Office of Battista Minola 1616

[AustralianSwingVoter]

Uber Endorsed!!!

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

endrosed

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Endorsed, need it be said!

[West_Midlander]

Congrats on your win!

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Even if I am not Vice President anymore, and I am fairly disappointed we did not manage to complete the process within the term of Scott's and mine administration, I'd still like to thank current President OBD for signing the 2022 budget and finally concluding this long, complicated process.

- Battista Minola 1616

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Good morning. I would just like to announce that I am running for re-election once again. After the, uh, many events of the last few months this was not at all a sure thing... but in the end I decided it was worth it, that there are still ways I can help Frémont. Also whoops, I had not updated this thread's title since I had left the Vice Presidency - I have now rectified that.

As always:
Battista Minola 1616 for Frémont Parliament

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

I have been confirmed as Secretary of Federal Elections! I thank President Utah Neolib for the appointment and all the Senate for voting in favour of it. It is a hard task, and one which asks me a lot soon since the next presidential election starts tomorrow, but one I hope I'll manage successfully.

[beesley]

Congratulations on your confirmation to the Church of England.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Congratulations on your confirmation to the Church of England.

This is SoFE, not CofE. On a related note, I'd like to warn everyone that ballots from now on may be posted earlier than they used to be for, erm, time zone reasons.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

I have been confirmed as Secretary of Federal Elections! I thank President Utah Neolib for the appointment and all the Senate for voting in favour of it. It is a hard task, and one which asks me a lot soon since the next presidential election starts tomorrow, but one I hope I'll manage successfully.

Congrats, and just in time! Election's in like, 6 hours.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

I have also remembered to start a separate thread for my department of federal elections now and so I guess this one will keep being largely for my elected offices - currently Frémont MP of course.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

I have decided I will not run for re-election to the Frémont Parliament. It's a job I can't devote much time to anymore and I have also come to believe that it's best not to seek or hold elected office as long as I am Secretary of Federal Elections.

Our region is in safe hands at least. Gloria Frémontis!

- Battista Minola 1616

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Your presence will be missed. Thank you Mr. MP, Mr. Vice President, and friend.

[Joseph Cao]

I have decided I will not run for re-election to the Frémont Parliament. It's a job I can't devote much time to anymore and I have also come to believe that it's best not to seek or hold elected office as long as I am Secretary of Federal Elections.

Our region is in safe hands at least. Gloria Frémontis!

- Battista Minola 1616

Peebs: “am I a joke to you?”

That aside, sad to see you leave Parliament, good luck with RL!

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

I have decided I will not run for re-election to the Frémont Parliament. It's a job I can't devote much time to anymore and I have also come to believe that it's best not to seek or hold elected office as long as I am Secretary of Federal Elections.

Our region is in safe hands at least. Gloria Frémontis!

- Battista Minola 1616

Peebs: “am I a joke to you?”

That aside, sad to see you leave Parliament, good luck with RL!

I respect Peebs's choices, but I am not her.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Having been (temporarily) appointed Frémont Minister for Electoral Affairs, which of course is a separate office from SoFE, I am going to recover this thread to post the ballot for the July 2023 Frémont special election.

COMMONWEALTH OF FRÉMONT
JULY 2023 SPECIAL ELECTION
OFFICIAL BALLOT

1. The election will last 72 hours, starting at 00:00 EDT Friday July 14 and ending 0:00 EDT Monday July 17. All ballots cast outside this period will be counted invalid.

2. You are eligible to vote in this election if you (a) have registered with the federal Census Bureau as a voter of one of the states or external territories of this Region; (b) have not had your voting rights stripped as the result of deregistration or court order; and (c) meet all other requirements set forth in Article V of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Frémont and federal law.

3. You are permitted, but not advised, to edit your ballot within 20 minutes of posting it within this thread. Deleting your ballot at any time or editing it after 20 minutes will result in the invalidation of your vote.

4. You are permitted to write your ballot in a language other than English, provided you use only Latin characters (A, B, C, ...) and Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, ...) to spell out the names of candidates for office and list all candidates or options that appear on this official sample ballot.

5. Please check over your ballot thoroughly before you click "Post". You have no excuse for casting a ballot which contains errors or does not accurately reflect your preferences. Failure to correct errors in your ballot may result in its disqualification.
FOR FIRST MINISTER
ONE (1) to be elected.
[  ] theflyingmongoose of California
Peace Party | Independent
[  ] Write-in:

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

The Frémont special election is closed and has been certified.

FIRST MINISTER
theflyingmongoose 5 5
AustralianSwingVoter 4 4
JosepBroz (Zinneke) 1
Lakigigar 1
ReallySuper 1

theflyingmongoose is elected First Minister of the Commonwealth of Frémont.

I certify the above is a true and accurate account of the votes cast.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Similarly, I have been entrusted to administer another special election for Parliament following the departure of FDB. This ballot will look like a joke but...

COMMONWEALTH OF FRÉMONT
JULY 2023 SECOND SPECIAL ELECTION
OFFICIAL BALLOT

1. The election will last 72 hours, starting at 00:00 EDT Friday July 21 and ending 0:00 EDT Monday July 24. All ballots cast outside this period will be counted invalid.

2. You are eligible to vote in this election if you (a) have registered with the federal Census Bureau as a voter of one of the states or external territories of this Region; (b) have not had your voting rights stripped as the result of deregistration or court order; and (c) meet all other requirements set forth in Article V of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Frémont and federal law.

3. You are permitted, but not advised, to edit your ballot within 20 minutes of posting it within this thread. Deleting your ballot at any time or editing it after 20 minutes will result in the invalidation of your vote.

4. You are permitted to write your ballot in a language other than English, provided you use only Latin characters (A, B, C, ...) and Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, ...) to spell out the names of candidates for office and list all candidates or options that appear on this official sample ballot.

5. Please check over your ballot thoroughly before you click "Post". You have no excuse for casting a ballot which contains errors or does not accurately reflect your preferences. Failure to correct errors in your ballot may result in its disqualification.
FOR PARLIAMENT
ONE (1) to be elected.
[  ] Write-in:

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

And the special election for Parliament is certified as well.

FRÉMONT PARLIAMENT

ReallySuper 5
Forumlurker161 2
Ebowed 1

ReallySuper is elected Member of the Frémont Parliament.

I certify the above is a true and accurate account of the votes cast.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

I have resigned from SoFE - I think this is the end of my public career in Atlasia. Arrivederci/Goodbye/Adiós/Adeus.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I have resigned from SoFE - I think this is the end of my public career in Atlasia. Arrivederci/Goodbye/Adiós/Adeus.

Farewell.
See you later.
Thank you for your hard work. You have a proud legacy to look back on.

[Make America Grumpy Again]

I have resigned from SoFE - I think this is the end of my public career in Atlasia. Arrivederci/Goodbye/Adiós/Adeus.

Thank you for your service

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

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