Northeast Special Election: June 3, 2011

[cinyc]

As Northeast Chief Judicial Officer, I hereby declare this polling place open.

This election is to fill TWO open Northeast Assembly seats.  Pursuant to the Vacancy filling Act. this vote will last for three days, ending at 11:59PM on Sunday, June 1.

Because no candidate specifically declared that he or she wished to place his or her name on the ballot as of 11:59PM yesterday, all votes will be cast by write-in.  Write-in votes are only counted for a candidate if he or she publicly declares a willingness to receive write-in votes before the polls close in the Candidate Declaration Thread or writes in his or her own name on the ballot to fill the vacancy, as a few potential candidates have already done.  Otherwise, all write-in votes for that person shall be deemed void.

Ballots for Members of the Legislative Assembly are cast using PR-STV.  Voters who wish to preference more than one candidate should allocate a first preference for a candidate by marking a [1] in the space provided by that candidate's name, and proceeding to number as many preferences as they desire by marking a [2], [3], etc for as many candidates as they so desire.

A vote is formal for so long as there are consecutively numbered preferences with no duplicate numbers.   A ballot containing Roman Numerals is not considered informal. A ballot in which candidates have been ranked a,b,c, etc is not considered informal so long as no letter has been repeated, and so long as a single candidate has been ranked a, for as long as the letters are consecutive with no duplicate letters. A ballot is formal if the CJO can determine the intent of the voter without interviewing that voter.

Official Ballot of the Northeast

[  ] Write In: ______________________

[  ] Write In: ______________________

[This user has not been convicted of 34 felonies]

[1] Write-in: Cincinnatus
[2] Write-in: Marokai Crisis
[3] Write-in: Eraserhead
[4] Write-in: Leftbehind
[5] Write-in: LongIslandBorn
[6] Write-in: Obamaisdabest
[7] Write-in: Nation
[8] Write-in: Macho Man Randy Savage
[9] Write-in: Brandon Saller
[10] Write-in: David Letterman
[11] Write-in: James Van Der Beek
[12] Write-in: Daniel Tosh
[13] Write-in: Toucan Sam

[homelycooking]

None of the above.

[Marokai Backbeat]

[1] Write-in: Marokai Blue
[2] Write-in: Cincinnatus

[Cincinnatus]

[1] Write-in: Cincinnatus
[2] Write-in: Marokai Blue

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

[1] Write-in: Hantheguitarman
[2] Write-in: Cincinnatus
[3] Write-in: Mark Knopfler
[4] Write-in: Pabst Blue Ribbon
[5] Write-in: Daniel Tosh
[6] Write-in: Dallasfan65

[tpfkaw]

1. Dallasfan65
2. FallenMorgan
3. Cincinnatus
4. Oakvale
5. wormyguy
6. Vladimir Putin

[Oakvale]

[1] Write-in: Marokai Blue
[2] Write-in: Cincinnatus
[3] Write-in: Oakvale
[4] Write-in: wormyguy

[cinyc]

[1] Write-in: Cincinnatus
[2] Write-in: Marokai Blue

[Sbane]

[1] Write-in: Marokai Blue
[2] Write-in: Cincinnatus

[Napoleon]

[1] Write-in: Cincinnatus
[2] Write-in: Marokai Blue

[courts]

1. Dallasfan65
2. FallenMorgan
3. Cincinnatus
4. Oakvale
5. wormyguy
6. Vladimir Putin

[Hatman 🍁]

[X] Write in: Marokai Blue

[redcommander]

[1] Write-in: Cincinnatus
[2] Write-in: Marokai Blue

[Rowan]

1. Hamilton
2. Vane
3. segwaystyle2012

[Psychic Octopus]

[1] Write-in: Cincinnatus
[2] Write-in: Marokai Blue
[3] Write-in: Dallasfan
[4] Write-in: Tuck

[cinyc]

This booth is now closed.  I think I know who won, but will need to validate and tally the votes.  I hope to have this done by this evening.

This thread is locked, pending certification of the results.

[cinyc]

Certification of Election:

JBach717 a.k.a. Cincinnatus and Marokai Blue a.k.a. Marokai Crisis have been elected as Northeast Assemblymen in the June 3, 2011 Northeast Assembly Special Election.

On the particulars, all 15 votes were validly cast.  The quota was 5 (15 votes/(2 seats+1)=5).  Cincinnatus was elected on the first ballot with 6 first preferences before even attempting to remove votes cast for people who did not accept write-ins.  Marokai Blue was first-preferenced by 4 people.  Everyone who first-preferenced Cincinnatus second-preferenced Marokai Blue, making him deemed elected on the second ballot after transferring Cincinnatus' second preferences to him.