This election is held in accordance with Article I, Section 4, Part 5 of the Constitution and with Section 20 of the Proportional Representation Act. The voting booth opens at 12:00 PM EST, March 5th, and closes at 12:00 PM EDT, March 8th 2009.
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.
However, the Department of Forum Affairs will make every effort to be fair in consideration of the above matter and will give voters the benefit of the doubt. Explanations of one's vote or simple expressions of approval for a candidate will not be construed as acts of campaigning, unless they obviously violate the above criteria.
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 February 25th 2009, and if you made 15 posts in any location within the Atlas Forum in the 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the regular election.
All properly registered Atlasian voters are eligible to cast a ballot in this special election—this is an at-large Class B senate seat.
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.
Official ballot[ ] Franzl
Democratic Alliance
[ ] Just The Facts, Man! [Marokai Blue]
Social Democratic Party
[ ] Brandon H [brandonh]
Regional Protection Party
[ ] Write-in
[ ] None of the above
Midwest Runoff
ONLY CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
[ ] Dessie Potter [GMantis]
Social Democratic Party
[ ] MasterJedi
Regional Protection Party
