Senate District Elections of April 20 to 23, 2006

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Voting begins Thursday, April 20, at 18:00:00, and will conclude on Sunday, April 23 at 18:00:00 (all times Eastern Standard Time).
Votes cast before the election has begun or after it has concluded will be declared invalid.

Because administration of this election began before passage of the Electoral System Reform Act and the poll mandated by that Act has yet to occur, it is the judgement of the Department of Forum Affairs that this absentee balloting for this election shall be conducted in accordance with the Unified Electoral Code Act.  This has the effect of causing the old absentee ballot procedure under Article VIII Section 2 Clause 4 of the Second Constitution to be in effect.  Public notice as required by that clause may be made in the Jim Fritz Memorial SoFA Thread. Explanations of various applicable rules and regulations may be found in the General Advice to Voters thread.

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Voting is conducted using instant runoff voting.  Rank candidates in order of preference.  You may choose candidates listed on the ballot or you may write in the name of persons not listed on the ballot.  You may list as many persons as you wish or you may select None of the Above.

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District 1: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont

District 2: District of Columbia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia

District 3: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin

District 4: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklanoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennesee, Texas

District 5: Alaska, Arizona, Caliornia, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

PARTY RECOMMENDATIONS
(As provided to the Department of Forum Affairs in the Candidate Declaration Thread for this ballot.)

Atlasian Conservative Alliance (ACA)
  District 1
    1. NixonNow (NJ)
  District 2
    1. Keystone Phil (PA)
  District 3
    1. PBrunsel (IA)
  District 4
   1. Mike Naso (TX)
  District 5
    no preference

Christian Democratic Party (CDP)
  Districts 1 and 3
    no preference
  District 2
    1. Virginian87 (VA)
  District4
    1. Democratic 'Hawk' (GA)
  District 5
    1. Mr. Hobbes (CA)

Social Democratic Party (SDP)
   District 1
    1. Earl Andrew Washburn (NY)
  Districts 2, 3, 4, and 5
    no preference

Neither the Free Democratic Party nor the Independent Liberal Party stated its preferences to the Department of Forum Affairs.
OFFICIAL BALLOT

Senate

District 1
Earl Andrew Washburn (New York)
NixonNow (New Jersey)

District 2
Keystone Phil (Pennsylvania)
Virginian87 (Virginia)

District 3
ilikeverin (Minnesota)
PBrunsel (Iowa)

District 4
Democratic 'Hawk' (Georgia)
Mike Naso (Texas)

District 5
Gabu (Utah)
Mr. Hobbes (California)

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

It is now 18:00 Eastern Standard Time (19:00 Eastern Daylight Time) the voting booth is now open.  Any posts prior to this are invalid, but the posters may repost their votes without penalty.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Results of April 2006 Senate Election

69 ballots were cast in this election.
1 ballots was invalidated, that of OWL, for inactivity.

10 candidates were on the ballot plus 3 additional candidates, Colin Wixted, MAS117, and Lewis Trondheim, indicated their acceptance of write in votes in the thread for Candidate Declarations for this election.  All preferences for anyone other than those 13 candidates were discarded.

No votes were received for None of the Above in any of the five races.

District 1
9 ballots cast

1st Round
4 - Earl Andrew Washburn
4 - NixonNow
1 - MAS117

2nd Round
4 - Earl Andrew Washburn
4 - NixonNow

The result is a tied election and a runoff between Earl Andrew Washburn and NixonNow in the District 1 Senate race is ordered for the next weekend.

District 2
15 ballots cast

1st Round
10 - Virginian87
5 - Colin Wixted
0 - Keystone Phil

Having received a majority of preferences, Virginian87 is declared the winner of the District 2 Senate race.

District 3
13 ballots cast; 1 invalidated

1st Round
6 - ilikeverin
6 - PBrunsel

The result is a tied election and a runoff between ilikeverin and PBrunsel in the District 3 Senate race i is ordered for the next weekend.

District 4
18 ballots cast

1st Round
15 - Democratic 'Hawk'
2 - no preference
1 - Mike Naso

Having received a majority of preferences, Democratic 'Hawk' is declared the winner of the District 4 Senate race.

District 5
14 ballots cast

1st Round
8 - Gabu
6 - Mr. Hobbes
0 - Lewis Trondheim

Having received a majority of preferences, Gabu is declared the winner of the District 5 Senate race.
These results have been checked for accuracy and are the official certificate of the returns of this election

Ernest