The Fritz Building for Forum Affairs

[minionofmidas]

I would like to announce that the winner of the Atlasian Mammal vote is the American Black Bear.  I am going to be posting the round-by-round results online, and will provide the link.

bump. Wouldn't mind a national motto either.

He didn't say when he'd post those.

[minionofmidas]

the mammal count appears still to be missing.

[minionofmidas]

the mammal count appears still to be missing.

I have announced that the winner is the American Black Bear. 

Yeah, I'm aware of that. I was referring to the detailed count.

[minionofmidas]

I seem to recall that, when the rule was introduced, it was meant to apply only to the genuinely new. I may be mistaken though; might make sense to look at the constitutional convention proceedings if they still exist.

[minionofmidas]

Hey, I just noticed I know Ernest's surname.

[minionofmidas]

Updated voter lists

[minionofmidas]

The Senate elections will be held, as per statute, from Thu-Sun, 24th-26th august. The polls will be opening and closing at 1pm forum time, since that's a nice and decent 7pm over here.

The filing deadline is 7 days before the earliest possible commencement of the election, on Thu 17th, 1am forum time (midnight Eastern Standard [non dailight savings] time). An absentee voting thread will be opened at the same time.
Announced candidates so far -
District 1 - bullmoose88 (ILP-PA); Dr.Cynic (SDP-PA)
District 2 - Ernest (i-DE); Virginian87 (CDP-VA) (i)
District 3 - LucysBeau [Dave Hawk] (CDP-GA) (i)
District 4 - noone
District 5 - Brandon W (ILP-NV)

Deadline for new registrations and registration changes is the tenth day before the commencement of the election, so monday the 14th.
The constitutional text is "In order to vote or be a candidate in an election, a person must have been a registered voter on the tenth day before that election. If a voter changes their state of registration in the ten days before the election, the state from which they were originally registered shall be the state from which their vote is cast. "
On account of the bolded portion, I'll interpret this as 10 days before the actual commencement of the election, ie 1pm forum time on the 14th.

[minionofmidas]

Per the Candidate Regulations (4)(b), Jesus and Speed of Sound have signalled acceptance of write-in votes cast for him in the D4 Election.

[minionofmidas]

So, looks like I did make it after all. Still, I`m just through the door and haven`t even washed hands yet.

[minionofmidas]

The following seventeen Atlasians have failed the activity threshold of 25 posts in the 56 days leading up to the election. Should they vote, their vote will not be counted, although according to precedent (IIRC) an attempt to vote will count as a vote regarding the "a vote every four months" rule.

9iron - 8
ABAsite - 8
Beet - 0
Defarge - 14
Everett - 1
Gabu - 0
Jens - 22
JLD - 11
Mr Hobbes - 4
OldEurope - 24 - sorry man!
OWL - 2
PBrunsel - 0
SCDem07 - 2
theking2004 - 18
TheLoneLiberal - 5
WiseGuy - 22
Yates - 0

[minionofmidas]

Per the Candidate Regulations (4)(b), BRTD has signalled acceptance of write-in votes cast for him in the D4 Election.

Jesus has signalled that he won't accept write-in votes after all.

Sorry for not posting this yesterday; I didn't think of it.

[minionofmidas]

Per the Candidate Regulations (4)(b), Clay has signalled acceptance of write-in votes cast for him in the D4 Election.

(sheepfaced for not noting this earlier.)

[minionofmidas]

The election results have been certified, and can be viewed in the Voting Booth.

The following voters will be struck from the voters' list, either for not voting for four calendar months or for not voting in the first election after their registration:

Name                Party - State - Region - District - Last voted
9iron                 ACA - MI - Mideast - 3 - 23. Apr   *
Beet                    i - VA - Mideast - 2 - 23. Apr          *
Ben                     i - VA - Mideast - 2 - 23. Apr           *
BushOklahoma   CDP - OK - Midwest - 5 - 0              07. Aug
dazzleman           i - CT - Northeast - 1 - 30. Apr      (*)
Gabu                   i - UT - Pacific - 5 - 23. Apr             *
gumbiegirl007    i - MI - Mideast - 3 - 0                    13. Jun
hughento            i - AZ - Pacific - 5 - 23. Apr             *
ian                      MR - MS - Southeast - 3 - 23. Apr    *
Jens                     i - RI - Northeast - 1 - 30. Apr       (*)
Keystone Phil      ACA - PA - Northeast - 1 - 23. Apr     *
Miss Catholic        0 - WI - deregistered - 0 - 0         25. Jul
Mr.Hobbes           CDP - CA - Pacific - 5 - 23. Apr         *
nickshepDEM       CDP - MD - Mideast - 2 - 23. Apr       *
Pbrunsel              ACA - IA - Midwest - 4 - 30. Apr   (*)
SCDem07             i - VA - Mideast - 2 - 23. Apr           *
StatesRights      0 - FL - deregistered - 0 - 23. Apr   *
Yates                ILP - IA - Midwest - 4 - 30. Apr             (*)

I wonder how many of the 40 original registrants are still left and have an unbroken registration history? Regardless, the number just declined by one (sob).

[minionofmidas]

Please take note that the Master Voter List has been updated (except that asterisks are still missing), but the other lists have not.

[minionofmidas]

The election results have been certified, and can be viewed in the Voting Booth.

The following voters will be struck from the voters' list, either for not voting for four calendar months or for not voting in the first election after their registration:

Name                Party - State - Region - District - Last voted
9iron                 ACA - MI - Mideast - 3 - 23. Apr   *
Beet                    i - VA - Mideast - 2 - 23. Apr          *
Ben                     i - VA - Mideast - 2 - 23. Apr           *
BushOklahoma   CDP - OK - Midwest - 5 - 0              07. Aug
dazzleman           i - CT - Northeast - 1 - 30. Apr      (*)
Gabu                   i - UT - Pacific - 5 - 23. Apr             *
gumbiegirl007    i - MI - Mideast - 3 - 0                    13. Jun
hughento            i - AZ - Pacific - 5 - 23. Apr             *
ian                      MR - MS - Southeast - 3 - 23. Apr    *
Jens                     i - RI - Northeast - 1 - 30. Apr       (*)
Keystone Phil      ACA - PA - Northeast - 1 - 23. Apr     *
Miss Catholic        0 - WI - deregistered - 0 - 0         25. Jul
Mr.Hobbes           CDP - CA - Pacific - 5 - 23. Apr         *
nickshepDEM       CDP - MD - Mideast - 2 - 23. Apr       *
Pbrunsel              ACA - IA - Midwest - 4 - 30. Apr   (*)
SCDem07             i - VA - Mideast - 2 - 23. Apr           *
StatesRights      0 - FL - deregistered - 0 - 23. Apr   *
Yates                ILP - IA - Midwest - 4 - 30. Apr             (*)

I wonder how many of the 40 original registrants are still left and have an unbroken registration history? Regardless, the number just declined by one (sob).

The fact that it is so easily to be deregistered is something that desparately needs to be addressed

I know of nowhere in the real-world were one who registers to vote is, subsequently, deregistered for failing to vote

Dave 'Hawk'

There's quite a couple of issues to be addressed... we'll need to either turn around the current massive population decline, or change our government arrangements to suit our new smaller population. There were barely more votes cast in these midterms than in the first ever presidential election. I'm starting to think that Hugh may be right, and that the regions will simply have to go out the window.

[minionofmidas]

Please take note that the Master Voter List has been updated (except that asterisks are still missing), but the other lists have not.

All lists updated now.

[minionofmidas]

Voter lists updated. SDP now largest party, Northeast now largest region.

[minionofmidas]

Voter lists updated. (Last change included: Naso.)

[minionofmidas]

Note that the bracketed asterisks are up for removal even before the other ones.

[minionofmidas]

Note that the bracketed asterisks are up for removal even before the other ones.

OK, I wasn't sure- the dates on them were later than those with just the asterisks.

They voted in a by-election three months ago, but not in the general midterms after that. (And I suppose not this time round either?)

[minionofmidas]

When is the filing deadline for the next elections, btw?

[minionofmidas]

The only sane response to this problem is to impeach Mike Naso from the office of former Governor.

That's what the Midwest does for every election.

And thats what makes it great!

[minionofmidas]

To whom it may concern -
The public vote on the bill misleadingly titled "Resolution [sic] on the issue of Atlasian recognition of the United States of America" will be opened on Friday, the 23rd of November, probably at  5am Forum Time, and close exactly 72 hours later.
This is your official notice as prescribed by  section 2. And yes, that's within the one month time window, if barely so.

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[minionofmidas]

Lewis, are you going to do the official census?

Yes. I'm going to do so today. I stated this in the thread with the confirmation vote.

[minionofmidas]

The master (alphabetical) roll on the Wiki has been updated, and a section on movement restrictions added.
The other rolls have not been updated yet.
Beh - that template is quite a drag. I'll probably move the official voter roll back onto the Forum soon.