amica curiæ brief in the case of dfwlibertylover v. r.g. peebsThe use of specific statutes from Georgia is both cherry-picked and irrelevant to the case at hand. Atlasian law clearly defines the runoff election as a distinct election from the general election because the Federal Election Act refers to it as a different case than a general election for the purposes of inactivity-based deregistrations- real world examples that define a "runoff as a continuation of the general election" for certain purposes therefore have no bearing on Atlasian law. Even if one were to look at the statute from Georgia, it plainly states voters can only participate in the runoff election "not subsequently disqualified to vote" - and under Atlasian law, missing three general elections in a row is, both specifically and explicitly, a disqualification of one's voting rights.
Furthermore, regarding the plaintiff's following argument:
The reason that missing a runoff election does not count as a missed election for the purposes of inactivity deregistration is the same reason that missing a special election doesn't affect it - they are unpredictable and occur randomly rather at specific intervals.
Note the portion in bold. The law specifically says its intent is to deregister people after they miss six months of elections. General elections occur two months apart, which is why the following sentence specifies that voters will be removed from the rolls after missing three consecutive elections.
Also, again, note: "three federal elections, not including runoffs and special elections". Runoffs are a distinct type of election, and they don't count towards the three federal elections. Therefore the two invalidated voters both lost their Atlasian citizenship at the moment the October Federal Election ended without either of them having voted.
