Aloha Aristophagus Election Coverage

[minionofmidas]

Keeping up the coverage for a couple of hours now, possibly picking up again later on the weekend.

[minionofmidas]

---BREAKING NEWS---
Akno can't count.

[Akno21]

---BREAKING NEWS---
Akno can't count.

Where am I wrong?

[minionofmidas]

You seem to have a smaller KEmp total than I have.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

You counted the absentee votes, right?

[Akno21]

You counted the absentee votes, right?

I did.

[minionofmidas]

I did too. That's not where the error is coming from. Anyways they didn't favor KEmp.

[Sam Spade]

You are correct in your results, Lewis. 

[minionofmidas]

You are correct in your results, Lewis. 

Yes. ;(

[minionofmidas]

Those are both through to BobOMac, not Umengus, sorry bout that.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

BobOMac's votes are invalid

[KEmperor]

BobOMac's votes are invalid

Says who?  Not that I'm complaining.

[minionofmidas]

No. Why?
He's registered, intent is clearly visible.
Much as I detest the fact there's no second preference for you, and his vote for Senate. I argued last week to count every vote, when John Dibble edited his for example, I'm doing the same now.

[Nym90]

BobOMac's votes are invalid

Says who? Not that I'm complaining.

They are definitely questionable legally, but my personal opinion is that they should count.

[minionofmidas]

D1 race is surprisingly close...and turnout is startlingly low. There were 21 votes cast here in the midterms. In district 2, Bono himself hasn't voted yet. In district 3, Naso is again ahead, but not by as much as last week. Districts 4 & 5 look lopsided, which surprises us.

[minionofmidas]

Current Standings
1st round
Lewis/TD 26
KEmp/Alcon 22
Al/Siege 17
John/Boss Tweed 1
Al/Lewis 1
KEmp/Lewis 1
KEmp/Colin 1
Soult/WMS 1
"PD/Migrendel" 1
invalid 1
blank 1

7th round (no bother what gets eliminated first...result's the same)
Lewis/TD 26
KEmp/Alcon 25
Al/Siege 19
invalid 1
blank 1
exhausted 1

8th round
Lewis/TD 37
KEmp/Alcon 31
invalid 1
blank 1
exhausted 3

Through to Nini.
That's 73 votes cast...we had 64 votes until the ballot box exploded with vigour and decisiveness last time around. We had 85 votes in the last presidential election.

Oh...how preferences are breaking:
Al votes: KEmp 7 - Lewis 10 - exhausted 2
Lewis votes: Al 20 - KEmp 3 - exhausted 3
KEmp votes: Lewis 7 - Al 5 - exhausted 13
That's including the write-ins.

I'm counting every vote until and unless the Acting SoFA says otherwise.

[TheWildCard]

our esteemed, beloved, adored Governor-until-Dave-or-Term Limits-remove-him

LOL gotta love it.

[minionofmidas]

And...of most interest to us out here on Molokai of course...
The Pacific Propositions (through the vote of our esteemed, beloved, adored Governor-until-Dave-or-Term Limits-remove-him)
1 (Open Legislature) 6 yes, 3 no
2 (Judicial Authority) 7yes, 2 no
3 (By-Elections) 9 yes, 0 no
4 (MCS) 5 yes, 4 no
Since the By-Elections amendment was drawn up by Aristophagus Staff, its very likely passage needless to say gives us a big boner pleases us immensely.
Could we have some more yes votes on Healthcare and some more no votes on the "open legislature" please, though?

[minionofmidas]

Oh. LOL. Found my error.

[minionofmidas]

D1 race is surprisingly close... In district 2, Bono himself hasn't voted yet. In district 3, Naso is again ahead, but not by as much as last week. Districts 4 & 5 look lopsided, which surprises us.

D1:
ColinW 8
Josh 8
Bull 1 (2p Colin)

D2:
MAS 8
Bono 1
none 1

D3:
Nym 5
Naso 6
Ben (2p Naso) 1
"Nym's Cookies" (2p Nym) 1

D4:
Sam 8
States 3
Harry 1 (2p Sam)
"Sam Rights" 1 (2p States)
none 1

D5:
Hugh 12
King 5
none 2

Only two of these Senate "none"s was actually spelt out on the ballot though, so I guess Adam ("George W Bush") and Rutzay can still cast a vote in the Senate race.
Through to Sarnstrom.
See Presidential count for qualifications.