Department of Federal Elections: Homelycooking, SoFE

[homelycooking]

REPUBLIC OF ATLASIA - In Dave We Trust
Sample Ballot

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 0:00 EDT, Friday, December 13, and ends at 0:00 EDT, Monday, December 16.

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

Names of candidates follow in alphabetical order.

AT-LARGE SENATE (5 elected)

[  ] Flo (Jacob Tiver) of Alaska
^{Progressive Union}

[  ] Goldwater of Delaware
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] Mr. X of Ohio
^{Labor Party}

[  ] Shua of Virginia
^{Democratic-Republican Party}

[  ] Sibboleth (realpolitik) of West Virginia
^{Cultural Marxist Party}

[  ] Talleyrand of Maine
^{Labor Party}

[  ] tmthforu94 of Kansas
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] Write-in:______________________________
^{-__________________}

[  ] None of the above

[homelycooking]

OFFICIAL RESULTS

AT-LARGE SENATE (quota = 20)

FIRST BALLOT

TMTHFORU 20 ELECTED (JerryAR, dead0man, Smid, MilesC56, Spamage, Thomas D, DC al Fine, Oldiesfreak, benconstine, Angus, Grant, TJ in Cleve, Inks, Torie, JCL, opebo, Rooney, NRock152, Clinton96, tmthforu)

TALLEYRAND 19 (Sir John Johns, Arturo Belano, Zanas, Hawkeye, Oakvale, homelycooking, Polnut, Earthling, A.F. Jones, sjoycefla, Adam OABB, Averroes, TNF, Bore, Sirnick, Malaspina, Peter, nclib, Ogre Mage)

SHUA 17 (Spiral, Napoleon, Dallasfan, Small L, smoltchanov, Grumps, hifly15, Sanchez, Deus naturae, Peeperkorn, Jbrase, Mechaman, Shua, SPC, Keystone Phil, Poirot, Cincinnatus)

GOLDWATER 17 (Maxwell, Hagrid, Goldwater, A. Kreitzer, Elections Guy, Pess. Anti., Cathcon, PiT, Cassius, NHI, Cris, ZuWo, Dereich, Winfield, cinyc, sbane, NCYankee)

MR. X 16 (Windjammer, Snowstalker, Nathan, Badgate, Brewer, OAM, Vosem, Fritz, Badger, Mr X, Njall, Matt from VT, Tyrion, Gass, bgwah, Talleyrand)

SIBBOLETH 16 (EarlAW, Velasco, Franzl, Antonio V, Sibboleth, Bacon King, Marokai Blue, L. Trondheim, MaxQue, Ebowed, Hashemite, Xahar, Tweed, Seatown, Paul Kemp, Lief)

JACOB TIVER 13 (J. Tiver, Scott, Lumine, Politics Junkie, GAworth, J. Enderman, Superique
TDAS04, DemPGH, Sol, Siren, IndTX, Hats)

SECOND BALLOT - elimination of Jacob Tiver

TMTHFORU 20 ELECTED

TALLEYRAND 22 ELECTED (Sir John Johns, Arturo Belano, Zanas, Hawkeye, Oakvale, homelycooking, Polnut, Earthling, A.F. Jones, sjoycefla, Adam OABB, Averroes, TNF, Bore, Sirnick, Malaspina, Peter, nclib, Ogre Mage, J. Tiver, Lumine, TDAS04)

SHUA 21 ELECTED (Spiral, Napoleon, Dallasfan, Small L, smoltchanov, Grumps, hifly15, Sanchez, Deus naturae, Peeperkorn, Jbrase, Mechaman, Shua, SPC, Keystone Phil, Poirot, Cincinnatus, Politics Junkie, Superique, Siren, IndTX)

MR. X 20 ELECTED (Windjammer, Snowstalker, Nathan, Badgate, Brewer, OAM, Vosem, Fritz, Badger, Mr X, Njall, Matt from VT, Tyrion, Gass, bgwah, Talleyrand, Sol, GAworth, DemPGH, Scott)

GOLDWATER 18 (Maxwell, Hagrid, Goldwater, A. Kreitzer, Elections Guy, Pess. Anti., Cathcon, PiT, Cassius, NHI, Cris, ZuWo, Dereich, Winfield, cinyc, sbane, NCYankee, J. Enderman)

SIBBOLETH 16 (EarlAW, Velasco, Franzl, Antonio V, Sibboleth, Bacon King, Marokai Blue, L. Trondheim, MaxQue, Ebowed, Hashemite, Xahar, Tweed, Seatown, Paul Kemp, Lief)

EXHAUSTED 1 (Hats)

THIRD BALLOT - transfer of Talleyrand's and Shua's surpluses

TMTHFORU 20 ELECTED

TALLEYRAND 20 ELECTED

SHUA 20 ELECTED

MR. X 20 ELECTED

GOLDWATER 19.63 ELECTED (Maxwell, Hagrid, Goldwater, A. Kreitzer, Elections Guy, Pess. Anti., Cathcon, PiT, Cassius, NHI, Cris, ZuWo, Dereich, Winfield, cinyc, sbane, NCYankee, J. Enderman, Sir John Johns, Lumine, J. Tiver, Oakvale, Homelycooking, Polnut, Averroes, Sjoyce, Sirnick, Spiral, Napoleon, Dallasfan, Small L, smoltchanov, Grumps, hifly15, Sanchez, Deus naturae, Peeperkorn, Jbrase, Shua, Poirot, Cincinnatus, Politics Junkie, Superique, IndTX)

SIBBOLETH 16.96 (EarlAW, Velasco, Franzl, Antonio V, Sibboleth, Bacon King, Marokai Blue, L. Trondheim, MaxQue, Ebowed, Hashemite, Xahar, Tweed, Seatown, Paul Kemp, Lief, Arturo Belano, Zanas, Hawkeye, Earthling, A.F. Jones, Adam OABB, TNF, nclib, Bore, Peter, Mechaman)

EXHAUSTED 1.41 (Hats, Malaspina, TDAS04, Ogre Mage, Siren, SPC, Keystone Phil)


TALLEYRAND is duly elected At-large Senator.
MR. X is duly elected At-large Senator.
SHUA is duly elected At-large Senator.
TMTHFORU94 is duly elected At-large Senator.
GOLDWATER is duly elected At-large Senator.

There was a total turnout of 118 votes, with 0 ballot papers being rejected.

I, Homelycooking, Secretary of Federal Elections, declare the above results to be a complete and accurate summary of the votes cast.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Mr. Secretary,

The Senate has voted with the required two-thirds of the number of Senators in the affirmative as set by the Constitution, to expell Senator Xahar for inactivity. His seat, At-Large #5 I believe, is thus vacant.

Regards,
Senator North Carolina Yankee,
Senate President Pro-Tempore.

[homelycooking]

Are you just telling me that because you're obligated to, Yankee? Thanks for keeping me informed, but surely you're aware that there won't be a special election held to fill that vacancy.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Are you just telling me that because you're obligated to, Yankee? Thanks for keeping me informed, but surely you're aware that there won't be a special election held to fill that vacancy.

Because as a champion of inter-government interaction, I feel kind of necessitated to do so for reasons of consistency.

Also because I like talking to you.

Finally, the rules compel me to do so regardless of the context.

[homelycooking]

Fair enough. Better to have too much information in my post than not enough, I think.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Mr. Secretary,

Senator Tmthforu94 has resigned his At-Large #2 Senate seat and thus it will need to be filled via a special election.

Regards,
Senator North Carolina Yankee,
Senate President Pro-Tempore.

[homelycooking]

The special election to fill tmth's seat is scheduled for Friday Feb 28 - Sunday Mar 02.

Here are the candidates who will be on the ballot tomorrow:

PRESIDENT/VICE PRESIDENT

Duke/Matt from VT (Federalist)
TNF/Gass (Labor)
Spiral/Dallasfan (Democratic-Republican)

NORTHEAST SENATE

Bore (Labor)
Poirot (Independent)

IDS SENATE

NCYankee (Federalist)

MIDEAST SENATE

DC al Fine (Federalist)
Snowstalker (Labor)

MIDWEST SENATE

Lumine von Reuental (Progressive Union)
TNF (Labor)

PACIFIC SENATE

Tyrion (Labor)

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

I am not a candidate, FTR. Sorry if I didn't formally drop out.

[Poirot]

The special election to fill tmth's seat is scheduled for Friday Feb 28 - Sunday Mar 02.

What is the deadline for candidates to be on the ballot?
If it's before February 21 (one week before election) it doesn't leave much time to declare and for parties to select a candidate. Candidacies could also depend on what happens in this weekend's election.
 

[homelycooking]

The filing deadline will be 24 hours before the commencement of the special election.

[homelycooking]

The presumptive, unofficial winners are:

President/VP: Duke and Matt from VT
Northeast Senate: Bore
IDS Senate: NCYankee
Mideast Senate: DC al Fine
Pacific Senate: Tyrion the Imperialist

I will likely certify the Midwest Senate race to have ended in a tie. The mischief perpetrated by certain Midwest citizens within the voting booth has been nothing short of disgraceful, and those parties involved should feel some shame for what they have done.

[Lumine]

Mr. Secretary, I am unsure as to how the law operates here, but I wish to concede the Midwest Senate race, if possible. If that's not possible, what are the options available?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Last I checked TNF had a 14-12 lead with Grant and Dead not voting and Julio invalid.

If Velasco invalidated his vote, TNF should still lead 13-12 no?

[Talleyrand]

Last I checked TNF had a 14-12 lead with Grant and Dead not voting and Julio invalid.

If Velasco invalidated his vote, TNF should still lead 13-12 no?

If Julio is counted as valid, it becomes a 13-13 tie.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Last I checked TNF had a 14-12 lead with Grant and Dead not voting and Julio invalid.

If Velasco invalidated his vote, TNF should still lead 13-12 no?

If Julio is counted as valid, it becomes a 13-13 tie.

What is the argument for counting it as valid?

[Talleyrand]

Last I checked TNF had a 14-12 lead with Grant and Dead not voting and Julio invalid.

If Velasco invalidated his vote, TNF should still lead 13-12 no?

If Julio is counted as valid, it becomes a 13-13 tie.

What is the argument for counting it as valid?

My guess would be that the campaigning was on the presidential end of the ballot, so the senate end would still be valid. While the argument for it being invalid is that it could have directly influenced both races since it was a comment made about TNF, who was on the ballot for both these elections.

[homelycooking]

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Lumine, please consult the above.

[Lumine]

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Lumine, please consult the above.

Thank you, Mr. Secretary! I shall wait for the official certification and I will announce my refusal on the Candidate Declaration Thread should there be a tie.

[homelycooking]

OFFICIAL RESULTS (part 1 of 2)

PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT

FIRST BALLOT

DUKE and MATT FROM VT 53 (Somebody, Lumine, Cranberry, tmthforu, Frodo, Scott, Goldwater, A Person, Badger, Oakvale, Sirnick, Marokai Blue, Grumps, Mr X, Cris, Devin, Benconstine, Fritz, TDAS04, Superique, Dereich, Oak Hills, BaconBacon, Ebowed, MasterJedi, Snowguy, sjoyce, Jacob Tiver, smoltchanov, MaxQue, Antineutrino, Sanchez, Torie, Inks, J. Enderman, R. Keaton, Polnut, Gaworth, J. Dibble, daveosupremo, Miles, Gustaf, angus, JerryAR, Matt from VT, Hagrid, NCYankee, Smid, Keystone Phil, Cincinnatus, Duke, Siren, Franzl)

TNF and GASS3268 43 (TNF, A.F. Jones, Bore, Tyrion, Snowstalker, Mechaman, Hawkeye, Windjammer, Adam OABB, Brewer, Homely, DemPGH, Averroes, Prog Real, Xahar, Njall, EarlAW, Malaspina, Matt Rose, A. Belano, morgieb, Badgate, Ogre Mage, Antonio V, Zanas, Hashemite, Nathan, Paul Kemp, Kalwejt, Thomas D, Peter, JulioMadrid, ilikeverin, Sol, BRTD, Rejectamenta, YSY, Talleyrand, Lief, nclib, Gass, Mung Beans, A. Griffin)

SPIRAL and DALLASFAN 30 (Spiral, Winfield, Reaganfan, Cathcon, Spamage, A. Kreitzer, ElectionsGuy, Napoleon, shua, Mordecai, Small L, NHI, Deus naturae, Cassius, DC al Fine, outofbox, cinyc, Foucaulf, Jbrase, ZuWo, Pingvin, Peeperkorn, Poirot, Rooney, Supersonic, PiT, JCL, RosettaStoned, TJ in Cleve, Dallasfan)

SIBBOLETH and FRANZL (write-in) 1 (Sibboleth)

INVALID 3 (Icehand Gino, Velasco, Sir John Johns)

SECOND BALLOT

DUKE and MATT FROM VT 75 (Somebody, Lumine, Cranberry, tmthforu, Frodo, Scott, Goldwater, A Person, Badger, Oakvale, Sirnick, Marokai Blue, Grumps, Mr X, Cris, Devin, Benconstine, Fritz, TDAS04, Superique, Dereich, Oak Hills, BaconBacon, Ebowed, MasterJedi, Snowguy, sjoyce, Jacob Tiver, smoltchanov, MaxQue, Antineutrino, Sanchez, Torie, Inks, J. Enderman, R. Keaton, Polnut, Gaworth, J. Dibble, daveosupremo, Miles, Gustaf, angus, JerryAR, Matt from VT, Hagrid, NCYankee, Smid, Keystone Phil, Cincinnatus, Duke, Siren, Franzl, Spiral, Winfield, Reaganfan, Cathcon, Spamage, A. Kreitzer, ElectionsGuy, shua, Mordecai, NHI, Deus naturae, Cassius, DC al Fine, outofbox, cinyc, ZuWo, Pingvin, Rooney, Supersonic, PiT, JCL, TJ in Cleve)

TNF and GASS3268 48 (TNF, A.F. Jones, Bore, Tyrion, Snowstalker, Mechaman, Hawkeye, Windjammer, Adam OABB, Brewer, Homely, DemPGH, Averroes, Prog Real, Xahar, Njall, EarlAW, Malaspina, Matt Rose, A. Belano, morgieb, Badgate, Ogre Mage, Antonio V, Zanas, Hashemite, Nathan, Paul Kemp, Kalwejt, Thomas D, Peter, JulioMadrid, ilikeverin, Sol, BRTD, Rejectamenta, YSY, Talleyrand, Lief, nclib, Gass, Mung Beans, A. Griffin, Napoleon, Small L, Peeperkorn, Poirot, Dallasfan)

EXHAUSTED 4 (Sibboleth, Foucaulf, Jbrase, RosettaStoned)

INVALID 3 (Icehand Gino, Velasco, Sir John Johns)

[windjammer]

And Julio's vote shouldn't be valid.

[homelycooking]

OFFICIAL RESULTS (part 2 of 2)

NORTHEAST SENATE

BORE 19 (Bore, A Person, Napoleon, Mr X, Averroes, Sirnick, A.F. Jones, Matt Rose, BaconBacon, Nathan, Peter, Polnut, Rejectamenta, YSY, Talleyrand, Matt from VT, Keystone Phil, Cincinnatus, A. Griffin)

POIROT 12 (Somebody, Goldwater, Winfield, Homely, NHI, Deus naturae, cinyc, smoltchanov, Peeperkorn, Poirot, Antineutrino, Smid)

HATMAN (write-in) 2 (Hatman, Lief)

EXHAUSTED 2 (Grumps, Dallasfan)


IDS SENATE

NCYANKEE 16 (Scott, Small L, Dereich, Oak Hills, Jbrase, sjoyce, Pingvin, Supersonic, Sanchez, J. Enderman, J. Dibble, daveosupremo, PiT, Hagrid, NCYankee, Duke)

EXHAUSTED 4 (Mechaman, Badgate, Zanas, Hashemite)


MIDEAST SENATE

DC al FINE 19 (A. Kreitzer, ElectionsGuy, shua, Mordecai, Spiral, Reaganfan, Cathcon, Frodo, Cassius, DC al Fine, outofbox, MasterJedi, ZuWo, Inks, R. Keaton, Miles, JCL, JerryAR, TJ in Cleve)

FRANZL (write-in) 6 (Franzl, Badger, Snowstalker, Kalwejt, Sibboleth, nclib)

BENCONSTINE (write-in) 2 (benconstine, Njall)

EXHAUSTED 2 (Malaspina, RosettaStoned)

INVALID 1 (Sir John Johns)


MIDWEST SENATE

TNF 13 (TNF, Adam OABB, Brewer, Marokai Blue, Hawkeye, Windjammer, Snowguy, Foucaulf, A. Belano, MaxQue, Thomas D, ilikeverin, Gass)

LUMINE 13 (Lumine, tmthforu, Spamage, Fritz, Cris, TDAS04, Rooney, JulioMadrid, GAworth, Sol, BRTD, Gustaf, angus)

INVALID 1 (Velasco)


PACIFIC SENATE

TYRION 16 (Oakvale, Tyrion, Devin, DemPGH, Superique, Prog Real, Xahar, Ebowed, morgieb, Jacob Tiver, Ogre Mage, Antonio V, Cranberry, Torie, Mung Beans, Siren)

EXHAUSTED 1 (Paul Kemp)

INVALID 1 (Icehand Gino)


DUKE is elected President.
MATT FROM VT is elected Vice President.
BORE is elected Northeast Senator.
NCYANKEE is elected IDS Senator.
DC al FINE is elected Mideast Senator.
  The Midwest Senate race has concluded in a tie. Barring the concession of one of the two tied candidates, a runoff election    is scheduled for February 28 - March 2.
TYRION is elected Pacific Senator.

There was a total turnout of 130 votes, with 3 ballot papers being rejected.

I, Homelycooking, Secretary of Federal Elections, declare the above results to be a complete and accurate summary of the votes cast.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

How did you determine who Lief intended to vote for for President?  What meaning did you give to his vote for "Sorry Duke"?

[Talleyrand]

I made a post about this which you ignored. I suspect Homely has similar reasoning.

I am 95% sure in previous elections, this vote would have been counted. "Sorry Duke" is an expression Lief has used before in this board, so we can be sure of its intent; it's really no different than "All these candidates are great". As for not listing V.P. candidates, I am fairly sure examples of such votes being counted to the total regardless. Even if it were somehow invalid, it would ONLY invalidate his presidential vote (there's a precedent from the June 2013 election about this).

Julio's however, is blatantly invalid, as it disparages a candidate for both Senate and Vice President outright.

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=159644.msg3432368#msg3432368

Here is an example of a ballot on which the voter wrote "sorry (insert candidate's name)" here before proceeding to vote for his opponent. I do not recall any stink being made over this, and his vote was counted. Admittedly, this was a regional election, but the situation is not much different than this one.

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=169415.msg3629919#msg3629919

Here is Lief's presidential ballot from February. He wrote "Marokai for President" without listing a running mate and his vote was counted.

[LeBron]

I can understand not counting Velasco's vote since he edited it after the 20 minute threshold, but why count Julio's? In the opening post to the Feb. 2014 Presidential election, it not only prohibited what Velasco did, but also what Julio did when attempting to turn the election into a discussion with more than just a vote, so I feel TNF should be declared the winner. His challenger, Lumine, already conceded anyways.

Also, to make it easier and avoid the name abbreviation "OABB", you could always just use Adam C. FitzGerald which I'm registered as in Atlasia.