New Speaker Election Thread

[Talleyrand]

MB

[Dr. MB]

Good morning everyone, sorry I was late to swearing in and starting this vote. Seeing as two people have already put forward their candidacies, I'm going to go straight to voting from right here. This means I will be skipping the 24-hour nomination window. If someone has a problem with that then I'll allow write-in votes for Speaker, in case you want someone else for the job other than the two on the ballot. Anyway, voting begins now and will continue for 48 hours or until all members have voted.

For Speaker of the House:
[   ] Jimmy7812
[ x  ] MB

[Esteemed Jimmy]

1. Jimmy7812

[Saint Milei]

1. Jimmy7812
2. MB

[Joseph Cao]

MB has been doing a competent job of keeping the Speakership active and stimulating activity in the rest of the House thus far. While I have similar confidence in Jimmy’s abilities as Speaker, my vote has always gone to the candidate I believe is best placed at the current point in time to fulfil its duties and that isn’t about to change.

[ 2 ] Jimmy7812
[ 1 ] MB298

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

For Speaker of the House:
[X] MB

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

For Speaker of the House:

• MB298: 6 votes ^{(Harvey Updyke Jr🌹, Ishan, Talleyrand, Dr. MB, Representative Joseph Cao, razze)}
• Jimmy7812: 3 votes ^{(lfromnj, Jimmy7812, Our Enemy, the Left)}

MB has been elected Speaker of the House.

[Continential]

Since MB resigned, I'll be running for the Speakership.

[Joseph Cao]

Oh why not. I'll nominate myself.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Alright, we have a snap Speaker election. I don't have the capacity to serve out the remainder of the term so let's choose someone to fill the role for the time being. My last Speaker vote! How touching.

I'm going to allow until tonight (like 6 PM ET) for anyone else to run/nominate a colleague. As Dean I'm suspending the rules to do this, to deal with the unique circumstance. Ishan and Rep. Joseph Cao will already be counted as candidates. Then I will open a 24-hour vote so we can have a Speaker by tomorrow night.

[Harvey Updyke Jr🌹]

I nominate blairite

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

running myself

idk if you're allowed to run for speaker if you're not a member of the house but i don't care lol

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

running myself

idk if you're allowed to run for speaker if you're not a member of the house but i don't care lol

Sorry, citizen. Only members of the House my serve as Speaker, according to the current Rules. Thank you for showing interest in your federal government!

For Speaker of the House:
[  ] Blairite
[  ] Ishan
[  ] Rep. Joseph Cao

The poll will be open from now until 24 hours are up, or until everyone has voted.

[Continential]

running myself

idk if you're allowed to run for speaker if you're not a member of the house but i don't care lol

Sorry, citizen. Only members of the House my serve as Speaker, according to the current Rules. Thank you for showing interest in your federal government!

For Speaker of the House:
[ Did not declare ] Blairite
[ 2 ] Ishan
[ 3 ] Rep. Joseph Cao
[ 1 ] Write in:Koopa

The poll will be open from now until 24 hours are up, or until everyone has voted.

[Harvey Updyke Jr🌹]

[1] Blairite
[2] Koopa
Ishan

The rules, if they mirror those of the congress of the former United States, would allow anyone to become speaker unless they are in another branch of government.

[Harvey Updyke Jr🌹]

Ishan, it doesn't matter if Blairite didn't declare.  You usually cannot nominate yourself.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

I checked the rules, and it says that we must choose a Speaker from among us our own membership. Also, my original post only asked for "anyone else to run/nominate a colleague," which also implied that only members of the House can run. Alas, I would have voted for you.

[lfromnj]

1. Joseph Cao

[Harvey Updyke Jr🌹]

Revising my ballot yet again after my tantrum.

[1] Ishan
[2] Koopa
[3] Blairite

Better red than dead

[Esteemed Jimmy]

1. Joseph Cao

[Saint Milei]

1. Joseph Cao

[Joseph Cao]

For Speaker of the House:
[ 2 ] Blairite
[ 3 ] Ishan
[ 1 ] Rep. Joseph Cao

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

For Speaker of the House:
[X] Rep. Joseph Cao

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

For Speaker of the House:

• Rep. Joseph Cao: 5 votes ^{(Lfromnj, Jimmy7812, DeadPrez, Rep. Joseph Cao, razze)}
• Ishan: 2 votes ^{(Ishan, Harvey Updyke Jr)}
• Didn't vote: 2 votes ^{(Talleyrand, Blairite)}

Rep. Joseph Cao has been elected Speaker of the House.

[Joseph Cao]

Thank you to the Dean for managing and overseeing this snap vote with all commendable promptness. And thank you to the House for placing your confidence in me one last time. I'll get right to work.