Good afternoon Senators.
First of all I would like to thank the President for this opportunity to continue my service - I no longer have the time to commit for a legislative/executive post, but the opportunity to serve in a quasi-judicial/executive role that will not require daily attendance to the forum is an honour that I am proud to take on.
I would like to continue by re-iterating some matters I first mentioned when I approached the President about taking on this role. I feel that I have a long history in Atlasia and that I have an independent judgement that is not easily swayed by political winds. I have no particular plans to run for office in the future - this removes a clear conflict of interest as this position does give great power to affect the voter rolls.
I thank the Senate for this opportunity to show my worthiness for the role. To this end, partly because of some of the outside intrusion on the thread, I will be declining to answer questions from non-Senators. This not out of disrespect for the questioner, or a judgement on their questions, but rather because I do not want to get drawn into a silly back and forth with some posters.
What is your defination of a zombie voter?
I'm not hugely keen on the term, but whatever term you use, I think all can acknowledge there is a problem with at least a small minority of voters. In spite of our best attempts to legislate through the 25 post activity requirement, many voters who were recruited, especially by party bosses, simply post pad to get past the requirement and then vote. I would certainly place these voters in a "zombie" category, for want of a better word. Posters who have remained genuinely contributory in the wider forum should be protected from being struck from the voter rolls, although I acknowledge that there may be literally a couple of exceptions that it may be possible to deal with through the HAEV structure that might not be with hard fast rules like the activity requirements.
