Your Honors, Mr. Seatown,
If I am not mistaken, the honorable Mr. Seatown is resting all his claims of the Imperial Dominion of the South (IDS) being in violation of the Atlasian Constitution on the claim that the IDS is breaking its own law. I argue that is completely ridiculous. When IDS Supreme Judicial Overlord Dibble issued his mighty ruling, he was simply doing his job interpreting the law. Nothing more, nothing less. He did not violate any due process here as Bacon King brought into question his interpretation of IDS law vs how the IDS applies it, and IDS SJO Dibble issued his official interpretation of the law, which upholds the votes that Seatown is hoping to throwout. These votes being over half of those that were cast.
I would like to respond to Seatown's claim that this interpretation should not work becuase of how things were when the law was written. Well I did some digging and found evidence I would like to present the court. For your viewing pleasure, I have here the April 2005 SE Gubernatorial Election, an election from the era when the only office we elected was that of Governor. In this race you will find that
NONE of the ballots cast mentioned the title of office being voted on, including your ballot, Justice Ebowed.
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=20475.msg438939#msg438939Furthermore I am sure you can find in almost any race in the country, at any level, ballots like this that are still counted. Common sense and precedent are on the side of Dibble's ruling and the IDS. Like I have previously stated, Dibble has done nothing wrong by ruling that these ballots are counted. And if Dibble has done nothing wrong there, he, and the IDS certainly have not violated Seatown's civil right to due process.
Your honors, I ask you to rule in favor of democracy, and uphold Dibble's decision.
