Office of Mideast Governor Inks.LWC

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Executive Order 7

By the authority vested in my by the Constitution of the Mideast Region, I hereby order the following:

Swedish Cheese shall be appointed to the position of Assemblyman.

Don't forget to swear yourself in in the thread in the government board.

Inks.LWC
July 11, 2009

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

Thank you Mr Governor, it's a great honour.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor's Update 25

The following shall be on the Mideast July election ballot:

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On the list to accept write-in votes:
officepark
Peter

Voting will start at noon on Thursday and will last for 72 hours.

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[Fritz]

Voting doesn't start for four whole days, and its already too late to get on the ballot?  Sheesh.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Voting doesn't start for four whole days, and its already too late to get on the ballot?  Sheesh.

7 days in advance.  What do you think this is?  Some disorganized region where the turnover rate of elected officials is higher than Cheech and Chong?

[Fritz]

It seems unnecessarily long, and your sole incumbent missed it.  Just sayin...

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

It seems unnecessarily long, and your sole incumbent missed it.  Just sayin...

We're working on that one.

And Inks, KyleGordon signed up for the Assembly election already back in June so his name should be on the ballot as well.

100% now running for Mideast Assembly.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

It seems unnecessarily long, and your sole incumbent missed it.  Just sayin...

We're working on that one.

And Inks, KyleGordon signed up for the Assembly election already back in June so his name should be on the ballot as well.

100% now running for Mideast Assembly.

Ah yes - thank you for that.  (This is why I post these things ahead of time - make sure I don't miss anything).

And Fritz, we've had people just forget to declare at all some months.

[Badger]

Thank you Mr Governor, it's a great honour.

Congragulations on the appointment, SC, and I wish you, Kyle and Peter a good campaign!

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor's Update 26

The following is the list of candidates that I have chosen to heartily endorse for the Mideast Assembly (in no particular order):

Peter
Officepark

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[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor's Update 27

The following is a copy of the official certification for the July elections:

Official Certification

Round 1:
Peter: 6
badger: 3
Swedish Cheese: 3
officepark: 2
KyleGordon: 0

Peter is duly elected, having reached the quota.  His surplus votes are distributed.

Round 2:
Peter: 4.5
badger: 3.1875
Swedish Cheese: 3.1875
officepark: 2.1875
KyleGordon: 0.1875

KyleGordon is eliminated.

Round 3:
Peter: 4.5
badger: 3.1875
Swedish Cheese: 3.1875
officepark: 2.1875

officepark is eliminated.

Peter, badger, and Swedish Cheese are duly elected.

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Inks.LWC

[Peter]

Mr Governor,

I am afraid I do not agree with your certification tallies.

The Mideast Elections Consolidation Statute, Section 2, Clause 1 states:

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This is not Single Transferable Vote (though your tallies don't seem to mirror the STV system either). I believe the count should proceed as:

First Preferences
Peter - 6
Badger - 3
Swedish Cheese - 3
Officepark - 2
KyleGordon - 0
Peter elected

First and Second Preferences
Swedish Cheese - 3 + 7 = 10
Officepark - 2 + 3 = 5
Badger - 3 + 1 = 4
Kyle Gordon - 0 + 1 = 1
Swedish Cheese elected

1st, 2nd, 3rd preferences
Officepark - 2+3+1 = 6
Badger - 3+1+5 = 9
KyleGordon 0+1+1 = 2
Badger elected

I do however stand to be corrected on any of these points.

[Vepres]

Either way he got the three winners right.

[Хahar 🤔]

The system the Mideast uses is horrible. I can't think of any arguments in favor of it.

[afleitch]

The system the Mideast uses is horrible. I can't think of any arguments in favor of it.

Does the fact that you don't like it count in it's favour

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Mr Governor,

I am afraid I do not agree with your certification tallies.

The Mideast Elections Consolidation Statute, Section 2, Clause 1 states:

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This is not Single Transferable Vote (though your tallies don't seem to mirror the STV system either). I believe the count should proceed as:

First Preferences
Peter - 6
Badger - 3
Swedish Cheese - 3
Officepark - 2
KyleGordon - 0
Peter elected

First and Second Preferences
Swedish Cheese - 3 + 7 = 10
Officepark - 2 + 3 = 5
Badger - 3 + 1 = 4
Kyle Gordon - 0 + 1 = 1
Swedish Cheese elected

1st, 2nd, 3rd preferences
Officepark - 2+3+1 = 6
Badger - 3+1+5 = 9
KyleGordon 0+1+1 = 2
Badger elected

I do however stand to be corrected on any of these points.

Peter, you're correct - I forgot that the Mideast had passed election law for the Assembly, so I was going by the Mideast Constitution.

Thankfully the end result is the same, and thank you for catching that error.

I can't believe I forgot about that.

[Purple State]

I was elected twice to the Assembly, served as speaker for most of my time there, yet I will never understand how the election tallies work. This is why we need Peter and Inks.

[Хahar 🤔]

The system the Mideast uses is horrible. I can't think of any arguments in favor of it.

Does the fact that you don't like it count in it's favour

No.

But, for real. It is perfectly possible for three candidates to be elected when all are preferenced in the bottom three by a majority. For instance, let's take the example of the 1948 Irish election, under this system (with three candidates to be elected). For the purpose of this example, let's assume that all voters from all parties rank their three candidates in the same order, and that all the other parties rank Fianna Fáil last (not unreasonable, IMO).

The first count:

Fianna Fáil #1: 41.9
Fine Gael #1: 19.8
Clann na Poblachta #1: 13.3
Labour #1: 11.3
Clann na Talmhan #1: 5.5
National Labour #1: 2.6
Others: 0

Fianna Fáil #1 elected.

The second count:

Fianna Fáil #1: n/a
Fianna Fáil #2: 41.9
Fine Gael #1: 39.6
Clann na Poblachta #1: 26.6
Labour #1: 22.6
Fine Gael #2: 19.8
Clann na Poblachta #2: 13.3
Labour #2: 11.3
Clann na Talmhan #1: 11
Clann na Talmhan #2: 5.5
National Labour #1: 5.2
National Labour #2: 2.6
Others: 0

Fianna Fáil #2 elected.

The third count:

Fianna Fáil #1: n/a
Fianna Fáil #2: n/a
Fine Gael #1: 59.4
Fianna Fáil #3: 41.9
Clann na Poblachta #1: 39.9
Fine Gael #2: 39.6
Labour #1: 33.9
Clann na Poblachta #2: 26.6
Labour #2: 22.6
Fine Gael #3: 19.8
Clann na Talmhan #1: 16.5
Clann na Poblachta #3: 13.3
Labour #3: 11.3
Clann na Talmhan #2: 11
National Labour #1: 7.8
Clann na Talmhan #3: 5.5
National Labour #2: 5.2
National Labour #3: 2.6

Fine Gael #1 is elected.

Final Composition: Fianna Fáil 2, Fine Gael 1

Thus, the Opposition, with 58.1% of the vote, gets 33.3% of the seats, and Fianna Fáil, last-preferenced by the majority, gets 66.7% of the seats. Theoretically, a party could win all three seats with any number of votes, provided they had thrice as many as the second-place party.

I rest my case.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor's Update 28

Voting on the Constitutional Amendment to change the candidacy declaration deadline will begin at noon on Thursday.  I have put up the voting booth since I'll be out of town until Friday, so PLEASE don't vote early.

On a related note, I'll be gone tomorrow through Friday.

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[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor's Update 29

Voting on the Constitutional Amendment to change the candidacy declaration deadline began at at noon today.  Voting will end at noon on Sunday.

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[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor's Update 30

I'll be out of town until Saturday night.  I don't know if I'll have Internet access, but if I don't log in in 36 hours, I'd recommend the Assembly vote install the Speaker as acting Governor.

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[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Governor's Update 31

The following is a copy of the official certification for the Constitutional Amendment to change the candidacy declaration deadline:

Official Certification

Constitutional Amendment to change the candidacy declaration deadline
[  ] AYE - 11
[  ] NAY - 0
[  ] ABSTAIN - 0

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[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

On the following legislation:

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I use my privilege of veto.

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[HappyWarrior]

Good job and thank you for being sensible Inks.

[tmthforu94]

Good job and thank you for being sensible Inks.