July 2023 Lincoln Special Election and Referendum

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

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OFFICIAL BALLOT

Region of Lincoln
July 2023 Special Election

Instructions and important information

This election will last for exactly 72 hours beginning at 12:00 AM (Eastern Time) on Friday 7 July and ending at 12:00 AM on Monday 10 July. All votes cast outside of this period will be counted invalid.

Ballot instructions
1. For the Election, please vote for the candidate of your choosing on the race on the ballot. The election is carried out using instant runoff voting, so you may rank the candidates as you please.

2. For the Ballot Question, please vote either Aye, Nay, or Abstain. Abstentions will not affect the results. Declining to vote on the ballot question will be treated as an Abstention.

3. You are permitted, but not advised, to edit your ballot within 20 minutes of posting it in this thread. Editing your ballot more than 20 minutes after posting it in this voting booth, or deleting your ballot at any time (even if you re-vote), will cause it to be counted invalid.

4. 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.

5. It is a crime against the Republic of Atlasia to a) delete your ballot after the voting period is closed and before the results are certified or delete your ballot after the 20 minute edit period and revote and/or b) intimidate or attempt to place undue pressure on a voter to delete their ballot as outlined in part a or invalidate their ballot.

6. All posts count as ballots. In the event of a user making multiple posts during the voting period (with the exception of the original ballot posted by the election administrator and other instructional posts from the administrator of the election), only the first post will be considered for counting.

Eligibility
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 of this region; (b) have not had your voting rights stripped as the result of deregistration or court order; (c) meet all other requirements set forth in the Constitution of Lincoln; and (d) have been a registered voter of Lincoln for the past eight weeks if you have switched regions.

WARNING: Do not vote until 0:00 EASTERN

Election ballot
There is one election and one referendum on this ballot.

For Lincoln General Court
term ending August 2023 (3 to elect)



[  ] Jay (trippytropicana) of Vermont
Independent - Democratic Alliance
[  ] Write-in: ___________
[  ] Write-in: ___________




Ballot Question - Anti-Separatist Regional Amendment
Text: https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=556537.msg9121859#msg9121859 (To be clear, this is a vote on making the changes indicated by the bold and strikethrough.)


[  ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

[NewYorkExpress]

For Lincoln General Court:

1. RC
2. Jay (trippytropicana)
3. Mr X

Ballot Question:

Aye

[Vice President Christian Man]

For Lincoln General Court:

1. Jay (trippytropicana)
2. Gregthegreat
3. Fairbol


Ballot Question:

Aye

[Sirius_]

General court:
1. Jay
2. RC
Amendment:
Aye

[RC (a la Frémont)]

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OFFICIAL BALLOT

Region of Lincoln
July 2023 Special Election

Instructions and important information

This election will last for exactly 72 hours beginning at 12:00 AM (Eastern Time) on Friday 7 July and ending at 12:00 AM on Monday 10 July. All votes cast outside of this period will be counted invalid.

Ballot instructions
1. For the Election, please vote for the candidate of your choosing on the race on the ballot. The election is carried out using instant runoff voting, so you may rank the candidates as you please.

2. For the Ballot Question, please vote either Aye, Nay, or Abstain. Abstentions will not affect the results. Declining to vote on the ballot question will be treated as an Abstention.

3. You are permitted, but not advised, to edit your ballot within 20 minutes of posting it in this thread. Editing your ballot more than 20 minutes after posting it in this voting booth, or deleting your ballot at any time (even if you re-vote), will cause it to be counted invalid.

4. 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.

5. It is a crime against the Republic of Atlasia to a) delete your ballot after the voting period is closed and before the results are certified or delete your ballot after the 20 minute edit period and revote and/or b) intimidate or attempt to place undue pressure on a voter to delete their ballot as outlined in part a or invalidate their ballot.

6. All posts count as ballots. In the event of a user making multiple posts during the voting period (with the exception of the original ballot posted by the election administrator and other instructional posts from the administrator of the election), only the first post will be considered for counting.

Eligibility
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 of this region; (b) have not had your voting rights stripped as the result of deregistration or court order; (c) meet all other requirements set forth in the Constitution of Lincoln; and (d) have been a registered voter of Lincoln for the past eight weeks if you have switched regions.

WARNING: Do not vote until 0:00 EASTERN

Election ballot
There is one election and one referendum on this ballot.

For Lincoln General Court
term ending August 2023 (3 to elect)



[ 1 ] Jay (trippytropicana) of Vermont
Independent - Democratic Alliance
[ 2 ] Write-in: PragmaticPopulist of New York
[ 3 ] Write-in: WalterWhite of New Hampshire






Ballot Question - Anti-Separatist Regional Amendment
Text: https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=556537.msg9121859#msg9121859 (To be clear, this is a vote on making the changes indicated by the bold and strikethrough.)




[ X ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

[JGibson]

For Lincoln General Court
term ending August 2023 (3 to elect)



[2] Jay (trippytropicana) of Vermont
Independent - Democratic Alliance
[1] Write-in: RC




Ballot Question - Anti-Separatist Regional Amendment
Text: https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=556537.msg9121859#msg9121859 (To be clear, this is a vote on making the changes indicated by the bold and strikethrough.)


[X] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

[FairBol]

For Lincoln General Court
term ending August 2023 (3 to elect)



[  ] Jay (trippytropicana) of Vermont
Independent - Democratic Alliance
[X] Write-in: FairBol
[  ] Write-in: ___________




Ballot Question - Anti-Separatist Regional Amendment
Text: https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=556537.msg9121859#msg9121859 (To be clear, this is a vote on making the changes indicated by the bold and strikethrough.)


[  ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[X] Abstain

[Jay 🏳️‍⚧️]

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OFFICIAL BALLOT

Region of Lincoln
July 2023 Special Election

Instructions and important information

This election will last for exactly 72 hours beginning at 12:00 AM (Eastern Time) on Friday 7 July and ending at 12:00 AM on Monday 10 July. All votes cast outside of this period will be counted invalid.

Ballot instructions
1. For the Election, please vote for the candidate of your choosing on the race on the ballot. The election is carried out using instant runoff voting, so you may rank the candidates as you please.

2. For the Ballot Question, please vote either Aye, Nay, or Abstain. Abstentions will not affect the results. Declining to vote on the ballot question will be treated as an Abstention.

3. You are permitted, but not advised, to edit your ballot within 20 minutes of posting it in this thread. Editing your ballot more than 20 minutes after posting it in this voting booth, or deleting your ballot at any time (even if you re-vote), will cause it to be counted invalid.

4. 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.

5. It is a crime against the Republic of Atlasia to a) delete your ballot after the voting period is closed and before the results are certified or delete your ballot after the 20 minute edit period and revote and/or b) intimidate or attempt to place undue pressure on a voter to delete their ballot as outlined in part a or invalidate their ballot.

6. All posts count as ballots. In the event of a user making multiple posts during the voting period (with the exception of the original ballot posted by the election administrator and other instructional posts from the administrator of the election), only the first post will be considered for counting.

Eligibility
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 of this region; (b) have not had your voting rights stripped as the result of deregistration or court order; (c) meet all other requirements set forth in the Constitution of Lincoln; and (d) have been a registered voter of Lincoln for the past eight weeks if you have switched regions.

WARNING: Do not vote until 0:00 EASTERN

Election ballot
There is one election and one referendum on this ballot.

For Lincoln General Court
term ending August 2023 (3 to elect)



[ 1 ] Jay (trippytropicana) of Vermont
Independent - Democratic Alliance
[  ] Write-in: ___________
[  ] Write-in: ___________




Ballot Question - Anti-Separatist Regional Amendment
Text: https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=556537.msg9121859#msg9121859 (To be clear, this is a vote on making the changes indicated by the bold and strikethrough.)


[ X ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[  ] Abstain

[Pyro]

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OFFICIAL BALLOT

Region of Lincoln
July 2023 Special Election

Instructions and important information

This election will last for exactly 72 hours beginning at 12:00 AM (Eastern Time) on Friday 7 July and ending at 12:00 AM on Monday 10 July. All votes cast outside of this period will be counted invalid.

Ballot instructions
1. For the Election, please vote for the candidate of your choosing on the race on the ballot. The election is carried out using instant runoff voting, so you may rank the candidates as you please.

2. For the Ballot Question, please vote either Aye, Nay, or Abstain. Abstentions will not affect the results. Declining to vote on the ballot question will be treated as an Abstention.

3. You are permitted, but not advised, to edit your ballot within 20 minutes of posting it in this thread. Editing your ballot more than 20 minutes after posting it in this voting booth, or deleting your ballot at any time (even if you re-vote), will cause it to be counted invalid.

4. 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.

5. It is a crime against the Republic of Atlasia to a) delete your ballot after the voting period is closed and before the results are certified or delete your ballot after the 20 minute edit period and revote and/or b) intimidate or attempt to place undue pressure on a voter to delete their ballot as outlined in part a or invalidate their ballot.

6. All posts count as ballots. In the event of a user making multiple posts during the voting period (with the exception of the original ballot posted by the election administrator and other instructional posts from the administrator of the election), only the first post will be considered for counting.

Eligibility
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 of this region; (b) have not had your voting rights stripped as the result of deregistration or court order; (c) meet all other requirements set forth in the Constitution of Lincoln; and (d) have been a registered voter of Lincoln for the past eight weeks if you have switched regions.

WARNING: Do not vote until 0:00 EASTERN

Election ballot
There is one election and one referendum on this ballot.

For Lincoln General Court
term ending August 2023 (3 to elect)



[ 3 ] Jay (trippytropicana) of Vermont
Independent - Democratic Alliance
[ 1 ] Write-in: Nerd73
[ 2 ] Write-in: RC
[ 4 ] Write-in: PragPop




Ballot Question - Anti-Separatist Regional Amendment
Text: https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=556537.msg9121859#msg9121859 (To be clear, this is a vote on making the changes indicated by the bold and strikethrough.)


[  ] Aye
[  ] Nay
[ X ] Abstain

[nerd73]

lgc:
1. nerd73
2. jay
3. write in: george washington "buddy" darden III

ballot question:

1. abstain

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

1. Fairbol
2. PragPop
3. Mechalord
4. NYE
5. RC
6. Jay
7. Nerd

Aye

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

lgc:
1. nerd73
2. jay

ballot question:

1. abstain

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

1 Jay
2 Nerd
3 Pyro
4 ZMUN
5 RC
6 Fairbol


Amendment: Aye

[lfromnj]

Fairbol

[Pericles]

1. Nerd
2. Jay

Aye on Amendment

[Joseph Cao]

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OFFICIAL BALLOT

Region of Lincoln
July 2023 Special Election

Election ballot
There is one election and one referendum on this ballot.

For Lincoln General Court
term ending August 2023 (3 to elect)



[ 2 ] Jay (trippytropicana) of Vermont
Independent - Democratic Alliance
[ 1 ] Write-in: Fairbol of Connecticut
[ 3 ] Write-in: Brother Jonathan of New Hampshire




Ballot Question - Anti-Separatist Regional Amendment
Text: https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=556537.msg9121859#msg9121859 (To be clear, this is a vote on making the changes indicated by the bold and strikethrough.)


[ X ] Aye
[    ] Nay
[    ] Abstain

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

LGC:

Votes for RC were not formally accepted and are thus immediately transferred to the next preference.

Quota: 4

Tropicana 7 (ELECTED)
Nerd 4 (ELECTED)
Fairbol 4 (ELECTED)

Tropicana, Nerd, and Fairbol are Elected. They may swear in immediately.


Referendum:

Aye - 10, 100%
Nay - 0, 0%
Abstain - 5

Amendment is Adopted.

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As the elections administrator of Lincoln, I do certify the above as an accurate representation of the votes cast in the election.