I am outraged.

[Gabu]

Maybe the rules should be changed to require a certain level of posting activity in the period prior to the election in order to vote.  There must be some measure of "citizenship" for a voter to be valid.

There is one; it's just that they couldn't be applied to this election because that's how the legislation was written.  I didn't want it to be suddenly sprung on people out of nowhere without letting people become aware that such a policy exists, but in retrospect, making it applicable after all would probably have been a good idea.  Oh well, hindsight is 20/20.

[Gabu]

Maybe the rules should be changed to require a certain level of posting activity in the period prior to the election in order to vote.  There must be some measure of "citizenship" for a voter to be valid.

I can't comment on these specific cases because I have not followed them closely.

But once you agree in principle to do such a thing you have to agree on where to draw the line.  Some complicated mathematical formula like you divide the membership into 3 periods and at least 15% of the total posts have to be in the third period.  Too hard to do, wouldn't work.

The current line we have is "25 posts between elections".

[Gabu]

I have a question: does the 25 votes need to be on the Fantasy Forum or on the Atlas?
If it is only on the Fantasy Forum then it is completely ridiculous, some people just like to read and not necessarily make posts every day.

They can be anywhere.

[Gabu]

The current line we have is "25 posts between elections".

When was the last election that counts for this "25 posts between elections".  My 25th-to-last post before this weekend (also my 25th-to-last post before voting and before last weekend when the election was supposed to take place) was on November 21, 2004.  I know that was after the last Presidential election, but I know there were some elections between there, although I'm not sure if there were any elections where people voted on this site for anything in the Northeast.  If there was such an election, I'm not sure whether that election would be the standard for the 25-posts rule, or whether it's the last Presidential election.

I have voted, btw.

Kevin

I should have specified that as it appears in the legislation; that's 25 posts between federal elections.  So, Presidental and Senate elections.  Region-specific stuff doesn't count.

Regardless, as KEmperor said, that stuff doesn't apply to this election.