FYI: HoosierPoliticalJunkie was banned.

[Update:]

Update:

No - 52% (Napoleon, DemPGH, TNF, Polnut, Goldwater, homelycooking, ZuWo, Nix, Dereich, Lumine, Siren, Maxwell, Jbrase, Ben, Scott, JerryArkansas, SJoyce, Matt, Fritz, Hagrid, JCL, Winfield, TJ, Spamage, PiT, Clinton1996, Inks.LWC) = 27

Yes - 48% (a Person, Thomas D, 20RP12, Hashemite, Xahar, Adam, Seatown, Snowstalker, Alfred, Kitteh, hawkeye, Kalwejt, Gass, Tmth, Bacon King, Progressive Realist, MaxQue, morgieb, Antonio V, Talleyrand, Fuzzybigfoot, Ghost_white, Ebowed, Mechaman, Velasco) = 25

Invalid* - Sawx, Politics Junkie = 2

Total votes: 54
Last vote: Velasco

Tightening ever more.


NM-AM: YES 100% (5-0)
Labor: YES 83% (15-3)
Light: NO 60% (2-3)
Liberal:  NO 67% (2-4)
Federalist: NO 100% (0-12)

[No - 54% (Napoleon, DemPGH, TNF, Polnut, Goldwater, homelycooking, ZuWo, Nix, Dereich, Lumine, Siren, Maxwell, Jbrase, Ben, Scott, JerryArkansas, SJoyce, Matt, Fritz, Hagrid) = 20]

Update:

No - 54% (Napoleon, DemPGH, TNF, Polnut, Goldwater, homelycooking, ZuWo, Nix, Dereich, Lumine, Siren, Maxwell, Jbrase, Ben, Scott, JerryArkansas, SJoyce, Matt, Fritz, Hagrid) = 20
Yes - 46% (a Person, Thomas D, 20RP12, Hashemite, Xahar, Adam, Seatown, Snowstalker, Sawx, Alfred, Kitteh, hawkeye, Kalwejt, Gass, Tmth, Politics Junkie, Bacon King) = 17

Total votes: 31
Last vote: Bacon King

No still leading, margin tightens a bit.


Also, breakdown by party:

Labor: YES 72% (8-3)
Light: NO 60% (2-3)
Liberal:  NO 60% (2-3)
Federalist: NO 100% (0-8)

A clear left-right split here.

It should be noted that both sawx and Politics Junkie have not been registered in the game for one week, and as such I imagine their votes will be considered invalid.

It's hilarious that he kept saying "Trust me, trust me, I'm going to see the dietician, it'll be different this time!" And then since he's met with the dietician, he's literally not changed his diet at all (except for eating more sloppy joes...). As far as I can tell, he's eaten literally zero vegetables. Not a single vegetable since meeting with the dietician and starting his new diet. His meals have been two bowls of rice krispies, three sausages with mustard, four sloppy joes, and a handful of potato chips. That is his new weight-loss diet. As far as I can tell, he hasn't even walked.

I believe you're referring to the first vote on this Constitution.

http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=170986.0

It literally could not be any more straightforward.

SECTION 2: ELECTORAL REGULATIONS
1.   All elections to regional offices, including but not limited to the Pacific Council, the Governorship, recall elections, and such, will be opened by the Governor of the Pacificans on the Voting Booth subboard. In an absence of the Governor, the Pacific Justice may open the thread. In a case of “anarchy”, defined as a lack of elections and/or a lack of any comprehensible regional Government, which may be interpreted liberally by the Federal Government at their advisory, the Secretary of Federal Elections (or any equivalent thereof) or the President of Atlasia may designate a Pacific Citizen to open a voting booth for the vacated offices in a time set by one of the designated federal officers.

That is not the Pacific Constitution.

http://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Second_Pacific_Constitution This is is the law of the land and I don't see that clause.

http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=171442.0

I can't believe THIS was the only proposal that got enough signatures to appear on the ballot...

I can't believe that every other initiative was unable to garner a paltry 15 signatures. Obviously, it speaks volumes for the importance of this particular initiative.

[QUESTION no. 1]

QUESTION no. 1

Shall the following initiative be adopted as law?

The Right to Be Loony Initiative

Any and all ballots cast in any federal election shall not be subject to automatic invalidation or exhaustion as a result of being cast in any particular language, nor as a result of write-in preferences cast that can be clearly discerned as a preference.

[ X ] Yes

[  ] No

It would depend on the occasion; particularly with food, it can be either. I think in a majority of cases, though, both of these should be assumed to be uncountable. If you are identifying one of them in a way that describes a generic product, then they could be countable.

For example, if you were serving ice-cream at a birthday party, you might ask each person, "How much ice cream would you like?". Likewise, a manager of a buffet may ask one of his employees, "How much salad do we have in the backroom?".

Still - in the same ice cream instance - you could also ask something like, "how many ice creams do you want?" if you were handing out individually-wrapped ice creams. Someone preparing dozens of meals for a catered event might ask, "how many salads do we need for tonight?".

So, yeah.

I'll sit in considering I have no home. Please, bicker all you want.

Please, feel at home! Do you enjoy our radical-homosexual-agenda-propagating poster?

He doesn't seems very natural, through. His skin wierdly change color.

Can we switch to an radical-natural-homosexual-agenda? It would better fit out values.

Even though rough editing was done in that general area, the discoloration appears to be "natural". Maybe it's a spray tan?

Also, this poor steel worker could only afford one implant it would appear (definitely not natural). Still, we needed a Pittsburgh pun (so armpits obv), a sweaty topless worker and we even got a bonus background that looks eerily appropriate.

FTR I am not even advocating bringing back the Dirty South, even though I miss it. I just want our actual southern traditions and terms back. Not these silly imperial names and royal guards, coat of arms, and imperial police.

Oh, and why on earth did we move the capital from Charleston to Memphis?! That's the saddest part of it all.

    The capital has always officially been Memphis. I remember the Charleston movement and the Governor's Plantation well, but our attempt to make it official ended in failure.

Obviously, some sort of consensus and compromise is achievable - with some slight deference to The People?



On a separate note, I'm glad to see 58% of active IDS citizens would like to repeal these silly names.

I wish I could vote for Talleyrand.

I'll sit in considering I have no home. Please, bicker all you want.

Please, feel at home! Do you enjoy our radical-homosexual-agenda-propagating poster?

Congratulations!

Where did this come from?  Is there a thread about it?  I can't find one.

http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=149059.msg3685734#msg3685734

http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=158345.msg3688436#msg3688436

The Atlasian Laborinth stands by its reporting and emphasizes that its content is not endorsed nor distributed prior to anyone within the party - including presidential nominees. Considering that the editor of The Atlasian Laborinth spent more time in the IDS Legislature than the Federalist ticket combined has spent in office, it goes without saying that these issues are valid concerns for any voter.

Absolutely endorsed!

A&D

Do we have to sign in?
Usually, I try to keep away from all that partisan bickering, but given my position, I suppose I'll be here.

Well, conducting party business is by definition partisan, so I hope you'll be in attendance.

[Commune one, commune all to the Spring 2013 Labor Party Convention in hot, sweaty Pittsburgh, PA!]

Commune one, commune all to the Spring 2013 Labor Party Convention in hot, sweaty Pittsburgh, PA!

Atlasia's most fabulous political party gathers on the banks of the Allegheny River to do the same thing as it did four months ago. We come to revise our methods of operation. We come to draft our ideals into a concrete, concise platform. We come to communicate with one another and become a more cohesive force. Perhaps most importantly, however: we come to begin the work of electing a President.

There are a number of items that we will address in the coming days – each of which are important and require your attention as a Laborite. These items include:

• Adoption of Party By-Laws
• Adoption of Party Platform
• Labor Party Presidential Endorsement
• Labor Party Senatorial Endorsements
• Fall 2013 Convention Location Selection
• Open Floor Discussions

As with any convention, it is important to have an orderly process. By my calculations, it could take the better part of a month to complete all of these tasks if we only do one at a time. For this reason, we will be conducting business side-by-side; not every aspect of this convention will be conducted at once, but if a particular item is taking too long we will begin working on another subject concurrently.

Due to this, I ask that all posts made by Party members within this thread use the following coded system when it pertains to your specific comment at the beginning of each post:

[BYL] - By-laws
[PLA] – Party Platform
[END] – Presidential Endorsement
[SEN] – Senatorial Endorsement
[CON] – Convention Location Selection

This will make record-keeping and reference for all much easier.


Radicalized bretzels, bread and roses - along with our convention's favorite of canine con carne - will be served by our robust steelworkers this evening as our guests check in, with formal activities beginning sometime tomorrow.

[TIME TO WAKE UP, B*TCHES!]

THE ATLASIAN LABORINTH

We Decide, We Report

Volume B, Issue A                                              Price: Your Fair Share

TIME TO WAKE UP, B*TCHES!

   
With the announcement from Federalist Presidential candidate MattfromVT in regards to his selected running mate, Midwest Wisard Extraordinar Maxwell, The Atlasian Laborinth feels compelled to issue an immediate statement regarding its opposition in the upcoming presidential race.

As many have noticed, Atlasia has recently been suffering from a lack of interest among its citizens. Entire regions have been plunged into wolfenarchy, while key power players among the Atlasian elite have resigned themselves to just not giving a fvck. With voting booths being opened late, conventions falling into shambles and offices being vacated left and right, it is perfectly understandable that many have resigned themselves to:

So perhaps this helps explain how the largest political party in Atlasia has ended up with such an inexperienced ticket running in the June Presidential Election. Vice-Presidential nominee Maxwell has served a total of three months as Wisard Extraordinaer: his only claim to fame. At the top of the ticket, former Senator Matt has even less experience: with less that one month served as Senator and less than one month served as SoIA, The Atlasian Laborinth feels very comfortable in reporting that this is the least experienced ticket to run for the office of Presidency in many years.

With the country in such a lull and the next election being such an important barometer of the future of our country, can we realistically vote for a ticket that - combined - has less than six months of experience? What does this say about the Federalist Party, which, out of 53 members, did not have one experienced soul step up to bat for their team?

Some reports suggest that this could quickly change. One notable Federalist has whispered to The Atlasian Laborinth that he make take his case straight to the Federalist Convention floor and make a rational appeal for selecting him as their nominee. With it being the Federalists, though, anything rational at this point might just collapse the entire party.

For those who have been watching the race with due diligence but are unsure of their first choice, we encourage them to evaluate the following infographic and come to their own conclusions.

Hard to imagine a gay kid wanting to affiliate with the Boy Scouts.

Try harder. I promise that all of us gays weren't crocheting ascots and painting our toenails when we were young.

I'd estimate around 15,000 since 2000.

No. Google Docs is great for collaboration and basic functionality, but it has functional limitations.