DO NOT VOTE until after midnight EST at the beginning of Friday. Any votes cast before this time will not be countedThis is the one and only official ballot for the Mideast Propostions being voted upon in March 2005.
Voting will open at midnight EST on Friday 18 March, 2005 and will close exactly 72 hours later; Only votes in this time frame will be counted.
This vote is being conducted in accordance with the
Election and Vote Regulations Statute and the
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DC, IL, IN, KY, OH, MD, MI, MO, VA, WV or WI.
Because Governor Peter Bell will not be available to close this voting booth, Lt. Governor Joe Republic will be closing the voting booth. His determination of the results will be considered final. For the duration of the election Governor Peter Bell and Lt. Governor Joe Republic are considered to both be administrators of this voting booth.
To pass, these Propostions and Initiatives simply require more Aye votes than Nay votes. There are the following Propositions and Initiatives to be voted on:
Prop 05 - Activity Requirements Statute
1. Those registered voters of the Mideast Region shall be considered inactive if they have not posted at least five times in the forum at large in the four weeks prior to the commencement of a given election or vote, or have not posted at all in the fantasy elections boards in the eight weeks prior to the aformentioned commencement.
2. Under authority granted by Article IV, Clause 1 of the Regional Constitution, those considered inactive under Clause 1 of this Statute shall not be eligible to vote in a given election or vote.
Prop 06 - Juvenile Death Penalty Abolition Statute
1. The Death Penalty shall no longer be considered as a possible punishment in the Mideast Region for those criminals who were less than eighteen years old at the time of the commission of their crime.
2. The decision of the Mideast Governor to commute the death penalties of those juvenile criminals whose sentences would not have been rendered had this statute been in effect is affirmed.
Prop 07 -
Gubernatorial Election StatuteThis statute lays down regulations for the Instant Runoff Voting that will be used in the election of the Governor and Lt. Governor in the Mideast Region.
Init 01 - Death Penalty Abolition Statute
The death penalty in the Mideast region is hereby abolished for any crime committed. No person may be executed from the date of inception. All people currently on death row will be given lifetime sentences.
Please vote aye, nay or abstain (or appropriate derivatives) on each of the above propositions and initiatives.
Prop 08 - Regional Flag Statute
Which of the following Flags shall we have adopt as our Regional Flag?
Flag 1:
Flag 2:
Flag 3:
Flag 4:
Flag 5:
Flag 6:
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Flag 9:
Flag 10:
Flag 11:
Flag 12:
Flag 13:
Please use Preferntial Voting (Instant Runoff Voting) for this proposition only. You have the right to write-in a flag; A write-in will only be valid if an image of the flag is posted on your ballot similar to how they are posted on this ballot.
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