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« on: April 22, 2005, 09:46:47 PM »
Discuss the elections here instead of the voting booth.


I understand completely if you didn’t want to vote for me…  But why BRTD?!?  Am I really that bad?

I’m sorry to be the one to inform you that your vote won’t count, according to Section II, Article I, Clause IV:

“The election will be held by instant runoff voting (IRV).  No write-in candidates will be accepted.  You must preference all candidates.  If both of those provisions are violated, the ballot will be considered spoiled and will be thrown out.  If only one of them is, the ballot will be placed aside in case of a tie.”

I’m not sure what will happen to your vote on the propositions.  The amendment that I wrote (which is on the ballot this election) will give you back your right to write-in.
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« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2005, 09:57:32 PM »
Quote from: Midwest Gubernatorial Candidate CheeseWhiz on April 22, 2005, 09:46:47 PM
“The election will be held by instant runoff voting (IRV).  No write-in candidates will be accepted.  You must preference all candidates.  If both of those provisions are violated, the ballot will be considered spoiled and will be thrown out.  If only one of them is, the ballot will be placed aside in case of a tie.”

That is a fascist law.
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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2005, 10:08:19 PM »
Quote from: King on April 22, 2005, 09:57:32 PM
Quote from: Midwest Gubernatorial Candidate CheeseWhiz on April 22, 2005, 09:46:47 PM
“The election will be held by instant runoff voting (IRV).  No write-in candidates will be accepted.  You must preference all candidates.  If both of those provisions are violated, the ballot will be considered spoiled and will be thrown out.  If only one of them is, the ballot will be placed aside in case of a tie.”

That is a fascist law.
ya it's idiotic that's why i did it.
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« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2005, 10:12:41 PM »
Glad I live in the Southeast Region.  We have our own election problems, though.
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« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2005, 10:24:31 PM »
I'm actually getting votes other than my own! Yay!!!

No cracking 90% for you Danielx, hah!
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« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2005, 11:00:08 PM »
WiseGuy has been elected Governor!
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« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2005, 11:01:13 PM »

Let's all get drunk to celebrate!
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« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2005, 11:16:21 PM »
Quote from: King on April 22, 2005, 09:57:32 PM
Quote from: Midwest Gubernatorial Candidate CheeseWhiz on April 22, 2005, 09:46:47 PM
“The election will be held by instant runoff voting (IRV).  No write-in candidates will be accepted.  You must preference all candidates.  If both of those provisions are violated, the ballot will be considered spoiled and will be thrown out.  If only one of them is, the ballot will be placed aside in case of a tie.”

That is a fascist law.

Totally fascist.  And ridiculous too.
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« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2005, 11:31:13 PM »

You can get drunk. I'll videotape it to use as blackmail in the future. Wink
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« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2005, 12:03:50 AM »

Not so fast, Phil!
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« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2005, 12:08:58 AM »

I blame Phil for the tie. Wink
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« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2005, 12:12:09 AM »

I forgot something: The polls closed at 11:59 PM Central time. I apologize for starting the celebration early and even congradulating WiseGuy on what I thought was a victory.
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« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2005, 12:17:11 AM »
King and NixonNow are now tied 4-4.
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« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2005, 12:19:26 AM »

Not again.
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« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2005, 12:23:10 AM »
Quote from: Keystone Phil on April 23, 2005, 12:12:09 AM

I forgot something: The polls closed at 11:59 PM Central time. I apologize for starting the celebration early and even congradulating WiseGuy on what I thought was a victory.

We'll just have to hold another runoff. Tongue
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« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2005, 12:26:54 AM »
Quote from: Justice John Dibble on April 23, 2005, 12:23:10 AM
Quote from: Keystone Phil on April 23, 2005, 12:12:09 AM

I forgot something: The polls closed at 11:59 PM Central time. I apologize for starting the celebration early and even congradulating WiseGuy on what I thought was a victory.

We'll just have to hold another runoff. Tongue

Nope.  The rules for SE runoffs are as follows:

5. In the case of a tie vote for any election, a runoff election shall be held beginning within 24 hours after the end of the previous election. If the second runoff ends up in a tie, the term in question shall be split evenly and the candidate with the screen name that comes first alphabetically shall serve first split term, the second candidate alphabetically shall serve the second term, etc.

http://ernestcline.home.mindspring.com/Southeast/constitution.html

StatesRights is the SE governor until sometime in late May.
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« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2005, 01:03:22 AM »
Quote from: Midwest Gubernatorial Candidate CheeseWhiz on April 22, 2005, 09:46:47 PM
Discuss the elections here instead of the voting booth.


I understand completely if you didn’t want to vote for me…  But why BRTD?!?  Am I really that bad?

I’m sorry to be the one to inform you that your vote won’t count, according to Section II, Article I, Clause IV:

“The election will be held by instant runoff voting (IRV).  No write-in candidates will be accepted.  You must preference all candidates.  If both of those provisions are violated, the ballot will be considered spoiled and will be thrown out.  If only one of them is, the ballot will be placed aside in case of a tie.”

I’m not sure what will happen to your vote on the propositions.  The amendment that I wrote (which is on the ballot this election) will give you back your right to write-in.

Well, even if it's unconstituational, I don't think you can throw out her vote. The official ballot reads

Quote from: King on April 22, 2005, 06:13:06 PM
Governor

Valid selections:
CheeseWhiz (ACA-NE)
Write-in      <------
Abstain

So her vote isn't really invalid, the ballot itself is.
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« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2005, 04:26:28 AM »
Quote from: Justice John Dibble on April 23, 2005, 01:03:22 AM
Well, even if it's unconstituational, I don't think you can throw out her vote. The official ballot reads

Quote from: King on April 22, 2005, 06:13:06 PM
Governor

Valid selections:
CheeseWhiz (ACA-NE)
Write-in      <------
Abstain

So her vote isn't really invalid, the ballot itself is.

Given that BRTD is not going to win either way, do we really need to worry about whether or not that vote counts?
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« Reply #18 on: April 23, 2005, 06:15:07 AM »
Quote from: Senator Gabu, PPT on April 23, 2005, 04:26:28 AM
Quote from: Justice John Dibble on April 23, 2005, 01:03:22 AM
Well, even if it's unconstituational, I don't think you can throw out her vote. The official ballot reads

Quote from: King on April 22, 2005, 06:13:06 PM
Governor

Valid selections:
CheeseWhiz (ACA-NE)
Write-in      <------
Abstain

So her vote isn't really invalid, the ballot itself is.

Given that BRTD is not going to win either way, do we really need to worry about whether or not that vote counts?

No, I think the law is dumb anyway, so I have no problem with letting the ballot count.
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« Reply #19 on: April 23, 2005, 09:49:30 AM »
Hey Sam are you going to do results for the National Atlasian?
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« Reply #20 on: April 23, 2005, 02:28:50 PM »
Federal Election Law

Above is a few pages I've put together on the wiki that give a guide to election law as it presently stands. The last one isn't finished yet.

The only close races are D3 and D4, and interestingly they might be close enough to send us to extra innings. Anybody got up to date figures?
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« Reply #21 on: April 23, 2005, 02:42:36 PM »
Well, with a ballot containing false information, I suppose that election is open to judicial review.
Although I don't hope anybody sues.

Now...for the really important question: Why isn't the Election Thread stickied?
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« Reply #22 on: April 23, 2005, 02:52:56 PM »
Its in the voting booth, where nothing needs to be stickied because it won't fall that far down.
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« Reply #23 on: April 23, 2005, 03:05:56 PM »
« Edited: April 23, 2005, 03:17:25 PM by Senator Sam Spade »
Turnout level in the Midterms is presently at 32.1%.

Only 13.6% of the citizens are asterisked, so this means a lot of asterisks coming if people don't come to vote.  Smiley

Discuss.
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« Reply #24 on: April 23, 2005, 03:10:01 PM »
What is the current turnout in the Pacific?
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