Department of Federal Elections

[homelycooking]

What am I supposed to do? Concede "defeat" in the election? Swear in and then resign?

[homelycooking]

I would prefer a by-election be held as well. But as for now, I resign/concede/abdicate. I apologize to the voters who chose me in the recent elections, but I cannot serve as Senator.

[homelycooking]

Since Snowguy was elected President, when will a by-election be held to fill the seat that he will vacate in the Senate? (Don't worry, I've no intention whatsoever of running.)

[homelycooking]

If a voter were to write in some campaign message as a vote preference, such as this:

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or this:

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would you disqualify the vote?

[homelycooking]

Teddy, you seem to have missed Badger's vote in your count.

[3 ] Cincinnatus (JBach717)
Regional Protection Party


[ 1] Nathan
Jesus Christ Party


[ 2] Yelnoc 
Silly Party of Atlasia


[4 ] Write In: _Other candidates not as good as these (i.e. most posters )__

[homelycooking]

Teddy, I am extremely confident in the accuracy of my count.

[homelycooking]

UNDERGOING COMPARISON TO HEART


Final round 2

Cincinnatus (JBach717) - Shua - Valid ZuWo - Valid Hermit (Pingvin99) - Valid Cincinnatus - Valid AndrewPA - Valid Marokai - Valid Junkie - Valid Winfield - Valid brandonh - Valid Franzl - Valid polnut - Valid Snowstalker - Valid AHDuke99 - Valid Yankee - Valid Simfan34 - Valid NHI - Valid cinyc - Valid Dereich - Valid Reaganfan - Valid MaxQue - Valid homelycooking - Valid NiK - Valid dead0man - Valid filliatre - Valid MOPolitico - Valid Inks.LWC - Valid JohanusCalvinusLibertas - Valid tmthforu94 - Valid A-Bob - Valid Gustaf - Valid (2P: Cincinnatus) TJ in Cleve - Valid (2P: Cincinnatus) ChairmanSanchez - Valid (2P: Cincinnatus) ilikeverin - Valid (2P: Cincinnatus) Mechaman - Valid (2P: Cincinnatus) 20RP12 - Valid (2P: Cincinnatus) Cathcon - Valid (2P: Cincinnatus) Torie - Valid(2P: Cincinnatus) sbane - Valid  (2P: Cincinnatus) Conley - Valid (2P: Cincinnatus) benconstine - Valid (2P: Cincinnatus) Jbrase - Valid (2P: Cincinnatus) Rowan - Valid (2P: Cincinnatus) Progressive Realist - Valid Jbrase - Valid (2P: Cincinnatus) PiT - Valid (2P: Cincinnatus) Wonkish1 - Valid (2P: Cincinnatus) Averroës Nix - Valid Keystone Phil - Valid Sam Spade - Valid (2P: Cin)

Nathan - Scott - Valid Fritz - Valid Kalwejt - Valid Antonio V - Valid Frodo - Valid Hawkeye59 - Valid Ebowed - Valid Tender Branson - Valid Fuzzybigfoot - Valid Jackson - Valid RFK - Valid Bacon King - Valid Napoleon - Valid oakvale - Valid opebo - Valid NVGonzalez (antwnzrr) - Valid RodPresident - Valid JulioMadrid - Valid Nathan - Valid Meeker - Valid BRTD - Valid Seattle - Valid Smash255 - Valid snowguy716 - Valid Eraserhead - Valid Hashemite - Valid CultureKing - Valid realisticidealist - Valid Dallasfan65 - Valid (2P: Nathan) Sewer - Valid (2P: Nathan) Dr. Cynic - Valid (2P: Nathan) FallenMorgan - Valid (2P: Nathan) MilesC56 - Valid (2P: Nathan) Thomas D - Valid (2P: Nathan) Obamaisdabest - Valid mondale84 - Valid belgiansocialist - Valid Badger - Valid nclib - Valid Lief - Valid ArchangelZero - Valid DrScholl - Valid Ghost_white - Valid EarlAW - Valid boris78 - Valid Wormyguy - Valid Alcon - Valid bgwah - Valid

Exhausted - 1 angus - Valid 2 Lewis - Valid 3 4 5 6 Invalid 7 - 8 Teddy 9 clarence 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49

Your count has an error, Teddy.

[homelycooking]

This being a by-election to a vacant at-large seat, this act
https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Proportional_Representation_Act#Section_2:_Rules_on_the_counting_of_votes_in_PR-STV_elections
would normally apply
However, this act makes it clear that this is for multiple slots, while only one is being elected.
https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Consolidated_Electoral_System_Reform_Act#Section_2:_Determination_of_the_Winner
This act would otherwise apply.

My interpretation is the latter is correct. Why?
First - Section 2 of the PR act makes it clear that this only applies when more than one person is being elected. Section 3 also clearly states that the CES will need to be taken into account, placing it before the PR act.

As always I will leave this as-is for 24 hours for appeals.

In short, we are down to a run off election - which is how I interpret the acts - with the possibility of legal interpretation suggesting that at-large tie procedures be used, which would elect Nathan as the leader on the first ballot - which is what I thought before I checked to see if I was sure.

Teddy, what in Section 2 of the PR act leads you to believe that it refers to an election for multiple seats?

[homelycooking]

I, Homelycooking, will administer this week's elections.

So far, these candidates have declared their intentions to run and will be placed on the ballot:

20RP12, Silly Party of Atlasia, Pennsylvania
JUNKIE, Regional Protection Party, Maine
KALWEJT, Jesus Christ Party, Alabama
NATHAN, Jesus Christ Party, Massachusetts
SEWER, Silly Party of Atlasia, Iowa
TEDDY, National Centrist Party, Washington
TJ IN CLEVE, Regional Protection Party, Ohio

Representatives of parties granting endorsements should contact me by Thursday so that the endorsements you give to the candidates will likewise be listed on the ballot.

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SAMPLE BALLOT -
VOID FOR ALL NON-DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES

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 23:59 EDT, Thursday, December 8th, and ends at 23:59 EDT, Sunday, December 11.

DO NOT EDIT OR DELETE THE POST CONTAINING YOUR BALLOT IN ANY WAY AFTER 20 MINUTES OF ITS BEING POSTED OR YOUR VOTE WILL BE INVALIDATED

The act of campaigning within the election booth is strictly forbidden and will render void any votes made by those who campaign. The act of campaigning is considered to include, but is not limited to, strong attempts to compel others either to vote or not to vote for one or multiple candidates, or other related activities that could reasonably be construed as a direct attempt to influence how future voters cast their ballots. In other words, this is not a discussion thread. In short, the department will be taking a liberal interpreation of this, so Keep posts to votes only.

Place the numbers 1, 2, etc. in the space provided beside the candidates who you wish to vote for to designate your order of preference for these candidates.  If any other mark or attempt to order the candidates is made, the Department of Forum Affairs will make every effort to deduce voter intent from the content of the ballot, but the warning must be issued that failure to follow the above instructions may result in the invalidation of your ballot in the event of an inability to discern voter intent.  You are an eligible voter in general if you were registered to vote on or before the proper date, and if you made 15 posts in any location within the Atlas Forum in the 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the regular election. In other words, if your name appears on the Census list, you can presume you are elegible.  

In the event that you do not support any listed candidate or that you support one or many candidates that are not listed in addition to those that are, you may write in other candidates and include them in your list of preferences.  Space is provided for one such write-in, but as many can be listed as you wish.  In the event that you do not support any listed candidate, and do not wish to write in any candidate, you may place an X or a 1 beside "None of the above", and only beside "None of the above".  In the event that an X or a 1 appears beside "None of the above" on a ballot, all other marks or numbers will be ignored.  It is not permissible under current election law to vote for both "None of the above" and other candidates.

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

Names of candidates follow in alphabetical order.

AT-LARGE SENATE (5 seats)

[  ] 20RP12 of Pennsylvania
^{SPA - Silly Party of Atlasia
Endorsement: JCP, RPP}

[  ] Junkie of Maine
^{RPP - Regional Protection Party, Non-Partisan League caucus
Endorsement: JCP, RPP}

[  ] Kalwejt of Alabama
^{JCP - Jesus Christ Party, Social Democratic caucus
Endorsement: JCP}

[  ] Nathan of Massachusetts
^{JCP - Jesus Christ Party
Endorsement: JCP}

[  ] Sewer (SpaceCommunistMutant) of Iowa
^{SPA - Silly Party of Atlasia
Endorsement: JCP}

[  ] TJ in Cleve of Ohio
^{RPP - Regional Protection Party
Endorsement: RPP}

[  ] Write-in:______________________________


[  ] None of the above


SAMPLE BALLOT -
VOID FOR ALL NON-DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES

[homelycooking]

Representatives of parties granting endorsements should contact me by Thursday so that the endorsements you give to the candidates will likewise be listed on the ballot.

Oh great and magnificent Registrar General, possessor of highest approval ratings in all the land,

The Regional Protection Party has endorsed 20RP12 and Teddy and thus they may choose to appear as such on the ballot.

Sen. NC Yankee,
RPP Chairman.

Thank you Mr. Chairman. Since Teddy is no longer a candidate, the ballot will be edited to reflect your party's endorsements of 20RP12, TJ in Cleve and Junkie.

Your fitting reverence has also been noted.

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OFFICIAL COUNT

1. Ebowed: NATHAN
2. Napoleon: NATHAN
3. ZuWo: TJ IN CLEVE
4. Teddy: SEWER
5. Clarence: TJ IN CLEVE
6. Jackson: KALWEJT
7. 20RP12: 20RP12
8. big bad fab: JUNKIE
9. Kalwejt: KALWEJT
10. tmthforu: TJ IN CLEVE
11. belgian: NATHAN
12. AndrewPA: JUNKIE
13. px75: KALWEJT
14. Antonio V: KALWEJT
15. angus: 20RP12
16. Hawkeye: KALWEJT
17. Change08: NATHAN
18. Shua: 20RP12
19. Lewis T.: Xahar to SEWER
20. RFK: KALWEJT
21. Scott: NATHAN
22. Polnut: JUNKIE
23. Oakvale: JUNKIE
24. Inks: TJ IN CLEVE
25. Simfan: JUNKIE
26. Benconstine: JUNKIE
27. Averroes Nix: NATHAN
28. Snowguy: KALWEJT
29. Sanchez: 20RP12
30. officepark: TJ IN CLEVE
31. Fritz: SEWER
32. Homely: JUNKIE

Current tally (after write-ins):

20RP12: 4
JUNKIE: 7
KALWEJT: 7
NATHAN: 6
SEWER: 3
TJ IN CLEVE: 5

[homelycooking]

Sorry, I fucked up big time. We could delete the old one and start at the correct time. I suppose, though that since the voting booth is legal (opened on Thursday), we should continue to use the current one. Any advice?

[homelycooking]

I apologize for my error in opening the voting booth early. The election will proceed as scheduled until 0:00 Sunday, and all registered voters will be notified of these voting hours.

[homelycooking]

OFFICIAL COUNT

1. Ebowed: NATHAN
2. Napoleon: NATHAN
3. ZuWo: TJ IN CLEVE
4. Teddy: SEWER
5. Clarence: TJ IN CLEVE
6. Jackson: KALWEJT
7. 20RP12: 20RP12
8. big bad fab: JUNKIE
9. Kalwejt: KALWEJT
10. tmthforu: TJ IN CLEVE
11. belgian: NATHAN
12. AndrewPA: JUNKIE
13. px75: KALWEJT
14. Antonio V: KALWEJT
15. angus: 20RP12
16. Hawkeye: KALWEJT
17. Change08: NATHAN
18. Shua: 20RP12
19. Lewis T.: Xahar to SEWER
20. RFK: KALWEJT
21. Scott: NATHAN
22. Polnut: JUNKIE
23. Oakvale: JUNKIE
24. Inks: TJ IN CLEVE
25. Simfan: JUNKIE
26. Benconstine: JUNKIE
27. Averroes Nix: NATHAN
28. Snowguy: KALWEJT
29. Sanchez: 20RP12
30. officepark: TJ IN CLEVE
31. Fritz: SEWER
32. Homely: JUNKIE
33. JulioMadrid: KALWEJT
34. MOPolitico: JUNKIE
35. Frodo: NATHAN
36. A-Bob: TJ IN CLEVE
37. ilikeverin: 20RP12
38. Marokai: JUNKIE
39. Dallasfan: KALWEJT
40. Bacon King: NATHAN
41. Badger: KALWEJT
42. Thomas D: KALWEJT
43. Winfield: 20RP12
44. Mondale: NATHAN
45. MilesC56: TJ IN CLEVE
46. Pingvin: JUNKIE
47. Holmes: NATHAN
48. Taft4Prez: JUNKIE
49. Brandon H: TJ IN CLEVE
50. Jbrase: JUNKIE
51. Fuzzy: KALWEJT
52. wormyguy: SEWER
53. real. id.: TJ IN CLEVE
54. Meeker: NATHAN
55. Tender B.: KALWEJT
56. Smid: TJ IN CLEVE
57. MaxQue: JUNKIE
58. Hashemite: KALWEJT
59. Cathcon: TJ IN CLEVE
60. Franzl: JUNKIE
61. Torie: TJ IN CLEVE
62. BRTD: NATHAN
63. Snowstalker: NATHAN
64. PiT: 20RP12
65. Dereich: TJ IN CLEVE
66. sbane: JUNKIE
67. RowanBrandon: TJ IN CLEVE
68. MQuinn: TJ IN CLEVE
69. NCYankee: TJ IN CLEVE
70. opebo: NATHAN
71. Junkie: JUNKIE
72. Cincinnatus: JUNKIE
73. JCL: TJ IN CLEVE
74. Duke: JUNKIE
75. Smash255: NATHAN
76. Dr. Cynic: SEWER
77. bgwah: KALWEJT
78. TJ in Cleve: TJ IN CLEVE
79. RodPresident: KALWEJT
80. Nathan: NATHAN
81. Lief: SEWER
82. Sam Spade: JUNKIE

Current tally (after write-ins):

20RP12: 7
JUNKIE: 19
KALWEJT: 16
NATHAN: 16
SEWER: 6
TJ IN CLEVE: 18

TOTAL VOTE: 82

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UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

FIRST COUNT
QUOTA: 14

JUNKIE (RPP): 19 ELECTED (bbf, polnut, Oakvale, Simfan, Ben, Homely, MOPolitico, Pingvin, Taft, Jbrase, Franzl, Sbane, Junkie, Cincinnatus, Duke, Sam Spade, AndrewCT, Marokai, MaxQue)
TJ IN CLEVE (RPP): 18 ELECTED (ZuWo, Clarence, tmthforu, Inks, Officepark, A-Bob, TJ in Cleve, Miles, Brandon H, realisticidealist, Cathcon, Torie, Dereich, NCYankee, Smid, Rowan, JCL, MQuinn)
KALWEJT (JCP): 16 ELECTED (Jackson, Kalwejt, px75. Antonio V, Snowguy, JulioMadrid, Badger, Fuzzy, Hash, bgwah, RodPresident, Tender Branson, Thomas D, Hawkeye, RFK, Dallasfan)
NATHAN (JCP): 16 ELECTED Meeker, Holmes, Mondale, Averroes Nix, change08, Ebowed, Belgiansocialist, BRTD, Snowstalker, Smash, Opebo, Frodo, Bacon King, Ebowed, Nathan, Scott)

20RP12 (SPA): 7 (20RP12, PiT, angus, Shua, Sanchez, Winfield, ilikeverin)
SEWER (SPA): 6 (Lief, Lewis T, Teddy, Fritz, wormyguy, Dr. Cynic)

SECOND COUNT: Transfer of TJ in Cleve, Nathan, Junkie and Kalwejt surpluses

20RP12 (SPA) 15.06 ELECTED
+ 3.95 from Junkie (bbf, polnut, Oakvale, Simfan, Ben, Homely, MOPolitico, Pingvin, Taft, Jbrase, Franzl, Sbane, Junkie, Cincinnatus, Duke)
+ 3.11 from TJ in Cleve (ZuWo, Clarence, tmthforu, Inks, Officepark, A-Bob, TJ in Cleve, Miles, Brandon H, realisticidealist, Cathcon, Torie, Dereich, NCYankee)
+ 0.50 from Kalwejt (Thomas D, Hawkeye, RFK, Dallasfan)
+ 0.50 from Nathan (Bacon King, Nathan, Scott, Napoleon)

SEWER (SPA) 9.81
+ 1.05 from Junkie (Sam Spade, AndrewCT, Marokai, MaxQue)
+ 0.00 from TJ in Cleve
+ 1.38 from Kalwejt (Jackson, Kalwejt, px75. Antonio V, Snowguy, JulioMadrid, Badger, Fuzzy, Hash, bgwah, RodPresident)
+ 1.38 from Nathan (Meeker, Holmes, Mondale, Averroes Nix, change08, Ebowed, Belgiansocialist, BRTD, Snowstalker, Smash, Opebo)

EXHAUSTED 1.15
+ 0.89 from TJ in Cleve (Smid, Rowan, JCL, MQuinn)
+ 0.13 from Kalwejt (Tender Branson)
+ 0.13 from Nathan (Frodo)


KALWEJT, JUNKIE, 20RP12, TJ IN CLEVE and NATHAN are elected to the Senate.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS

FIRST COUNT: Quota: 14

JUNKIE (RPP): 19 ELECTED (bbf, polnut, Oakvale, Simfan, Ben, Homely, MOPolitico, Pingvin, Taft, Jbrase, Franzl, Sbane, Junkie, Cincinnatus, Duke, Sam Spade, AndrewCT, Marokai, MaxQue)
TJ IN CLEVE (RPP): 18 ELECTED (ZuWo, Clarence, tmthforu, Inks, Officepark, A-Bob, TJ in Cleve, Miles, Brandon H, realisticidealist, Cathcon, Torie, Dereich, NCYankee, Smid, Rowan, JCL, MQuinn)
KALWEJT (JCP): 16 ELECTED (Jackson, Kalwejt, px75. Antonio V, Snowguy, JulioMadrid, Badger, Fuzzy, Hash, bgwah, RodPresident, Tender Branson, Thomas D, Hawkeye, RFK, Dallasfan)
NATHAN (JCP): 16 ELECTED Meeker, Holmes, Mondale, Averroes Nix, change08, Ebowed, Belgiansocialist, BRTD, Snowstalker, Smash, Opebo, Frodo, Bacon King, Ebowed, Nathan, Scott)

20RP12 (SPA): 7 (20RP12, PiT, angus, Shua, Sanchez, Winfield, ilikeverin)
SEWER (SPA): 6 (Lief, Lewis T, Teddy, Fritz, wormyguy, Dr. Cynic)

SECOND COUNT: Transfer of TJ in Cleve, Nathan, Junkie and Kalwejt surpluses

Junkie: 14 ELECTED
TJ in Cleve: 14 ELECTED
Kalwejt: 14 ELECTED
Nathan: 14 ELECTED

20RP12 (SPA): 15.06 ELECTED
+ 3.95 from Junkie (bbf, polnut, Oakvale, Simfan, Ben, Homely, MOPolitico, Pingvin, Taft, Jbrase, Franzl, Sbane, Junkie, Cincinnatus, Duke)
+ 3.11 from TJ in Cleve (ZuWo, Clarence, tmthforu, Inks, Officepark, A-Bob, TJ in Cleve, Miles, Brandon H, realisticidealist, Cathcon, Torie, Dereich, NCYankee)
+ 0.50 from Kalwejt (Thomas D, Hawkeye, RFK, Dallasfan)
+ 0.50 from Nathan (Bacon King, Napoleon, Nathan, Scott)

SEWER (SPA): 9.81
+ 1.05 from Junkie (Sam Spade, AndrewCT, Marokai, MaxQue)
+ 1.38 from Kalwejt (Jackson, Kalwejt, px75. Antonio V, Snowguy, JulioMadrid, Badger, Fuzzy, Hash, bgwah, RodPresident)
+ 1.38 from Nathan (Meeker, Holmes, Mondale, Averroes Nix, change08, Ebowed, Belgiansocialist, BRTD, Snowstalker, Smash, Opebo)

EXHAUSTED: 1.15
+ 0.89 from TJ in Cleve (Smid, Rowan, JCL, MQuinn)
+ 0.13 from Kalwejt (Tender Branson)
+ 0.13 from Nathan (Frodo)


All ballots have been certified as valid.
KALWEJT, JUNKIE, 20RP12, TJ IN CLEVE and NATHAN are elected to the Senate.

I, Homelycooking, administrator of the December 2011 Senate Election, declare the above results to be a complete and accurate summary of the votes cast.

[homelycooking]

OFFICIAL RESULTS

POLNUT (JCP): 35 ELECTED (Junkie, Ebowed, Odysseus, Polnut, Homely, Hawkeye, Ben, AndrewPA, 20RP12, Antonio V, Sewer, Bgwah, Teddy, Marokai, Scott, Peeperkorn, Fuzzy, Napoleon, Jackson, Fritz, Franzl, Cincinnatus, Duke, Hatman, Yelnoc, Sbane, MOPolitico, Dr Cynic, Badger, Oakvale, Frodo, Nathan, Jbrase, Realistic, Hashemite)

CLARENCE (RPP): 13 (TJ in Cleve, ZuWo, Miles, Clarence, Winfield, NCYankee, Pingvin, Simfan, Taft, Thomas D, Brandon H, MQuinn, Inks)
JERSEYRULES (RPP): 4 (Jerseyrules, PiT, Wormyguy, Cathcon)
FRODO (Write-in): 1 (Tmthforu)
XAHAR (Write-in): 1 (Lewis T.)

All ballots have been certified as valid.
POLNUT is elected to the Senate.

I, Homelycooking, administrator of the January 2012 Special Senate Election, declare the above results to be a complete and accurate summary of the votes cast.

[homelycooking]

To the interim SOFE: what is the deadline for a Presidential candidate declaring for office?

0:00 AM, Friday, February 10

[homelycooking]

To the interim SOFE: what is the deadline for a Presidential candidate declaring for office?

0:00 AM, Thursday, February 9

It is my understanding that the deadline is tonight at midnight, going by Section 8, Clause 3 of the Consolidated Electoral System Reform Act.

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Of course this might've been repealed or changed since then, but I don't recall that happening.

But the election is required to occur on the second-to-last Friday of the month (February 17).

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One week before the "earliest possible commencement" of the election is Friday, February 10 (not the 9th as I said before: that was an error.)

[homelycooking]

Sorry, I guess you're right. I don't know how I ended up in the Second Constitution while looking for the correct law.

So the deadline is midnight tonight, then.

Damn it! Why am I always wrong?

[homelycooking]

The new constitution says this about when Presidential elections start:

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That'd mean the earliest possible commencement is 00:00 on Thursday, February 9th, unless an amendment changed that.

https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Fifth_Amendment_to_the_Third_Constitution

It's Feb 16th.

So the deadline is Thursday, February 9.

If you're wondering why there are so many empty liquor bottles piling up around the Census Bureau, well...