Jones, Snowstalker, Fuzzy, Badgate, Antonio V, Zanas, Gass, A. Griffin, Seatown, Bacon King, BRTD, Xahar, ilikeverin, Sirnick, Njall, Windjammer, Rejectamenta, nclib)

LUMINE and SUPERIQUE 29 (J. Tiver, Lumine, Siren, GAworth, Superique, a Person, OAM, Spamage, DC al Fine, Jerry AR, Politics Junkie, Earthling, Indy TX, Yeahsayyeah, Supersonic, TJ in Cleve, JCL, Shua, Small L, Dallasfan, Scott, Napoleon, DemPGH, Averroes, Homely, Malaspina, Poirot, bgwah, sjoycefla)

EXHAUSTED 4 (Lewis T., Jbrase, Barfbag, Clinton96)

INVALID 1 (20RP12)

FIFTH BALLOT

DUKE and MATT FROM VT 79 (tmthforu, Maxwell, Dereich, Goldwater, benconstine, Winfield, dead0man, opebo, Grumps, NHI, Mr. X, Smoltchanov, Vosem, Hagrid, Oakvale, Marokai, Franzl, TDAS04, J. Enderman, Miles, cinyc, Elections Guy, Ebowed, Badger, Frodo, Antineutrino, Rogue Beaver, Smid, Polnut, Inks, Rooney, Sanchez, Torie, Matt from VT, Oldiesfreak, PiT, J. Dibble, Lief, Thomas D, Keystone Phil, MasterJedi, Cris, Afleitch, Paul Kemp, Gustaf, NC Yankee, Cincinnatus, Duke, sbane, Talleyrand, Dave from MI, A. Kreitzer, ZuWo, Pingvin, Spiral, Cathcon, SPC, Fritz, Angus, J. Tiver, Lumine, Siren, GAworth, Superique, a Person, Spamage, DC al Fine, Jerry AR, Indy TX, Supersonic, TJ in Cleve, JCL, Shua, Small L, Scott, DemPGH, Averroes, Homely, sjoycefla) ELECTED

DR CYNIC and ADAM GRIFFIN 37 (Dr Cynic, Tyrion, TNF, Snowguy, drj101, A. Belano, EarlAW, Bore, Hashemite, Velasco, Sir John Johns, Hawkeye, A. F. Jones, Snowstalker, Fuzzy, Badgate, Antonio V, Zanas, Gass, A. Griffin, Seatown, Bacon King, BRTD, Xahar, ilikeverin, Sirnick, Njall, Windjammer, Rejectamenta, nclib, OAM, Politics Junkie, Earthling, Yeahsayyeah, Napoleon, Malaspina, bgwah)

EXHAUSTED 6 (Lewis T., Jbrase, Barfbag, Clinton96, Dallasfan, Poirot)

INVALID 1 (20RP12)

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OFFICIAL RESULTS (part 2 of 2)

NORTHEAST SENATE

BORE 13 (Sirnick, Dr Cynic, a Person, EarlAW, Bore, Franzl, Polnut, Rejectamenta, A. F. Jones, Earthling, Lief, Yeahsayyeah, Keystone Phil) ELECTED

GOLDWATER 8 (Dallasfan, Goldwater, Grumps, NHI, cinyc, Pessimistic Antineutrino, Smid, Matt from VT)

POIROT 3 (Winfield, Poirot, homelycooking)

EXHAUSTED 1 (smoltchanov)

INVALID 1 (20RP12)


IDS SENATE

NCYANKEE 18 (Dereich, Jbrase, Pingvin, opebo, sjoycefla, Hagrid, Scott, Small L, J. Enderman, Sanchez, PiT, J. Dibble, Badgate, Indy TX, Supersonic, NC Yankee, Duke, Bacon King) ELECTED

NONE OF THE ABOVE 1 (A. Griffin)

EXHAUSTED 4 (Zanas, SPC, Hashemite, Velasco)


MIDEAST SENATE

SPIRAL 19 (Cathcon, Spiral, Vosem, Miles, Elections Guy, DC al Fine, Frodo, Jerry AR, A. Kreitzer, Rogue Beaver, Shua, Inks, Barfbag, Oldiesfreak, JCL, MasterJedi, TJ in Cleve, ZuWo, Dave from MI) ELECTED

TALLEYRAND 15 (Siren, Benconstine, Mr. X, OAM, TDAS04, Njall, Badger, Sir John Johns, Averroes, Clinton96, Afleitch, Malaspina, nclib, Gass, Talleyrand)


MIDWEST SENATE

TNF 12 (TNF, Snowguy, Fritz, A. Belano, Marokai, Windjammer, Hawkeye, Snowstalker, Thomas D, L. Trondheim, ilikeverin, BRTD) ELECTED

ROONEY 7 (tmthforu, Maxwell, dead0man, Angus, Rooney, Cris, Gustaf)

GAWORTH (write-in) 2 (GAworth, Lumine)


PACIFIC SENATE

FIRST BALLOT

TYRION 9 (J. Tiver, Tyrion, Oakvale, Fuzzy, Paul Kemp, Antonio V, Seatown, Cincinnatus, Xahar)

SUPERIQUE 8 (Superique, Spamage, Ebowed, Napoleon, DemPGH, Torie, sbane, bgwah)

DRJ101 (write-in) 1 (drj101)

EXHAUSTED 1 (Politics Junkie)

SECOND BALLOT

TYRION 10 (J. Tiver, Tyrion, Oakvale, Fuzzy, Paul Kemp, Antonio V, Seatown, Cincinnatus, Xahar, drj101) ELECTED

SUPERIQUE 8 (Superique, Spamage, Ebowed, Napoleon, DemPGH, Torie, sbane, bgwah)

EXHAUSTED 1 (Politics Junkie)


DUKE is elected President.
MATT FROM VT is elected Vice President.
BORE is elected Northeast Senator.
NCYANKEE is elected IDS Senator.
SPIRAL is elected Mideast Senator.
TNF is elected Midwest Senator.
TYRION is elected Pacific Senator.

There was a total turnout of 123 votes, with 1 ballot paper being rejected.

I, Homelycooking, Secretary of Federal Elections, declare the above results to be a complete and accurate summary of the votes cast.

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Recent deregistrations have lowered the number of signatures needed for an initiative to qualify for a referendum to 12. Having previously acquired 12 signatures, the "Torture Isn't Nice Initiative" is hereby scheduled for a November 22-24 federal referendum election.

EDIT: The "Honesty in Government Initiative" has acquired 12 signatures and is also scheduled for the November 22-24 federal referendum election.

EDIT: The "We Need More Initiatives Initiative" has acquired 12 signatures and is also scheduled for the November 22-24 federal referendum election.

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REPUBLIC OF ATLASIA - In Dave We Trust
Sample Ballot

This election is held in accordance with the 7th and 16th Amendments to the Constitution and with the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act.

DO NOT EDIT OR DELETE THE POST CONTAINING YOUR BALLOT IN ANY WAY AFTER 20 MINUTES OF ITS BEING POSTED OR YOUR VOTE WILL BE INVALIDATED

The act of campaigning within the election booth is strictly forbidden and will render void any votes made by those who campaign. The act of campaigning is considered to include, but is not limited to, strong attempts to compel others either to vote or not to vote for one or multiple candidates, or other related activities that could reasonably be construed as a direct attempt to influence how future voters cast their ballots. In other words, this is not a discussion thread. In short, the department will be taking a liberal interpretation of this, so Keep posts to votes only.

Vote "yes" or "no" on the following referendum question. If any other mark or attempt to order the candidates is made, the Department of Federal Elections will make every effort to deduce voter intent from the content of the ballot, but the warning must be issued that failure to follow the above instructions may result in the invalidation of your ballot in the event of an inability to discern voter intent.  You are an eligible voter in general if you were registered to vote on or before the proper date, and if you made 10 posts in any location within the Atlas Forum in the 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the regular election. In other words, if your name appears on the Census list, you can presume you are eligible.  

Note that voting begins at midnight and ends in exactly 72 hours.

QUESTION no. 1

Shall the following initiative be adopted as law?

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[  ] Yes

[  ] No

QUESTION no. 2

Shall the following initiative be adopted as law?

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[  ] Yes

[  ] No

QUESTION no. 3

Shall the following initiative be adopted as law?

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[  ] Yes

[  ] No

QUESTION no. 4

Shall the following initiative be adopted as law?

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[  ] Yes

[  ] No

QUESTION no. 5

Shall the following initiative be adopted as law?

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[  ] Yes

[  ] No

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Here is my count from the referendum:



Preliminary results indicate that all five initiatives have failed to attain 60% of the national popular vote.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS

REFERENDUM QUESTION No. 1

YES 30 (J. Tiver, Sirnick, Frodo, Scott, Fritz, GAworth, Tyrion, Franzl, A. F. Jones, TNF, Hawkeye, A. Belano, Oldies, Politics Junkie, Mr. X, bore, Njall, Marokai, Windjammer, Earthling, Rejectamenta, Talleyrand, Badger, Winfield, BrewerPaul, Pingvin, Antonio V, Polnut, Duke, JerryAR)

NO 32 (OAM, Maxwell, Spiral, Siren, tmthforu, Goldwater, Napoleon, Inks, sbane, PiT, Hagrid, ZuWo, J. Enderman, Supersonic, Dereich, Homely, ilikeverin, DemPGH, Small L, shua, hifly15, Deus naturae, Cris, Oakvale, NCYankee, DC al Fine, TJ in Cleve, cinyc, Averroes Nix, EarlAW, Rooney, Matt from VT)

INVALID 1 (kashifsakhan)

REFERENDUM QUESTION No. 2

YES 32 (J. Tiver, Sirnick, Frodo, Scott, Fritz, GAworth, Tyrion, Franzl, A. F. Jones, TNF, Hawkeye, A. Belano, Politics Junkie, bore, Njall, Marokai, Windjammer, Earthling, Rejectamenta, Talleyrand, Badger, Winfield, BrewerPaul, Pingvin, Antonio V, Polnut, Duke, JerryAR, Goldwater, lol-hats, DemPGH, Small L)

NO 31 (OAM, Maxwell, Spiral, Siren, tmthforu, Napoleon, Inks, sbane, PiT, Hagrid, ZuWo, J. Enderman, Supersonic, Dereich, Homely, ilikeverin, shua, hifly15, Deus naturae, Cris, Oakvale, NCYankee, DC al Fine, TJ in Cleve, cinyc, Averroes Nix, EarlAW, Rooney, Matt from VT, Oldies, Mr X)

INVALID 1 (kashifsakhan)

REFERENDUM QUESTION No. 3

YES 30 (J. Tiver, OAM, Maxwell, Spiral, Frodo, Siren, tmthforu, Goldwater, sbane, Scott, lol-hats, Tyrion, J. Enderman, A. F. Jones, TNF, A. Belano, ilikeverin, Politics Junkie, shua, hifly15, Cris, Marokai, Windjammer, Rejectamenta, Badger, BrewerPaul, Pingvin, Antonio V, JerryAR, Matt from VT)

NO 33 (Sirnick, Napoleon, Inks, PiT, Fritz, GAworth, Hagrid, ZuWo, Franzl, Supersonic, Hawkeye, Oldies, Dereich, Homely, DemPGH, Small L, Mr. X, bore, Deus naturae, Njall, Oakvale, NCYankee, DC al Fine, Earthling, Talleyrand, TJ in Cleve, cinyc, Winfield, Averroes Nix, EarlAW, Polnut, Duke, Rooney)

INVALID 1 (kashifsakhan)

REFERENDUM QUESTION No. 4

YES 26 (J. Tiver, Sirnick, OAM, Maxwell, Spiral, Frodo, Siren, tmthforu, Goldwater, lol-hats, Franzl, TNF, A. Belano, Oldies, DemPGH, Cris, Njall, Marokai, Windjammer, Earthling, Rejectamenta, Talleyrand, Winfield, BrewerPaul, Antonio V, EarlAW)

NO 36 (Napoleon, Inks, sbane, PiT, Scott, Fritz, GAworth, Tyrion, Hagrid, ZuWo, A. F. Jones, Supersonic, Hawkeye, Dereich, Homely, ilikeverin, Politics Junkie, Small L, Mr. X, shua, bore, hifly15, Deus naturae, Oakvale, NCYankee, DC al Fine, TJ in Cleve, Badger, cinyc, Averroes Nix, Pingvin, Polnut, Duke, JerryAR, Rooney, Matt from VT)

ABSTAIN 1 (J. Enderman)

INVALID 1 (kashifsakhan)

REFERENDUM QUESTION No. 5

YES 37 (J. Tiver, OAM, Maxwell, Spiral, Siren, Goldwater, sbane, Scott, lol-hats, GAworth, Tyrion, ZuWo, Franzl, J. Enderman, A. F. Jones, TNF, Hawkeye, A. Belano, Oldies, ilikeverin, Politics Junkie, Small L, Mr. X, bore, hifly15, Deus naturae, Cris, Njall, Marokai, Windjammer, Rejectamenta, TJ in Cleve, BrewerPaul, Pingvin, Antonio V, EarlAW, Matt from VT)

NO 25 (Sirnick, Frodo, tmthforu, Napoleon, Inks, PiT, Fritz, Hagrid, Supersonic, Dereich, Homely, DemPGH, shua, Oakvale, NCYankee, DC al Fine, Earthling, Talleyrand, cinyc, Winfield,
Averroes Nix, Polnut, Duke, JerryAR, Rooney)

INVALID 1 (kashifsakhan)


The "Can We Speed This Up Initiative" has failed to receive the support of a 60% majority of those voting and is thereby not adopted as law.

The "If We Can't Speed This Up Initiative" has failed to receive the support of a 60% majority of those voting and is thereby not adopted as law.

The "Honesty in Government Initiative" has failed to receive the support of a 60% majority of those voting and is thereby not adopted as law.

The "Torture Isn't Nice Initiative" has failed to receive the support of a 60% majority of those voting and is thereby not adopted as law.

The "We Need More Initiatives Initiative" has failed to receive the support of a 60% majority of those voting and is thereby not adopted as law.

There was a total turnout of 64 votes, with 1 ballot paper being rejected.

I, Homelycooking, Secretary of Federal Elections, declare the above results to be a complete and accurate summary of the votes cast.

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The December At-Large Senate election will be held on Friday, December 13, Saturday, December 14 and Sunday, December 15.

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So far, these are the candidates who have declared for the Senate election this Friday:

Talleyrand (Labor)
Sibboleth (Cultural Marxist)
Shua (Democratic-Republican)
Mr X (Labor)
Goldwater (Federalist)
tmthforu (Federalist)
Flo (Progressive)

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REPUBLIC OF ATLASIA - In Dave We Trust
Sample Ballot

This election is held in accordance with Article V of the Constitution and with the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act. The regular election begins at 0:00 EDT, Friday, December 13, and ends at 0:00 EDT, Monday, December 16.

DO NOT EDIT OR DELETE THE POST CONTAINING YOUR BALLOT IN ANY WAY AFTER 20 MINUTES OF ITS BEING POSTED OR YOUR VOTE WILL BE INVALIDATED

The act of campaigning within the election booth is strictly forbidden and will render void any votes made by those who campaign. The act of campaigning is considered to include, but is not limited to, strong attempts to compel others either to vote or not to vote for one or multiple candidates, or other related activities that could reasonably be construed as a direct attempt to influence how future voters cast their ballots. In other words, this is not a discussion thread. In short, the department will be taking a liberal interpreation of this, so Keep posts to votes only.

Place the numbers 1, 2, etc. in the space provided beside the candidates who you wish to vote for to designate your order of preference for these candidates.  If any other mark or attempt to order the candidates is made, the Department of Forum Affairs will make every effort to deduce voter intent from the content of the ballot, but the warning must be issued that failure to follow the above instructions may result in the invalidation of your ballot in the event of an inability to discern voter intent.  You are an eligible voter in general if you were registered to vote on or before the proper date, and if you made 10 posts in any location within the Atlas Forum in the 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the regular election. In other words, if your name appears on the Census list, you can presume you are eligible.  

In the event that you do not support any listed candidate or that you support one or many candidates that are not listed in addition to those that are, you may write in other candidates and include them in your list of preferences.  Space is provided for one such write-in, but as many can be listed as you wish.  In the event that you do not support any listed candidate, and do not wish to write in any candidate, you may place an X or a 1 beside "None of the above", and only beside "None of the above".  In the event that an X or a 1 appears beside "None of the above" on a ballot, all other marks or numbers will be ignored.  It is not permissible under current election law to vote for both "None of the above" and other candidates.

Note that voting begins at midnight and ends in exactly 72 hours.

Names of candidates follow in alphabetical order.

AT-LARGE SENATE (5 elected)

[  ] Flo (Jacob Tiver) of Alaska
^{Progressive Union}

[  ] Goldwater of Delaware
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] Mr. X of Ohio
^{Labor Party}

[  ] Shua of Virginia
^{Democratic-Republican Party}

[  ] Sibboleth (realpolitik) of West Virginia
^{Cultural Marxist Party}

[  ] Talleyrand of Maine
^{Labor Party}

[  ] tmthforu94 of Kansas
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] Write-in:______________________________
^{-__________________}

[  ] None of the above

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OFFICIAL RESULTS

AT-LARGE SENATE (quota = 20)

FIRST BALLOT

TMTHFORU 20 ELECTED (JerryAR, dead0man, Smid, MilesC56, Spamage, Thomas D, DC al Fine, Oldiesfreak, benconstine, Angus, Grant, TJ in Cleve, Inks, Torie, JCL, opebo, Rooney, NRock152, Clinton96, tmthforu)

TALLEYRAND 19 (Sir John Johns, Arturo Belano, Zanas, Hawkeye, Oakvale, homelycooking, Polnut, Earthling, A.F. Jones, sjoycefla, Adam OABB, Averroes, TNF, Bore, Sirnick, Malaspina, Peter, nclib, Ogre Mage)

SHUA 17 (Spiral, Napoleon, Dallasfan, Small L, smoltchanov, Grumps, hifly15, Sanchez, Deus naturae, Peeperkorn, Jbrase, Mechaman, Shua, SPC, Keystone Phil, Poirot, Cincinnatus)

GOLDWATER 17 (Maxwell, Hagrid, Goldwater, A. Kreitzer, Elections Guy, Pess. Anti., Cathcon, PiT, Cassius, NHI, Cris, ZuWo, Dereich, Winfield, cinyc, sbane, NCYankee)

MR. X 16 (Windjammer, Snowstalker, Nathan, Badgate, Brewer, OAM, Vosem, Fritz, Badger, Mr X, Njall, Matt from VT, Tyrion, Gass, bgwah, Talleyrand)

SIBBOLETH 16 (EarlAW, Velasco, Franzl, Antonio V, Sibboleth, Bacon King, Marokai Blue, L. Trondheim, MaxQue, Ebowed, Hashemite, Xahar, Tweed, Seatown, Paul Kemp, Lief)

JACOB TIVER 13 (J. Tiver, Scott, Lumine, Politics Junkie, GAworth, J. Enderman, Superique
TDAS04, DemPGH, Sol, Siren, IndTX, Hats)

SECOND BALLOT - elimination of Jacob Tiver

TMTHFORU 20 ELECTED

TALLEYRAND 22 ELECTED (Sir John Johns, Arturo Belano, Zanas, Hawkeye, Oakvale, homelycooking, Polnut, Earthling, A.F. Jones, sjoycefla, Adam OABB, Averroes, TNF, Bore, Sirnick, Malaspina, Peter, nclib, Ogre Mage, J. Tiver, Lumine, TDAS04)

SHUA 21 ELECTED (Spiral, Napoleon, Dallasfan, Small L, smoltchanov, Grumps, hifly15, Sanchez, Deus naturae, Peeperkorn, Jbrase, Mechaman, Shua, SPC, Keystone Phil, Poirot, Cincinnatus, Politics Junkie, Superique, Siren, IndTX)

MR. X 20 ELECTED (Windjammer, Snowstalker, Nathan, Badgate, Brewer, OAM, Vosem, Fritz, Badger, Mr X, Njall, Matt from VT, Tyrion, Gass, bgwah, Talleyrand, Sol, GAworth, DemPGH, Scott)

GOLDWATER 18 (Maxwell, Hagrid, Goldwater, A. Kreitzer, Elections Guy, Pess. Anti., Cathcon, PiT, Cassius, NHI, Cris, ZuWo, Dereich, Winfield, cinyc, sbane, NCYankee, J. Enderman)

SIBBOLETH 16 (EarlAW, Velasco, Franzl, Antonio V, Sibboleth, Bacon King, Marokai Blue, L. Trondheim, MaxQue, Ebowed, Hashemite, Xahar, Tweed, Seatown, Paul Kemp, Lief)

EXHAUSTED 1 (Hats)

THIRD BALLOT - transfer of Talleyrand's and Shua's surpluses

TMTHFORU 20 ELECTED

TALLEYRAND 20 ELECTED

SHUA 20 ELECTED

MR. X 20 ELECTED

GOLDWATER 19.63 ELECTED (Maxwell, Hagrid, Goldwater, A. Kreitzer, Elections Guy, Pess. Anti., Cathcon, PiT, Cassius, NHI, Cris, ZuWo, Dereich, Winfield, cinyc, sbane, NCYankee, J. Enderman, Sir John Johns, Lumine, J. Tiver, Oakvale, Homelycooking, Polnut, Averroes, Sjoyce, Sirnick, Spiral, Napoleon, Dallasfan, Small L, smoltchanov, Grumps, hifly15, Sanchez, Deus naturae, Peeperkorn, Jbrase, Shua, Poirot, Cincinnatus, Politics Junkie, Superique, IndTX)

SIBBOLETH 16.96 (EarlAW, Velasco, Franzl, Antonio V, Sibboleth, Bacon King, Marokai Blue, L. Trondheim, MaxQue, Ebowed, Hashemite, Xahar, Tweed, Seatown, Paul Kemp, Lief, Arturo Belano, Zanas, Hawkeye, Earthling, A.F. Jones, Adam OABB, TNF, nclib, Bore, Peter, Mechaman)

EXHAUSTED 1.41 (Hats, Malaspina, TDAS04, Ogre Mage, Siren, SPC, Keystone Phil)


TALLEYRAND is duly elected At-large Senator.
MR. X is duly elected At-large Senator.
SHUA is duly elected At-large Senator.
TMTHFORU94 is duly elected At-large Senator.
GOLDWATER is duly elected At-large Senator.

There was a total turnout of 118 votes, with 0 ballot papers being rejected.

I, Homelycooking, Secretary of Federal Elections, declare the above results to be a complete and accurate summary of the votes cast.

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Are you just telling me that because you're obligated to, Yankee? Thanks for keeping me informed, but surely you're aware that there won't be a special election held to fill that vacancy.

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Fair enough. Better to have too much information in my post than not enough, I think.

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The special election to fill tmth's seat is scheduled for Friday Feb 28 - Sunday Mar 02.

Here are the candidates who will be on the ballot tomorrow:

PRESIDENT/VICE PRESIDENT

Duke/Matt from VT (Federalist)
TNF/Gass (Labor)
Spiral/Dallasfan (Democratic-Republican)

NORTHEAST SENATE

Bore (Labor)
Poirot (Independent)

IDS SENATE

NCYankee (Federalist)

MIDEAST SENATE

DC al Fine (Federalist)
Snowstalker (Labor)

MIDWEST SENATE

Lumine von Reuental (Progressive Union)
TNF (Labor)

PACIFIC SENATE

Tyrion (Labor)

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The filing deadline will be 24 hours before the commencement of the special election.

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The presumptive, unofficial winners are:

President/VP: Duke and Matt from VT
Northeast Senate: Bore
IDS Senate: NCYankee
Mideast Senate: DC al Fine
Pacific Senate: Tyrion the Imperialist

I will likely certify the Midwest Senate race to have ended in a tie. The mischief perpetrated by certain Midwest citizens within the voting booth has been nothing short of disgraceful, and those parties involved should feel some shame for what they have done.

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Lumine, please consult the above.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS (part 1 of 2)

PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT

FIRST BALLOT

DUKE and MATT FROM VT 53 (Somebody, Lumine, Cranberry, tmthforu, Frodo, Scott, Goldwater, A Person, Badger, Oakvale, Sirnick, Marokai Blue, Grumps, Mr X, Cris, Devin, Benconstine, Fritz, TDAS04, Superique, Dereich, Oak Hills, BaconBacon, Ebowed, MasterJedi, Snowguy, sjoyce, Jacob Tiver, smoltchanov, MaxQue, Antineutrino, Sanchez, Torie, Inks, J. Enderman, R. Keaton, Polnut, Gaworth, J. Dibble, daveosupremo, Miles, Gustaf, angus, JerryAR, Matt from VT, Hagrid, NCYankee, Smid, Keystone Phil, Cincinnatus, Duke, Siren, Franzl)

TNF and GASS3268 43 (TNF, A.F. Jones, Bore, Tyrion, Snowstalker, Mechaman, Hawkeye, Windjammer, Adam OABB, Brewer, Homely, DemPGH, Averroes, Prog Real, Xahar, Njall, EarlAW, Malaspina, Matt Rose, A. Belano, morgieb, Badgate, Ogre Mage, Antonio V, Zanas, Hashemite, Nathan, Paul Kemp, Kalwejt, Thomas D, Peter, JulioMadrid, ilikeverin, Sol, BRTD, Rejectamenta, YSY, Talleyrand, Lief, nclib, Gass, Mung Beans, A. Griffin)

SPIRAL and DALLASFAN 30 (Spiral, Winfield, Reaganfan, Cathcon, Spamage, A. Kreitzer, ElectionsGuy, Napoleon, shua, Mordecai, Small L, NHI, Deus naturae, Cassius, DC al Fine, outofbox, cinyc, Foucaulf, Jbrase, ZuWo, Pingvin, Peeperkorn, Poirot, Rooney, Supersonic, PiT, JCL, RosettaStoned, TJ in Cleve, Dallasfan)

SIBBOLETH and FRANZL (write-in) 1 (Sibboleth)

INVALID 3 (Icehand Gino, Velasco, Sir John Johns)

SECOND BALLOT

DUKE and MATT FROM VT 75 (Somebody, Lumine, Cranberry, tmthforu, Frodo, Scott, Goldwater, A Person, Badger, Oakvale, Sirnick, Marokai Blue, Grumps, Mr X, Cris, Devin, Benconstine, Fritz, TDAS04, Superique, Dereich, Oak Hills, BaconBacon, Ebowed, MasterJedi, Snowguy, sjoyce, Jacob Tiver, smoltchanov, MaxQue, Antineutrino, Sanchez, Torie, Inks, J. Enderman, R. Keaton, Polnut, Gaworth, J. Dibble, daveosupremo, Miles, Gustaf, angus, JerryAR, Matt from VT, Hagrid, NCYankee, Smid, Keystone Phil, Cincinnatus, Duke, Siren, Franzl, Spiral, Winfield, Reaganfan, Cathcon, Spamage, A. Kreitzer, ElectionsGuy, shua, Mordecai, NHI, Deus naturae, Cassius, DC al Fine, outofbox, cinyc, ZuWo, Pingvin, Rooney, Supersonic, PiT, JCL, TJ in Cleve)

TNF and GASS3268 48 (TNF, A.F. Jones, Bore, Tyrion, Snowstalker, Mechaman, Hawkeye, Windjammer, Adam OABB, Brewer, Homely, DemPGH, Averroes, Prog Real, Xahar, Njall, EarlAW, Malaspina, Matt Rose, A. Belano, morgieb, Badgate, Ogre Mage, Antonio V, Zanas, Hashemite, Nathan, Paul Kemp, Kalwejt, Thomas D, Peter, JulioMadrid, ilikeverin, Sol, BRTD, Rejectamenta, YSY, Talleyrand, Lief, nclib, Gass, Mung Beans, A. Griffin, Napoleon, Small L, Peeperkorn, Poirot, Dallasfan)

EXHAUSTED 4 (Sibboleth, Foucaulf, Jbrase, RosettaStoned)

INVALID 3 (Icehand Gino, Velasco, Sir John Johns)

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OFFICIAL RESULTS (part 2 of 2)

NORTHEAST SENATE

BORE 19 (Bore, A Person, Napoleon, Mr X, Averroes, Sirnick, A.F. Jones, Matt Rose, BaconBacon, Nathan, Peter, Polnut, Rejectamenta, YSY, Talleyrand, Matt from VT, Keystone Phil, Cincinnatus, A. Griffin)

POIROT 12 (Somebody, Goldwater, Winfield, Homely, NHI, Deus naturae, cinyc, smoltchanov, Peeperkorn, Poirot, Antineutrino, Smid)

HATMAN (write-in) 2 (Hatman, Lief)

EXHAUSTED 2 (Grumps, Dallasfan)


IDS SENATE

NCYANKEE 16 (Scott, Small L, Dereich, Oak Hills, Jbrase, sjoyce, Pingvin, Supersonic, Sanchez, J. Enderman, J. Dibble, daveosupremo, PiT, Hagrid, NCYankee, Duke)

EXHAUSTED 4 (Mechaman, Badgate, Zanas, Hashemite)


MIDEAST SENATE

DC al FINE 19 (A. Kreitzer, ElectionsGuy, shua, Mordecai, Spiral, Reaganfan, Cathcon, Frodo, Cassius, DC al Fine, outofbox, MasterJedi, ZuWo, Inks, R. Keaton, Miles, JCL, JerryAR, TJ in Cleve)

FRANZL (write-in) 6 (Franzl, Badger, Snowstalker, Kalwejt, Sibboleth, nclib)

BENCONSTINE (write-in) 2 (benconstine, Njall)

EXHAUSTED 2 (Malaspina, RosettaStoned)

INVALID 1 (Sir John Johns)


MIDWEST SENATE

TNF 13 (TNF, Adam OABB, Brewer, Marokai Blue, Hawkeye, Windjammer, Snowguy, Foucaulf, A. Belano, MaxQue, Thomas D, ilikeverin, Gass)

LUMINE 13 (Lumine, tmthforu, Spamage, Fritz, Cris, TDAS04, Rooney, JulioMadrid, GAworth, Sol, BRTD, Gustaf, angus)

INVALID 1 (Velasco)


PACIFIC SENATE

TYRION 16 (Oakvale, Tyrion, Devin, DemPGH, Superique, Prog Real, Xahar, Ebowed, morgieb, Jacob Tiver, Ogre Mage, Antonio V, Cranberry, Torie, Mung Beans, Siren)

EXHAUSTED 1 (Paul Kemp)

INVALID 1 (Icehand Gino)


DUKE is elected President.
MATT FROM VT is elected Vice President.
BORE is elected Northeast Senator.
NCYANKEE is elected IDS Senator.
DC al FINE is elected Mideast Senator.
  The Midwest Senate race has concluded in a tie. Barring the concession of one of the two tied candidates, a runoff election    is scheduled for February 28 - March 2.
TYRION is elected Pacific Senator.

There was a total turnout of 130 votes, with 3 ballot papers being rejected.

I, Homelycooking, Secretary of Federal Elections, declare the above results to be a complete and accurate summary of the votes cast.

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How did you determine who Lief intended to vote for for President?  What meaning did you give to his vote for "Sorry Duke"?

I handled this in the same way I dealt with Napoleon's "Cranky Blue Clarence" stupidity - I ignored the frivolous write-in and considered the vote to be cast for the (actual) candidate with the highest preference.

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Due to the concession of candidate Lumine, the Midwest Senate runoff scheduled to begin this Friday is cancelled.

TNF is elected Midwest Senator.

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I'll be heading off to Florida for a few days and will have very little Internet access. Administration of the special Senate election will be left to the Deputy Secretary of Federal Elections Talleyrand.

He has been instructed to open and close the voting booth in my absence. He has further been instructed to certify the winner of the election if the outcome is not in dispute so that the elected Senator may take office as soon as possible. However, if there is a dispute as to the outcome of the election, I will count and certify the election result when I return, or as soon as I can get onto the Internet.

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