I don't think Earl ever accepted write-ins for the Lief/Earl ticket, only Earl/Lief. I think that means those votes would automatically go to the next preference in the first round. Same with the invalid "Abolish regions" vote. Speed of Sound's VP doesn't actually exist, so I think his vote would be exhausted right away.

You may be right, but that's for the SOFA to decide

I'll leave it on because it looks nice!

I offer my congratulations to the Bgwah/Meeker ticket, and to all who have been (re)elected to the Senate in this election cycle.

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Aye

Bgwah/Meeker wins.

Smid wins.
HappyWarrior wins.
PiT wins.
Realisticidealist wins.

And a run-off in the Midwest.

At least the Senate races were somewhat exciting.....

[What do you mean? This is just the beginning. We're reelecting a largely inactive administration.]

Just so we don't forget to open a voting booth again:

Special elections to the Senate shall begin within ten days of the vacancy occurring and shall begin between midnight Eastern Standard Time on a Thursday and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the first Friday thereafter, and shall conclude exactly 72 hours after beginning.


Just a reminder that we have an open Senate seat, and it's already been 5 days since it became vacant.

What do you mean? This is just the beginning. We're reelecting a largely inactive administration.

This is just preliminary and I would like to wait for an official post-election count from Earl, but yes it would appear the Southeast in the second smallest region.

Please ensure that Earl does this with due diligence and haste.

What does that have to with holding an election to replace Al?

Al was an at-large senator, requiring a booth to be opened when his seat fell vacant. Considering the inactivity I have seen in the past few weeks from the current administration, I do believe that there is a good chance things like this have just been overlooked. I hope I am proven wrong.

The law states that a by-election must be called within 10 days. They're not late yet. That was the purpose of my reminder...to make sure it's declared punctually. The law also clearly defines when such an election may take place. The 10 day requirement, as I understand it, only relates to when the election must be called.

But I hope the responsible people get their act together.

It's an idiotic idea talked about by idiotic nuts.

any reason why?

I don't necessarily support it...but what's your reasoning?

It sounds like a gigantic, xenophobic conspiracy theory to me.  I've never heard it discussed by a reputable source; always by some lunatic fringe radio host.

do you believe the European Union is a "xenophobic conspiracy theory"?

No, of course not.  I'm talking more about the way people describe it.

well, ok, but what makes people idiots then that consider a North American Union?

It's an idiotic idea talked about by idiotic nuts.

any reason why?

I don't necessarily support it...but what's your reasoning?

It sounds like a gigantic, xenophobic conspiracy theory to me.  I've never heard it discussed by a reputable source; always by some lunatic fringe radio host.

do you believe the European Union is a "xenophobic conspiracy theory"?

It's an idiotic idea talked about by idiotic nuts.

any reason why?

I don't necessarily support it...but what's your reasoning?

West Virginia is a possible pick-up for Obama in 2012. It's a strong union state, Obama was close to picking it off at times in 2008,  and it went to McCain by a double-digit margin after the Republicans spread a rumor that Obama would be anti-coal. That rumor will be proved either genuine truth or utterly unfounded. If the rumor is debunked, the Republicans would fail badly with it in 2012. Kentucky? Much the same.

The anti-coal rumor didn't have much to do with West Virginia's result. It was started much too late for that.

[What do you mean? This is just the beginning. We're reelecting a largely inactive administration.]

Just so we don't forget to open a voting booth again:

Special elections to the Senate shall begin within ten days of the vacancy occurring and shall begin between midnight Eastern Standard Time on a Thursday and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the first Friday thereafter, and shall conclude exactly 72 hours after beginning.


Just a reminder that we have an open Senate seat, and it's already been 5 days since it became vacant.

What do you mean? This is just the beginning. We're reelecting a largely inactive administration.

This is just preliminary and I would like to wait for an official post-election count from Earl, but yes it would appear the Southeast in the second smallest region.

Please ensure that Earl does this with due diligence and haste.

What does that have to with holding an election to replace Al?

I must say I am more than surprised at my showing in the presidential election.  The fact that I could finish second next to only the person who my supporters second preferenced really does well for the future of both the RPP and the regional rights movement.

Sorry to say, but it's virtually impossible that you get second place

Don't think it would have been better if Andrew had picked a different running mate.

Not true!

I'd rather lose than abandon my positions and ideology. Andrew can be proud that he made the right choice.

And I'm sorry to see you go, Afleitch.

Must be fake...he'd have to live in Australia for that graph to be true. Oh wait.

Midwest:

dead0man: 1 (dead0man)
MasterJedi: 2 (PBrunsel, Speed of Sound)
GMantis: 3 (Lewis, Sensei, Ilikeverin)
TCash: 3 (TCash, Jas, BRTD)
Lewis Trondheim: 1 (GMantis)

2nd count:

MasterJedi: 3 (PBrunsel, Speed of Sound, dead0man)
GMantis: 4 (Lewis, Sensei, GMantis, Ilikeverin)
TCash: 3 (TCash, Jas, BRTD)

MasterJedi has six expressed preferences to Cash's five, so Cash is eliminated.

3rd count:

MasterJedi: 4 (PBrunsel, Speed of Sound, dead0man, TCash)
GMantis: 5 (Lewis, Sensei, GMantis, Ilikeverin, Jas)
exhausted: 1 (BRTD)

silly me, 4/10 isn't really a majority, is it?

Just so we don't forget to open a voting booth again:

Special elections to the Senate shall begin within ten days of the vacancy occurring and shall begin between midnight Eastern Standard Time on a Thursday and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the first Friday thereafter, and shall conclude exactly 72 hours after beginning.


Just a reminder that we have an open Senate seat, and it's already been 5 days since it became vacant.

This is a good step to make a better America. I would ride a trail before I ride in a plane. I mean if we put some one in it we can make it where you get on a trail in New York at 8 am in the morning and get to CA before 1pm that day.

So you believe we can make a train that goes....like....more than 600mph? In other words, faster than a jet aircraft?

If you take into account time zones, it's not much faster than the peak speed of the Shanghai Maglev (311 mph). If you want to cheat, it could be Jamestown, NY to Lake Tahoe, CA. But yeah, realistically it would be a bit longer.

That's what happens when I post early in the morning after 5 hours of sleep....

Sure, time zones, I'm an idiot.

Still, the Shanghai train only operates on a relatively short route...and that was already incredibly expensive to build. I don't even want to know what that kind of train would cost from NY to California.

This is a good step to make a better America. I would ride a trail before I ride in a plane. I mean if we put some one in it we can make it where you get on a trail in New York at 8 am in the morning and get to CA before 1pm that day.

So you believe we can make a train that goes....like....more than 600mph? In other words, faster than a jet aircraft?

Assuming the PM score is correct, as I personally would have assumed ICE HOCKEY was more left-wing, it's perfectly acceptable.

He sleeps at least 6 hours every night.

net FF. He certainly did more good than bad.

[HELL]

WHY THE HELL IS EVERY CASE OF UNDERPOLLING AUTOMATICALLY THE GODDAMN BRADLEY EFFECT YOU HACK???

I'd still like an answer from J.J.

I don't think he's even attempted to answer this, despite it being the foundation of his entire argument and one of the many holes in it.

and I'm still waiting.

I feel he owes us all an explanation on this matter, otherwise he's just a mindless hack that keeps repeating the same s**t over and over again hoping that it'll become fact one day.

I honestly would like to hear some reasoning.

DWDL is a brainless idiot guys; no need to attack him for having no idea what socialism is.

I vote great, to counter-act the Republican hacks.

The Republican hacks? We are the only ones who seem to be able to see through Obama's smokescreen. We don't need you Democrats to kiss his shoelaces every time you see him.

Naw, Obama has many flaws, but he's still infinitely better than the alternative.

I believe you have it all wrong. It is McCain who has his flaws, but infinitely better than Obama and company.

Good point!

It'd kind of be nice if....you know...maybe....the Constitutional Convention we voted to hold actually started soon.

     He's not the worst there is, though we could have done much better.

I don't know how much worse we could have made it for ourselves.

Easy, by electing McCain.

Between Neutral and Satisfactory, but I chose Neutral.  I am cautiously optimistic about the stimulus plan and the same about the homeowner recovery package that he introduced in Phoenix earlier this week.  I wish he had listened more than he did to the Republicans.  Despite them being a small minority, I wish he and the rest of the Democrat would realize they are trying to fight for their constituencies, too, and have good, thoughtful ideas just like the Democrats.  I know the Democrats would love to try to take down some of the Republicans in 2010, and that's fine, but for now, their constituencies still need to be served.

Frankly, though, my opinion of the Obama administration has actually risen in the past couple weeks.  In early February, I would have said Neutral flat out, but now its high end Neutral to low end Satisfactory.

Why do you think the stimulus package would be better if the Republicans had gotten more of their wishes?

Frankly, the tax cuts are too high as it is, and that's all the damn Republicans seem to want to talk about. Idiots.