Northeast Assembly Election August, 2011

[Lincoln Republican]

As Northeast Governor, I hereby declare this polling place open.

This is the Northeast regional polling booth for the regularly scheduled August, 2011 Northeast Regional Election.  In this polling place, Northeast citizens are electing SEVEN members of the Northeast Assembly.  

Candidates for Northeast 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 Governor can determine the intent of the voter without interviewing that voter.

Per past practice, write-in votes are only counted for a candidate if he or she publicly declares a willingness to receive write-in votes for a particular office in the August 2011 Northeast Election before the polls close in the Candidate Declaration Thread or writes in his or her own name on the ballot for that particular office.

This booth shall remain open for 3 days, until 9:00 PM on Monday, August 22, 2011.

PURSUANT TO THE PASSAGE OF THE NORTHEAST VOTE SANCTITY ACT, EDITING A VOTE WILL RESULT IN THE INVALIDATION OF THAT VOTE.  

Northeast Assembly (Likely 7 Open Seats)

[  ]  Fallen Morgan
[  ]  Nathan
[  ]  Scott
[  ] Snowstalker
[  ] Write In: ______________________
[  ] Write In: ______________________
[  ] Write In: ______________________

[Lincoln Republican]

1.  Cincinnatus
2.  Nathan
3.  Scott
4.  Snowstalker

[Lincoln Republican]

Election Results

With acknowledgment to Napoleon for his invaluable assistance in compiling the results.

Quota 3

Round 1

Cinncinatus 4 (ELECTED)
Scott 3 (ELECTED)
Nathan 3 (ELECTED)
FallenMorgan 2
Napoleon 2
Wormyguy 1
Giovanni 1
Snowstalker 1

Round 2 – Cinncinatus’ surplus distributed

Cinncinatus 3 (ELECTED)
Scott 3 (ELECTED)
Nathan 3 (ELECTED)
FallenMorgan 2+0.5
Napoleon 2
Snowstalker  1+0.5
Wormyguy 1
Giovanni 1

Round 3- Wormy and Gio tied in count (second preferences used to determine elimination)
Wormy has 3 Second Preferences, Giovanni has 0, therefore, Giovanni  is eliminated

Cinncinatus 3 (ELECTED)
Scott 3 (ELECTED)
Nathan 3 (ELECTED)
FallenMorgan 2.5
Napoleon 2
Wormyguy 1+1=2
Snowstalker  1.5
Giovanni 0

With the number of remaining candidates equal to the number of seats available, Cinncinatus, Scott, Nathan, FallenMorgan, Napoleon, Wormyguy, and Snowstalker are hereby elected.

Note, as Napoleon is a member of the Atlasia Senate, he will decide whether to keep his Senate seat or take a seat in the Northeast Assembly.  

Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you to all those who offered to serve by running in the election.

For all those who have won Assembly seats, please swear in in the new office holders swearing in thread.

[Lincoln Republican]

Napoleon has informed me that he will keep his Senate seat.

Therefore, there will be a special election for one Assembly seat.

Those interested in running for this seat will have 5 days to declare their candidacy in the candidate declaration thread.  Of course, the election will allow for write ins.

[Lincoln Republican]

Final Count

Quota 3

Round 1

Cinncinatus 4 (ELECTED)
Scott 3 (ELECTED)
Nathan 3 (ELECTED)
FallenMorgan 2
Napoleon 2
Wormyguy 1
Giovanni 1
Snowstalker 1
Rowan Brandon 1

Round 2 – Cinncinatus’ surplus distributed

Cinncinatus 3 (ELECTED)
Scott 3 (ELECTED)
Nathan 3 (ELECTED)
FallenMorgan 2+0.5
Napoleon 2
Snowstalker  1+0.5
Wormyguy 1
Giovanni 1
Rowan Brandon 1
Round 3– Rowan and Gio tied in count (second preferences used to determine elimination)
Both have zero second preferences, third preferences shall be used
Giovanni has 3 Third Preferences, Rowan has 0, therefore, Rowan is eliminated

Cinncinatus 3 (ELECTED)
Scott 3 (ELECTED)
Nathan 3 (ELECTED)
FallenMorgan 2+0.5
Napoleon 2
Snowstalker  1+0.5
Wormyguy 1
Giovanni 1
Rowan Brandon 0

Round 4- Wormy and Gio tied in count (second preferences used to determine elimination)
Wormy has 3 Second Preferences, Giovanni has 0, therefore, Giovanni  is eliminated

Cinncinatus 3 (ELECTED)
Scott 3 (ELECTED)
Nathan 3 (ELECTED)
FallenMorgan 2+0.5
Napoleon 2
Wormyguy 1+1
Snowstalker  1+0.5
Giovanni  0

Exhausted 1 (RowanBrandon)

RFK's vote is ineligible: not registered long enough to vote