Department of Federal Elections

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Okay, so I'll end up waiting until Tuesday morning anyway, I guess, if we've reset the 24-hour clock to question the result.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

The 24 hour clock is a courtesy I began leaving after we had an incident like this take place after I'd gone to bed. It's a way of everyone knowing the results for 24 hours, and thus, if I've made a mistake (and I always manage to make one) that someone can point it out and I can fix it. Then once the clock is out (1am tomorrow) I stamp my little stamp and inform the senate of the results, and you are free to swear in, out, or at whomever you wish.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

If you'd like to see the stamp, go back a few pages

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I see; thank you for the explanation.　じゃあ、また明日、إن شاء الله.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Senate By-Election, At Large
ROUND 1
Nathan - 42
Cincinnatus - 32
Yelnoc - 23

ROUND 2
Nathan - 48
Cincinnatus - 48

Tie broken by lead on previous ballot. Nathan has been elected to the Senate.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Please note that I have resigned as SoFE effective immediately.

[homelycooking]

I, Homelycooking, will administer this week's elections.

So far, these candidates have declared their intentions to run and will be placed on the ballot:

20RP12, Silly Party of Atlasia, Pennsylvania
JUNKIE, Regional Protection Party, Maine
KALWEJT, Jesus Christ Party, Alabama
NATHAN, Jesus Christ Party, Massachusetts
SEWER, Silly Party of Atlasia, Iowa
TEDDY, National Centrist Party, Washington
TJ IN CLEVE, Regional Protection Party, Ohio

Representatives of parties granting endorsements should contact me by Thursday so that the endorsements you give to the candidates will likewise be listed on the ballot.

[Pheurton Skeurto]

[homelycooking]

SAMPLE BALLOT -
VOID FOR ALL NON-DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES

This election is held in accordance with Article V of the Constitution and with the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act.  The regular election begins at 23:59 EDT, Thursday, December 8th, and ends at 23:59 EDT, Sunday, December 11.

DO NOT EDIT OR DELETE THE POST CONTAINING YOUR BALLOT IN ANY WAY AFTER 20 MINUTES OF ITS BEING POSTED OR YOUR VOTE WILL BE INVALIDATED

The act of campaigning within the election booth is strictly forbidden and will render void any votes made by those who campaign. The act of campaigning is considered to include, but is not limited to, strong attempts to compel others either to vote or not to vote for one or multiple candidates, or other related activities that could reasonably be construed as a direct attempt to influence how future voters cast their ballots. In other words, this is not a discussion thread. In short, the department will be taking a liberal interpreation of this, so Keep posts to votes only.

Place the numbers 1, 2, etc. in the space provided beside the candidates who you wish to vote for to designate your order of preference for these candidates.  If any other mark or attempt to order the candidates is made, the Department of Forum Affairs will make every effort to deduce voter intent from the content of the ballot, but the warning must be issued that failure to follow the above instructions may result in the invalidation of your ballot in the event of an inability to discern voter intent.  You are an eligible voter in general if you were registered to vote on or before the proper date, and if you made 15 posts in any location within the Atlas Forum in the 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the regular election. In other words, if your name appears on the Census list, you can presume you are elegible.  

In the event that you do not support any listed candidate or that you support one or many candidates that are not listed in addition to those that are, you may write in other candidates and include them in your list of preferences.  Space is provided for one such write-in, but as many can be listed as you wish.  In the event that you do not support any listed candidate, and do not wish to write in any candidate, you may place an X or a 1 beside "None of the above", and only beside "None of the above".  In the event that an X or a 1 appears beside "None of the above" on a ballot, all other marks or numbers will be ignored.  It is not permissible under current election law to vote for both "None of the above" and other candidates.

Note that voting begins at midnight and ends in exactly 72 hours.

Names of candidates follow in alphabetical order.

AT-LARGE SENATE (5 seats)

[  ] 20RP12 of Pennsylvania
^{SPA - Silly Party of Atlasia
Endorsement: JCP, RPP}

[  ] Junkie of Maine
^{RPP - Regional Protection Party, Non-Partisan League caucus
Endorsement: JCP, RPP}

[  ] Kalwejt of Alabama
^{JCP - Jesus Christ Party, Social Democratic caucus
Endorsement: JCP}

[  ] Nathan of Massachusetts
^{JCP - Jesus Christ Party
Endorsement: JCP}

[  ] Sewer (SpaceCommunistMutant) of Iowa
^{SPA - Silly Party of Atlasia
Endorsement: JCP}

[  ] TJ in Cleve of Ohio
^{RPP - Regional Protection Party
Endorsement: RPP}

[  ] Write-in:______________________________


[  ] None of the above


SAMPLE BALLOT -
VOID FOR ALL NON-DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Representatives of parties granting endorsements should contact me by Thursday so that the endorsements you give to the candidates will likewise be listed on the ballot.

Oh great and magnificent Registrar General, possessor of highest approval ratings in all the land,

The Regional Protection Party has endorsed 20RP12 and Teddy and thus they may choose to appear as such on the ballot.


Sen. NC Yankee,
RPP Chairman.

[homelycooking]

Representatives of parties granting endorsements should contact me by Thursday so that the endorsements you give to the candidates will likewise be listed on the ballot.

Oh great and magnificent Registrar General, possessor of highest approval ratings in all the land,

The Regional Protection Party has endorsed 20RP12 and Teddy and thus they may choose to appear as such on the ballot.

Sen. NC Yankee,
RPP Chairman.

Thank you Mr. Chairman. Since Teddy is no longer a candidate, the ballot will be edited to reflect your party's endorsements of 20RP12, TJ in Cleve and Junkie.

Your fitting reverence has also been noted.

[homelycooking]

OFFICIAL COUNT

1. Ebowed: NATHAN
2. Napoleon: NATHAN
3. ZuWo: TJ IN CLEVE
4. Teddy: SEWER
5. Clarence: TJ IN CLEVE
6. Jackson: KALWEJT
7. 20RP12: 20RP12
8. big bad fab: JUNKIE
9. Kalwejt: KALWEJT
10. tmthforu: TJ IN CLEVE
11. belgian: NATHAN
12. AndrewPA: JUNKIE
13. px75: KALWEJT
14. Antonio V: KALWEJT
15. angus: 20RP12
16. Hawkeye: KALWEJT
17. Change08: NATHAN
18. Shua: 20RP12
19. Lewis T.: Xahar to SEWER
20. RFK: KALWEJT
21. Scott: NATHAN
22. Polnut: JUNKIE
23. Oakvale: JUNKIE
24. Inks: TJ IN CLEVE
25. Simfan: JUNKIE
26. Benconstine: JUNKIE
27. Averroes Nix: NATHAN
28. Snowguy: KALWEJT
29. Sanchez: 20RP12
30. officepark: TJ IN CLEVE
31. Fritz: SEWER
32. Homely: JUNKIE

Current tally (after write-ins):

20RP12: 4
JUNKIE: 7
KALWEJT: 7
NATHAN: 6
SEWER: 3
TJ IN CLEVE: 5

[TJ in Oregon]

I thought the voting began at 11:59 PM tomorrow night (well, technicially tonight now)? Is the voting booth thread just posted so we can see the ballot or has it started?

[bgwah]

Yeah I'm a tiny bit confused. The voting booth even says:

You must be logged in to read this quote.

This implies the elections arts in about 24 hours, not now.

[Fritz]

lordie.......

Looks like the election started a day early.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

This has happened before, and the result was the law allows the voting booth to be opened any time on Thursday, but, it must be closed 72 hours after it opens.

[bgwah]

Yeah it's legal for it to start now. Homely will need to fix the specific times, though.

[homelycooking]

Sorry, I fucked up big time. We could delete the old one and start at the correct time. I suppose, though that since the voting booth is legal (opened on Thursday), we should continue to use the current one. Any advice?

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

When this happened to me we decided to continue, and I just made sure to PM voters to let them know. The RG also counted people as having cast a (though invalid) ballot, if they voted late.

[homelycooking]

I apologize for my error in opening the voting booth early. The election will proceed as scheduled until 0:00 Sunday, and all registered voters will be notified of these voting hours.

[homelycooking]

OFFICIAL COUNT

1. Ebowed: NATHAN
2. Napoleon: NATHAN
3. ZuWo: TJ IN CLEVE
4. Teddy: SEWER
5. Clarence: TJ IN CLEVE
6. Jackson: KALWEJT
7. 20RP12: 20RP12
8. big bad fab: JUNKIE
9. Kalwejt: KALWEJT
10. tmthforu: TJ IN CLEVE
11. belgian: NATHAN
12. AndrewPA: JUNKIE
13. px75: KALWEJT
14. Antonio V: KALWEJT
15. angus: 20RP12
16. Hawkeye: KALWEJT
17. Change08: NATHAN
18. Shua: 20RP12
19. Lewis T.: Xahar to SEWER
20. RFK: KALWEJT
21. Scott: NATHAN
22. Polnut: JUNKIE
23. Oakvale: JUNKIE
24. Inks: TJ IN CLEVE
25. Simfan: JUNKIE
26. Benconstine: JUNKIE
27. Averroes Nix: NATHAN
28. Snowguy: KALWEJT
29. Sanchez: 20RP12
30. officepark: TJ IN CLEVE
31. Fritz: SEWER
32. Homely: JUNKIE
33. JulioMadrid: KALWEJT
34. MOPolitico: JUNKIE
35. Frodo: NATHAN
36. A-Bob: TJ IN CLEVE
37. ilikeverin: 20RP12
38. Marokai: JUNKIE
39. Dallasfan: KALWEJT
40. Bacon King: NATHAN
41. Badger: KALWEJT
42. Thomas D: KALWEJT
43. Winfield: 20RP12
44. Mondale: NATHAN
45. MilesC56: TJ IN CLEVE
46. Pingvin: JUNKIE
47. Holmes: NATHAN
48. Taft4Prez: JUNKIE
49. Brandon H: TJ IN CLEVE
50. Jbrase: JUNKIE
51. Fuzzy: KALWEJT
52. wormyguy: SEWER
53. real. id.: TJ IN CLEVE
54. Meeker: NATHAN
55. Tender B.: KALWEJT
56. Smid: TJ IN CLEVE
57. MaxQue: JUNKIE
58. Hashemite: KALWEJT
59. Cathcon: TJ IN CLEVE
60. Franzl: JUNKIE
61. Torie: TJ IN CLEVE
62. BRTD: NATHAN
63. Snowstalker: NATHAN
64. PiT: 20RP12
65. Dereich: TJ IN CLEVE
66. sbane: JUNKIE
67. RowanBrandon: TJ IN CLEVE
68. MQuinn: TJ IN CLEVE
69. NCYankee: TJ IN CLEVE
70. opebo: NATHAN
71. Junkie: JUNKIE
72. Cincinnatus: JUNKIE
73. JCL: TJ IN CLEVE
74. Duke: JUNKIE
75. Smash255: NATHAN
76. Dr. Cynic: SEWER
77. bgwah: KALWEJT
78. TJ in Cleve: TJ IN CLEVE
79. RodPresident: KALWEJT
80. Nathan: NATHAN
81. Lief: SEWER
82. Sam Spade: JUNKIE

Current tally (after write-ins):

20RP12: 7
JUNKIE: 19
KALWEJT: 16
NATHAN: 16
SEWER: 6
TJ IN CLEVE: 18

TOTAL VOTE: 82

[Pheurton Skeurto]

-gulp-

[homelycooking]

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

FIRST COUNT
QUOTA: 14

JUNKIE (RPP): 19 ELECTED (bbf, polnut, Oakvale, Simfan, Ben, Homely, MOPolitico, Pingvin, Taft, Jbrase, Franzl, Sbane, Junkie, Cincinnatus, Duke, Sam Spade, AndrewCT, Marokai, MaxQue)
TJ IN CLEVE (RPP): 18 ELECTED (ZuWo, Clarence, tmthforu, Inks, Officepark, A-Bob, TJ in Cleve, Miles, Brandon H, realisticidealist, Cathcon, Torie, Dereich, NCYankee, Smid, Rowan, JCL, MQuinn)
KALWEJT (JCP): 16 ELECTED (Jackson, Kalwejt, px75. Antonio V, Snowguy, JulioMadrid, Badger, Fuzzy, Hash, bgwah, RodPresident, Tender Branson, Thomas D, Hawkeye, RFK, Dallasfan)
NATHAN (JCP): 16 ELECTED Meeker, Holmes, Mondale, Averroes Nix, change08, Ebowed, Belgiansocialist, BRTD, Snowstalker, Smash, Opebo, Frodo, Bacon King, Ebowed, Nathan, Scott)

20RP12 (SPA): 7 (20RP12, PiT, angus, Shua, Sanchez, Winfield, ilikeverin)
SEWER (SPA): 6 (Lief, Lewis T, Teddy, Fritz, wormyguy, Dr. Cynic)

SECOND COUNT: Transfer of TJ in Cleve, Nathan, Junkie and Kalwejt surpluses

20RP12 (SPA) 15.06 ELECTED
+ 3.95 from Junkie (bbf, polnut, Oakvale, Simfan, Ben, Homely, MOPolitico, Pingvin, Taft, Jbrase, Franzl, Sbane, Junkie, Cincinnatus, Duke)
+ 3.11 from TJ in Cleve (ZuWo, Clarence, tmthforu, Inks, Officepark, A-Bob, TJ in Cleve, Miles, Brandon H, realisticidealist, Cathcon, Torie, Dereich, NCYankee)
+ 0.50 from Kalwejt (Thomas D, Hawkeye, RFK, Dallasfan)
+ 0.50 from Nathan (Bacon King, Nathan, Scott, Napoleon)

SEWER (SPA) 9.81
+ 1.05 from Junkie (Sam Spade, AndrewCT, Marokai, MaxQue)
+ 0.00 from TJ in Cleve
+ 1.38 from Kalwejt (Jackson, Kalwejt, px75. Antonio V, Snowguy, JulioMadrid, Badger, Fuzzy, Hash, bgwah, RodPresident)
+ 1.38 from Nathan (Meeker, Holmes, Mondale, Averroes Nix, change08, Ebowed, Belgiansocialist, BRTD, Snowstalker, Smash, Opebo)

EXHAUSTED 1.15
+ 0.89 from TJ in Cleve (Smid, Rowan, JCL, MQuinn)
+ 0.13 from Kalwejt (Tender Branson)
+ 0.13 from Nathan (Frodo)


KALWEJT, JUNKIE, 20RP12, TJ IN CLEVE and NATHAN are elected to the Senate.

[homelycooking]

OFFICIAL RESULTS

FIRST COUNT: Quota: 14

JUNKIE (RPP): 19 ELECTED (bbf, polnut, Oakvale, Simfan, Ben, Homely, MOPolitico, Pingvin, Taft, Jbrase, Franzl, Sbane, Junkie, Cincinnatus, Duke, Sam Spade, AndrewCT, Marokai, MaxQue)
TJ IN CLEVE (RPP): 18 ELECTED (ZuWo, Clarence, tmthforu, Inks, Officepark, A-Bob, TJ in Cleve, Miles, Brandon H, realisticidealist, Cathcon, Torie, Dereich, NCYankee, Smid, Rowan, JCL, MQuinn)
KALWEJT (JCP): 16 ELECTED (Jackson, Kalwejt, px75. Antonio V, Snowguy, JulioMadrid, Badger, Fuzzy, Hash, bgwah, RodPresident, Tender Branson, Thomas D, Hawkeye, RFK, Dallasfan)
NATHAN (JCP): 16 ELECTED Meeker, Holmes, Mondale, Averroes Nix, change08, Ebowed, Belgiansocialist, BRTD, Snowstalker, Smash, Opebo, Frodo, Bacon King, Ebowed, Nathan, Scott)

20RP12 (SPA): 7 (20RP12, PiT, angus, Shua, Sanchez, Winfield, ilikeverin)
SEWER (SPA): 6 (Lief, Lewis T, Teddy, Fritz, wormyguy, Dr. Cynic)

SECOND COUNT: Transfer of TJ in Cleve, Nathan, Junkie and Kalwejt surpluses

Junkie: 14 ELECTED
TJ in Cleve: 14 ELECTED
Kalwejt: 14 ELECTED
Nathan: 14 ELECTED

20RP12 (SPA): 15.06 ELECTED
+ 3.95 from Junkie (bbf, polnut, Oakvale, Simfan, Ben, Homely, MOPolitico, Pingvin, Taft, Jbrase, Franzl, Sbane, Junkie, Cincinnatus, Duke)
+ 3.11 from TJ in Cleve (ZuWo, Clarence, tmthforu, Inks, Officepark, A-Bob, TJ in Cleve, Miles, Brandon H, realisticidealist, Cathcon, Torie, Dereich, NCYankee)
+ 0.50 from Kalwejt (Thomas D, Hawkeye, RFK, Dallasfan)
+ 0.50 from Nathan (Bacon King, Napoleon, Nathan, Scott)

SEWER (SPA): 9.81
+ 1.05 from Junkie (Sam Spade, AndrewCT, Marokai, MaxQue)
+ 1.38 from Kalwejt (Jackson, Kalwejt, px75. Antonio V, Snowguy, JulioMadrid, Badger, Fuzzy, Hash, bgwah, RodPresident)
+ 1.38 from Nathan (Meeker, Holmes, Mondale, Averroes Nix, change08, Ebowed, Belgiansocialist, BRTD, Snowstalker, Smash, Opebo)

EXHAUSTED: 1.15
+ 0.89 from TJ in Cleve (Smid, Rowan, JCL, MQuinn)
+ 0.13 from Kalwejt (Tender Branson)
+ 0.13 from Nathan (Frodo)


All ballots have been certified as valid.
KALWEJT, JUNKIE, 20RP12, TJ IN CLEVE and NATHAN are elected to the Senate.

I, Homelycooking, administrator of the December 2011 Senate Election, declare the above results to be a complete and accurate summary of the votes cast.

[homelycooking]

OFFICIAL RESULTS

POLNUT (JCP): 35 ELECTED (Junkie, Ebowed, Odysseus, Polnut, Homely, Hawkeye, Ben, AndrewPA, 20RP12, Antonio V, Sewer, Bgwah, Teddy, Marokai, Scott, Peeperkorn, Fuzzy, Napoleon, Jackson, Fritz, Franzl, Cincinnatus, Duke, Hatman, Yelnoc, Sbane, MOPolitico, Dr Cynic, Badger, Oakvale, Frodo, Nathan, Jbrase, Realistic, Hashemite)

CLARENCE (RPP): 13 (TJ in Cleve, ZuWo, Miles, Clarence, Winfield, NCYankee, Pingvin, Simfan, Taft, Thomas D, Brandon H, MQuinn, Inks)
JERSEYRULES (RPP): 4 (Jerseyrules, PiT, Wormyguy, Cathcon)
FRODO (Write-in): 1 (Tmthforu)
XAHAR (Write-in): 1 (Lewis T.)

All ballots have been certified as valid.
POLNUT is elected to the Senate.

I, Homelycooking, administrator of the January 2012 Special Senate Election, declare the above results to be a complete and accurate summary of the votes cast.