The following Southeastern Election Regulations are hereby made official as of November 23, 2004
Gov. Ernest
Southeastern Election Regulations§ 1. Duration of voting
All elections and referendums conducted shall last at least 60 hours and shall conclude at the first occurence of 11:59pm Central Time after 60 hours of voting has occurred.
§ 2. Opening of the polls
Polls shall be opened by the Governor between midnight and 11:59am Central Time on the day appointed for the election to begin. In the event that the polls shall not have been opened by 6:00 am Central Time on the day appointed for the election to begin, any official authorized by the seventh section of Article I of the Constitution to act in the event of the inability of the Governor shall be authorized to open the polls and conduct the vote.
§ 3. Declaration of Gubernatorial Candidacy
In order to be listed on the ballot, a candidate must have announced an intention to run before noon Central Time on the day before the day appointed for the election to begin.
§ 4. Valid ballots
(a) A voter's ballot is valid only if the voter -
(1) is registered with the Atlasian Secretary of Forum Affairs as a voter of a Southeastern state during the entire time that the poll is open;
(2) makes only a single post in that election thread; and
(3) does not edit or delete a post after the next post has been made.
(b) Posts made by an election offical in an election thread to administer that election must be seperate from a post used to cast that official's ballot and do not count as posts for the purposes of subsection (a).
§ 5. Method of Voting
(a) In non-runoff gubernatorial elections, approval voting shall be used with voters listing in any order all candidates. including any who may not be listed on the ballot, who they approve of.
(b) In runoff gubernatorial elections, plurality voting shall be used with voters listing a single candidate that is on the ballot as their favored choice.
(c) In referendums and confirmation votes, voters shall vote either yes or no.
§ 6. Counting of Ballots
As soon as possible after a vote has concluded, an official count shall be posted in the same thread as the vote by the offical conducting the vote. Any attempts to vote that are disallowed shall be listed in that same post along with the reason for the disallowal. In the event that that two or more candidates shall have received the largest number of approvals in a non-runoff gubernatorial election, then a runoff shall be held in a seperate thread.
§ 7. Contesting of a Ballot or Election
Only a person who voted or attempted to vote in a vote has standing to dispute the determination of the offical conducting that vote. In the event that the resolution of a dispute could affect the conduct of a runoff, then the runoff shall be delayed until the dispute is resolved. The chief judicial officer of the Southeastern Region shall make a determination of both fact and law. Appeals to the Supreme Court of Atlasia are allowed only if there is a question of federal law involved.