The National Atlasian: Keeping You Informed

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I'd prefer you to have won over Lewis, actually, since you're a moderate hawk and he is a far-left dove...   Well, at least I helped get the military expanded before then...

The election int over yet. Weird things could still happen

Oh... check you're PM's

[The Dowager Mod]

Know what? I'm pretty pleased at our showing all things considered... much better than I'd thought we'd do

You got 17% of the vote in October and 27% of the vote in February.  Not bad, Al.

It's all me, I'm worth 10%!

Siege

yup

[Sam Spade]

ELECTION RESULTS

6 hours left in the February elections, Al/Siege40 closing, Naso losing by 2 in D3 race.

from National Atlasian's Election Correspondent,
SamSpade[/i]

As of 6:00 PM EST, next results 10:00 PM EST...

PRESIDENTIAL (through Kevinstat)
1st round:
Al/Siege40: 27 (7 to Kemp, 18 to Lewis, 2 to no one)
Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat: 32 (25 to Al, 4 to Kemp, 3 to no one)
KEmperor/Alcon: 29 (8 to Al, 7 to Lewis, 14 to no one)
John/Boss Tweed: 3 (1 to no one/1 flows to Al/Siege40, then to no one/1 flows to Kemp/Alcon, then to Lewis/TrueDem)
None: 1 (1 to no one)
Questionable/Invalid: 4 (1 flows to Kemp/Alcon, then to no one/1 flows to Al/Siege40, then to no one/1 flows to Lewis/TrueDem, then to Al/Siege40/1 flows to Al/Siege40, then to Kemp/Alcon)
Write-ins: (John Dibble/Dabeav) 1 (flows to Kemp/Alcon, then to no one)
(KEmperor/ColinW) 1 (flows to Kemp/Alcon, then Lewis/TrueDem)
(KEmperor/Lewis Trondheim) 1 (flows to Kemp/Alcon, then Lewis/TrueDem)
(Liberty/WMS) 1 (flows to Lewis/TrueDem, then Kemp/Alcon)
(Supersoulty/WMS) 1 (flows to Kemp/Alcon, then Al/Siege40)
(TN2024) 1 (flows to no one)
Total votes: 102
Write-ins eliminated, 6 votes eliminated[/i]

2nd round:
Al/Siege40: 27 (7 to Kemp, 18 to Lewis, 2 to no one)
Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat: 33 (25 to Al, 4 to Kemp, 3 to no one)
KEmperor/Alcon: 33 (9 to Al, 9 to Lewis, 15 to no one)
John/Boss Tweed: 3 (1 to no one/1 flows to Al/Siege, then to no one/1 flows to Kemp/Alcon, then to Lewis/TrueDem)
John/Boss Tweed eliminated, 1 vote eliminated[/i]

3rd round:
Al/Siege40: 28 (7 to Kemp, 18 to Lewis, 3 to no one)
Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat: 33 (25 to Al, 5 to Kemp, 3 to no one)
KEmperor/Alcon: 34 (9 to Al, 10 to Lewis, 15 to no one)
Al/Siege40 is eliminated, 3 votes eliminated[/i]

4th round:
Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat: 51[/i]
KEmperor/Alcon: 41


SENATE RACES:
D1 Senate
ColinW 11
Josh 8
Write-in (Bullmoose88) 1 (flows to ColinW)
Total votes: 20

Final Round:
ColinW 12
Josh 8

D2 Senate
MAS117 13
Bono (i) 3
Write-in: (Akno21) 1 (flows to MAS117)
None 2
Questionable/Invalid 1 (flows to MAS117)
Total votes: 20
3 votes eliminated[/i]

Final round:
MAS117 14
Bono (i) 3

D3 Senate
Nym90 (i) 7
Chief of Staff Mike Naso 7
Write-ins: (Ben) 2 (1 flows to Chief of Staff Mike Naso, 1 to Nym90)
(Dabeav) 1 (flows to Nym90)
(Nym's cookies) 1 (flows to Nym90)
Questionable/Invalid 1 (flows to Nym90)
Total votes: 19
1 votes eliminated[/i]

Final round:
Nym90 (i) 10
Chief of Staff Mike Naso 8

D4 Senate
StatesRights (i) 5
SamSpade 9
Write-in: (Harry) 1 (flows to SamSpade)
Questionable/Invalid 2 (1 flows to StatesRights/1 flows to SamRights, then to StatesRights)
None 1
Total votes: 18
3 votes eliminated[/i]

Final Round:
StatesRights (i) 5
SamSpade 10

D5 Senate
Hughento 14
King 9
None 2
Total votes: 25
2 votes eliminated[/i]

Italics denotes winner of said race.
(i)– Incumbent

Questionable votes at present are Ethelberth (changed ballot), Jake (campaigning in voting booth), skybridge, StatesRights (improper state indentification)

Based on these results, the National Atlasian is set to call two more races:

District 1 Senate race for...

ColinW

District 4 Senate race for...

Sam Spade

Still uncalled races are:

President/Vice President
District 3

[Sam Spade]

ELECTION RESULTS

3 hours left in the February elections, Al/Siege40 still closing, Naso behind by 1 in D3 race.

from National Atlasian's Election Correspondent,
SamSpade[/i]

As of 9:00 PM EST, next results 10:00 PM EST...

PRESIDENTIAL (through Demrepdan)
1st round:
Al/Siege40: 26 (7 to Kemp, 17 to Lewis, 2 to no one)
Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat: 31 (24 to Al, 4 to Kemp, 3 to no one)
KEmperor/Alcon: 29 (8 to Al, 7 to Lewis, 14 to no one)
John/Boss Tweed: 3 (1 to no one/1 flows to Al/Siege40, then to no one/1 flows to Kemp/Alcon, then to Lewis/TrueDem)
None: 3 (3 to no one)
Questionable/Invalid: 4 (1 flows to Kemp/Alcon, then to no one/1 flows to Al/Siege40, then to no one/1 flows to Lewis/TrueDem, then to Al/Siege40/1 flows to Al/Siege40, then to Kemp/Alcon)
Write-ins:  (Al/Lewis Trondheim) 1 (flows to Al/Siege40, then Lewis/TrueDem)
(John Dibble/Dabeav) 1 (flows to Kemp/Alcon, then to no one)
(KEmperor/ColinW) 1 (flows to Kemp/Alcon, then Lewis/TrueDem)
(KEmperor/Lewis Trondheim) 1 (flows to Kemp/Alcon, then Lewis/TrueDem)
(Liberty/WMS) 1 (flows to Lewis/TrueDem, then Kemp/Alcon)
(Supersoulty/WMS) 1 (flows to Kemp/Alcon, then Al/Siege40)
(TN2024) 1 (flows to no one)
Total votes: 103
Write-ins eliminated, 8 votes eliminated[/i]

2nd round:
Al/Siege40: 27 (7 to Kemp, 18 to Lewis, 2 to no one)
Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat: 31 (24 to Al, 4 to Kemp, 3 to no one)
KEmperor/Alcon: 33 (9 to Al, 9 to Lewis, 15 to no one)
John/Boss Tweed: 3 (1 to no one/1 flows to Al/Siege, then to no one/1 flows to Kemp/Alcon, then to Lewis/TrueDem)
John/Boss Tweed eliminated, 1 vote eliminated[/i]

3rd round:
Al/Siege40: 28 (7 to Kemp, 18 to Lewis, 3 to no one)
Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat: 32 (24 to Al, 5 to Kemp, 3 to no one)
KEmperor/Alcon: 34 (9 to Al, 10 to Lewis, 15 to no one)
Al/Siege40 is eliminated, 3 votes eliminated[/i]

4th round:
Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat: 50[/i]
KEmperor/Alcon: 41


SENATE RACES:
D1 Senate
ColinW 11
Josh 8
Write-in (Bullmoose88) 1 (flows to ColinW)
Total votes: 20

Final Round:
ColinW 12
Josh 8

D2 Senate
MAS117 13
Bono (i) 3
Write-in: (Akno21) 1 (flows to MAS117)
None 2
Questionable/Invalid 1 (flows to MAS117)
Total votes: 20
3 votes eliminated[/i]

Final round:
MAS117 14
Bono (i) 3

D3 Senate
Nym90 (i) 7
Chief of Staff Mike Naso 8
Write-ins: (Ben) 2 (1 flows to Chief of Staff Mike Naso, 1 to Nym90)
(Dabeav) 1 (flows to Nym90)
(Nym's cookies) 1 (flows to Nym90)
Questionable/Invalid 1 (flows to Nym90)
Total votes: 20
1 votes eliminated[/i]

Final round:
Nym90 (i) 10
Chief of Staff Mike Naso 9

D4 Senate
StatesRights (i) 5
SamSpade 9
Write-in: (Harry) 1 (flows to SamSpade)
Questionable/Invalid 2 (1 flows to StatesRights/1 flows to SamRights, then to StatesRights)
None 1
Total votes: 18
3 votes eliminated[/i]

Final Round:
StatesRights (i) 5
SamSpade 10

D5 Senate
Hughento 14
King 9
None 2
Total votes: 25
2 votes eliminated[/i]

Italics denotes winner of said race.
(i)– Incumbent

Questionable votes at present are Ethelberth (changed ballot), Jake (campaigning in voting booth), skybridge, StatesRights (improper state indentification)

The importance of Jake's, skybridge's and StatesRights' questionable/invalid votes cannot be underestimated in the Presidential/Vice-Presidential and District 3 Senate race at present.

[Siege40]

It is mine bogglingly frustrating to be so close... yet so far...

Siege

[Sam Spade]

ELECTION RESULTS

1 hour, 20 minutes left in the February elections, Al/Siege40 within 1 (with questionable votes added in), Naso close to losing his mind in D3 race.

from National Atlasian's Election Correspondent,
SamSpade[/i]

As of 10:40 PM EST, next results 11:20 PM EST...

PRESIDENTIAL (through Peter Bell)
1st round:
Al/Siege40: 26 (7 to Kemp, 17 to Lewis, 2 to no one)
Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat: 31 (24 to Al, 4 to Kemp, 3 to no one)
KEmperor/Alcon: 29 (8 to Al, 7 to Lewis, 14 to no one)
John/Boss Tweed: 3 (1 to no one/1 flows to Al/Siege40, then to no one/1 flows to Kemp/Alcon, then to Lewis/TrueDem)
None: 3 (3 to no one)
Questionable/Invalid: 4 (1 flows to Kemp/Alcon, then to no one/1 flows to Al/Siege40, then to no one/1 flows to Lewis/TrueDem, then to Al/Siege40/1 flows to Al/Siege40, then to Kemp/Alcon)
Write-ins:  (Al/Lewis Trondheim) 1 (flows to Al/Siege40, then Lewis/TrueDem)
(John Dibble/Dabeav) 1 (flows to Kemp/Alcon, then to no one)
(KEmperor/ColinW) 1 (flows to Kemp/Alcon, then Lewis/TrueDem)
(KEmperor/Lewis Trondheim) 1 (flows to Kemp/Alcon, then Lewis/TrueDem)
(Liberty/WMS) 1 (flows to Lewis/TrueDem, then Kemp/Alcon)
“PD/Migrendel” (Hughento/Alcon) 1 (flows to Al/Siege40, then Kemp/Alcon)
(Supersoulty/WMS) 1 (flows to Kemp/Alcon, then Al/Siege40)
(TN2024) 1 (flows to no one)
Total votes: 104
Write-ins eliminated, 8 votes eliminated[/i]

2nd round:
Al/Siege40: 28 (8 to Kemp, 18 to Lewis, 2 to no one)
Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat: 31 (24 to Al, 4 to Kemp, 3 to no one)
KEmperor/Alcon: 33 (9 to Al, 9 to Lewis, 15 to no one)
John/Boss Tweed: 3 (1 to no one/1 flows to Al/Siege, then to no one/1 flows to Kemp/Alcon, then to Lewis/TrueDem)
John/Boss Tweed eliminated, 1 vote eliminated[/i]

3rd round:
Al/Siege40: 29 (8 to Kemp, 18 to Lewis, 3 to no one)
Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat: 32 (24 to Al, 5 to Kemp, 3 to no one)
KEmperor/Alcon: 34 (9 to Al, 10 to Lewis, 15 to no one)
Al/Siege40 is eliminated, 3 votes eliminated[/i]

4th round:
Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat: 50[/i]
KEmperor/Alcon: 42


SENATE RACES:
D1 Senate
ColinW 11
Josh 8
Write-in (Bullmoose88) 1 (flows to ColinW)
Total votes: 20

Final Round:
ColinW 12
Josh 8

D2 Senate
MAS117 13
Bono (i) 3
Write-in: (Akno21) 1 (flows to MAS117)
None 2
Questionable/Invalid 1 (flows to MAS117)
Total votes: 20
3 votes eliminated[/i]

Final round:
MAS117 14
Bono (i) 3

D3 Senate
Nym90 (i) 7
Chief of Staff Mike Naso 8
Write-ins: (Ben) 2 (1 flows to Chief of Staff Mike Naso, 1 to Nym90)
(Dabeav) 1 (flows to Nym90)
(Joe Republic) 1 (flows to Nym90)
(Nym's cookies) 1 (flows to Nym90)
Questionable/Invalid 1 (flows to Nym90)
Total votes: 21
1 votes eliminated[/i]

Final round:
Nym90 (i) 11
Chief of Staff Mike Naso 9

D4 Senate
StatesRights (i) 5
SamSpade 9
Write-in: (Harry) 1 (flows to SamSpade)
Questionable/Invalid 2 (1 flows to StatesRights/1 flows to SamRights, then to StatesRights)
None 1
Total votes: 18
3 votes eliminated[/i]

Final Round:
StatesRights (i) 5
SamSpade 10

D5 Senate
Hughento 14
King 9
None 2
Total votes: 25
2 votes eliminated[/i]

Italics denotes winner of said race.
(i)– Incumbent

Questionable votes at present are Ethelberth (changed ballot), Jake (campaigning in voting booth), skybridge, StatesRights (improper state indentification)

[Sam Spade]

FINAL TALLY[/i]

ELECTION RESULTS

Lewis/TrueDem President, Naso/Nym90 in Runoff.

from National Atlasian's Election Correspondent,
SamSpade[/i]

12:00 EST (final results)...

PRESIDENTIAL (through Peter Bell)
1st round:
Al/Siege40: 26 (7 to Kemp, 17 to Lewis, 2 to no one)
Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat: 31 (24 to Al, 4 to Kemp, 3 to no one)
KEmperor/Alcon: 30 (9 to Al, 7 to Lewis, 14 to no one)
John/Boss Tweed: 3 (1 to no one/1 flows to Al/Siege40, then to no one/1 flows to Kemp/Alcon, then to Lewis/TrueDem)
None: 4 (4 to no one)
Invalid: 3 (1 flows to Kemp/Alcon, then to no one/1 flows to Al/Siege40, then to no one/1 flows to Lewis/TrueDem, then to Al/Siege40)
Write-ins:  (Al/Lewis Trondheim) 1 (flows to Al/Siege40, then Lewis/TrueDem)
(Hughento/Nation) 1 (flows to Al/Siege40, then to Kemp/Alcon
(John Dibble/Dabeav) 1 (flows to Kemp/Alcon, then to no one)
(KEmperor/ColinW) 1 (flows to Kemp/Alcon, then Lewis/TrueDem)
(KEmperor/Lewis Trondheim) 1 (flows to Kemp/Alcon, then Lewis/TrueDem)
(Liberty/WMS) 1 (flows to Lewis/TrueDem, then Kemp/Alcon)
“PD/Migrendel” (Hughento/Alcon) 1 (flows to Al/Siege40, then Kemp/Alcon)
“PD/Migrendel” (PBrunsel/Liberty) 1 (flows to Al/Siege40, then Kemp/Alcon)
(Siege40/Al) 1 (flows to Kemp/Alcon, then to Al/Siege40)
(Supersoulty/WMS) 1 (flows to Kemp/Alcon, then Al/Siege40)
(TN2024) 1 (flows to no one)
Total votes: 108
Write-ins eliminated, 8 votes eliminated[/i]

2nd round:
Al/Siege40: 30 (10 to Kemp, 18 to Lewis, 2 to no one)
Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat: 31 (24 to Al, 4 to Kemp, 3 to no one)
KEmperor/Alcon: 35 (11 to Al, 9 to Lewis, 15 to no one)
John/Boss Tweed: 3 (1 to no one/1 flows to Al/Siege, then to no one/1 flows to Kemp/Alcon, then to Lewis/TrueDem)
John/Boss Tweed eliminated, 1 vote eliminated[/i]

3rd round:
Al/Siege40: 31 (10 to Kemp, 18 to Lewis, 3 to no one)
Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat: 32 (24 to Al, 5 to Kemp, 3 to no one)
KEmperor/Alcon: 36 (11 to Al, 10 to Lewis, 15 to no one)
Al/Siege40 is eliminated, 3 votes eliminated[/i]

4th round:
Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat: 50[/i]
KEmperor/Alcon: 46


SENATE RACES:
D1 Senate
ColinW 11
Josh 8
Write-in (Bullmoose88) 1 (flows to ColinW)
Total votes: 20

Final Round:
ColinW 12
Josh 8

D2 Senate
MAS117 13
Bono (i) 3
Write-in: (Akno21) 1 (flows to MAS117)
None 2
Invalid 1 (flows to MAS117)
Total votes: 20
3 votes eliminated[/i]

Final round:
MAS117 14
Bono (i) 3

D3 Senate
Nym90 (i) 7
Chief of Staff Mike Naso 9
Write-ins: (Ben) 3 (2 flows to Chief of Staff Mike Naso, 1 to Nym90)
(Dabeav) 1 (flows to Nym90)
(Joe Republic) 1 (flows to Nym90)
(Nym's cookies) 1 (flows to Nym90)
Invalid 1 (flows to Nym90)
Total votes: 23
1 votes eliminated[/i]

Final round:
Nym90 (i) 11
Chief of Staff Mike Naso 11
Tied race![/i]

D4 Senate
StatesRights (i) 5
SamSpade 10
Write-in: (Harry) 1 (flows to SamSpade)
(SamRights) 1 (flows to StatesRights)
Invalid 1 (1 flows to StatesRights)
None 1
All 1
Total votes: 20
3 votes eliminated[/i]

Final Round:
StatesRights (i) 6
SamSpade 11

D5 Senate
Hughento 14
King 9
None 2
Total votes: 25
2 votes eliminated[/i]

Italics denotes winner of said race.
(i)– Incumbent

[MHS2002]

I must congratulate the National Atlasian on its fine election coverage. This vote counting stuff is hard work!

[Sam Spade]

I must congratulate the National Atlasian on its fine election coverage. This vote counting stuff is hard work!

No kidding.  Good coverage on your thread as well. 

[Sam Spade]

Election Analysis[/i]
Presidential Race
By National Atlasian’s Special Election Correspondent, SamSpade

In the past few days, much of the actual results from this weekend’s election have been overlooked by the travesty that occurred after its closing.  As President-elect True Democrat ascends to the Presidency, we at the National Atlasian are hopeful of his success.  His public choices for Vice-President, GM and the various Cabinet positions reflect an intention on his part to heal the various wounds that have come out of this weekend’s post-election debacle and we applaud him for that.  Now, we hope that the many issues Atlasia must deal with in the upcoming weeks can be solved by a President and Senate working together, instead of at odds for a change.

Much of the analysis of the Presidential results in the past few days has focused on the votes of inactives, trolls and other such voters within Atlasia.  It is this correspondent’s viewpoint, however, that the factors that but a few weeks ago seemed to show an impending KEmperor/Alcon landslide are more complicated than that.  The Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat ticket only won by four votes, a relatively small number in such large races as the Presidency.  Even the very strong leftist GOTV drive could have been defeated if certain rightists and center-rightists had voted for KEmperor/Alcon or at least 2nd preferenced him.

Chief among these voters is soon-to-be-former President PBrunsel, who chose to 2nd preference Lewis Trondheim/True Democrat after writing in Liberty/WMS for 1st preference.  One must wonder why a man who holds such strongly conservative social and economic values would vote for a candidate whose beliefs are totally at the opposite end of the spectrum.  Even the Al/Siege40 ticket would have been much more in tune with his values.

Another among these voters was the soon-to-be-former Senator StatesRights/Governor candidate Zebulon Vance.  Early in the campaign, he professed his support for the KEmperor/Alcon ticket, but balked and tried to run as a conservative alternative when Alcon was picked as the VP candidate.  Ironically this move, combined with his insistence on running for Senator as well, probably caused his defeat in the Senate race and in his Presidential ambitions.  His vote for Al/Siege40, without 2nd preferencing anyone, also lead to this very slight loss for the KEmperor/Alcon ticket.

If anything, this election and its results prove to the rest of Atlasia that the center-right alliance in Presidential elections still has a very slight voting edge, but that the voting power of that bloc can be weakened with defections from the right and the left as we saw this weekend. 

As we look forward to the “VP Presidency” of True Democrat/Alcon for these next four months, the left of Atlasia appears to be growing in power and number through the use of avatar voting, while the insides of leadership appear to be corroding through corruption and scandal.  The question for the future is how much this corrupting influence will destroy the power of these avatar voters and whether the new Independent Liberal party headed under Peter Bell will try to reinvigorate a long-forgotten voting bloc in Atlasian politics recently, the center-left coalition.

Of course, the center-right alliance of Atlasia appears to be strong now because of the leftist corruption and this alliance will undoubtedly control the Senate even after the 2 special elections this weekend.  The question for this alliance lies within its continual viability in the future and whether defections from the right or left will dilute its power in government in the near term.

[Sam Spade]

Election Analysis
Senate Races
By National Atlasian’s Special Election Correspondent, SamSpade

District 1
In District 1, ColinW managed to maintain a slight lead over his last-minute opponent, Josh, throughout the whole election and finished off winning 12-8.
In this ultimate avatar-voting district, ColinW was helped greatly by low AFDNC turnout and by the key support President-elect True Democrat and former AFDNC leader Boss Tweed. 

This correspondent wonders that if center-left candidate Nation might had not to bow out because of health problems, or whether the AFDNC/leftist base had put up a formidable candidate early on, instead of one who eliminated himself in Lawrence Watson, or an inactive candidate like Josh, that ColinW might have faced a real challenge in this swing district.  Certainly soon-to-be-former Senator Defarge would have made the race very interesting in many respects. 

Nonetheless, ColinW heads to the Senate next week with approval of nearly half of all the voters in his District and that’s fairly good for a Senator in Atlasia.

District 2
In clearly the blowout of the election week, popular Governor MAS117 cruised to a landslide over troubled incumbent Senator Bono by a margin of 14-3.  In this liberal District, peppered with inactive voters, the easy appeal of MAS117’s moderate liberalism won the day over Senator Bono’s strident libertarianism. Senator Bono was clearly not helped in his re-election bid by a number of statements he had made in the weeks before the election, including his controversial vote against ColinW to be Secretary of Defense.

Senator Bono’s defeat might be a stern warning to center-right Senators Supersoulty and ColinW after the next redistricting.  It appears almost certain that Pennsylvania will be paired up with more liberal states, such as Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia and in the next two and four months, respectively, either of these two Senators could suffer the same fate that Senator Bono did this time around.

District 3
The upset that was often talked about, but never really taken seriously by pundits, actually happened this weekend as Chief of Staff Nike Naso pulled out an unbelievable victory over long-time Senator and former President Nym90 11-11 (winning by 1st preferences 9-8).  Regardless of charges that Mr. Naso was PMing inactive voters constantly for their votes and even calling Demrepdan out of retirement from the forum to come and vote for him, Mr. Naso managed to keep it close all weekend.   

The election went back and forth, but in the last 30 minutes with Nym90 leading 11-9, a 2nd preference from MHS2002 and a last-minute vote from 9iron seemed to put the race into a tie and a runoff per the new election laws.

Overnight, Governor Peter Bell of the MidEast deleted his vote for Nym90 and everyone assumed that the totals now read 11-10 for Chief of Staff Mike Naso.  Mike Naso posted his acceptance speech and Nym90 posted his concession remarks, but at roughly 9:00 PM EST that Monday evening, the unthinkable happened.

Acting SoFA King chose to count Peter Bell’s deleted vote, but at the same time ruled the Mr. Naso was the winner because the elections would still be judged under the past tiebreaker rules, which started off with 1st preference votes.

Mr. Naso will clearly need to show the citizens of District 4 that he’s competent for the job in the upcoming months, and convince the voters of his rather liberal District that they made the right choice in giving such a conservative candidate the honor of representing their District for the next four months.

District 4
In District 1, SamSpade scored a surprisingly convincing win over long-term Senator StatesRights/Zebulon Vance by a total of 11-6.  Voters seemed to convincingly reject the more conservative approach of StatesRights/Zebulon Vance to the new center-right approach of Sam Spade.  Sam Spade even scored the support of some conservative voters in District 4, such as Wiseguy and Josh22, which helped expand his margin from the expected closer contest.

With two new faces in District 4 replacing the old guard, in Senator WMS and Sam Spade, former Senators Harry and former Senator StatesRights/Zebulon Vance will now be facing off to replace the retiring and popular Governor Ernest this weekend in a Gubernatorial Special Election.  That race should certainly be interesting.

District 5
This week’s most contested election, featuring Hughento vs. Secretary of the Treasury King turned out to be much more of a blowout than everyone expected, as Hughento beat King by the count of 14-9.  Most pundits and polls had predicted this race to come down to the wire, but heavy center-left turnout in the Western and Midwestern states turned the election strongly in Hughento’s favor.

Hughento campaigned strongly on his tax reform plan, and as of right now his plan looks to be more likely to gain success as the Senate moves significantly to the center-right as a whole.  King, on the other hand, appears to be moving into his future position as SoFA for the True Democrat administration with ease.

[Sam Spade]

And Now For The Paper You Trusted To Report The Federal Elections A Week Ago!![/i]

ELECTION RESULTS

18 hours into Special Elections.  Nym90 ahead easily in D3, Blerpiez leading in D2, SE Gov. race appears close.

from National Atlasian's Election Correspondent,
SamSpade[/i]

As of 6:30 PM EST, next results 12:00 PM EST..

SENATE RACES:
D2 Senate (special election, through Cashcow)
blerpiez 5
NixonNow 2
Total votes: 7

D3 Senate (special election, through 9iron)
Nym90 (i) 10
Write-ins: (Everyperson in the district who isn't Mike Naso) 1 (1 flows to Nym90)
Write-ins: (Nym's cookies) 1 (flows to Nym90)
Total votes: 12


GOVERNOR'S RACES:
SE Governor (special election, through Ernest)
Approval voting:
Harry: 7
Zebulon Vance: 7
Ernest: 2
Ian: 2
Siege40: 2
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1
HTMLdon 1
Jake 1
Wiseguy 1
Questionable/Invalid: 1
Total votes: 14 (approval votes 25)
(2 votes, 11 approval votes eliminated)[/i]

Final round:
Harry: 7
Zebulon Vance: 7
Tied race![/i]
According to Southeastern Election Regulations, ian's vote will be counted as invalid according to Clause 4a1 and 4a2.

http://ernestcline.home.mindspring.com/Southeast/reg002.html
Based on these results, the National Atlasian is set to call one of these three races:

District 3 Senate race for...

Nym90

[ilikeverin]

Go Nym's Cookies

[Sam Spade]

And Now For The Paper You Trusted To Report The Federal Elections A Week Ago!![/i]

ELECTION RESULTS

30 hours into Special Elections. Blerpiez appears headed towards victory, SE Gov. race affected by questionable votes.

from National Atlasian's Election Correspondent,
SamSpade

As of 2:00 PM EST, next results later tonight...

SENATE RACES:
D2 Senate (special election, through Jens)
blerpiez 6
NixonNow 2
Total votes: 8

D3 Senate (special election, through sarnstrom54014)
Nym90 12
Write-ins: (Everyperson in the district who isn't Mike Naso) 1 (1 flows to Nym90)
Write-ins: (Nym's cookies) 1 (flows to Nym90)
Total votes: 14

Final round:
Nym90 14
Total votes: 14


GOVERNOR'S RACES:
SE Governor (special election, through Franklin D. Roosevelt)
Approval voting:
Harry: 8
Zebulon Vance: 7
Ernest: 2
Ian: 2
Siege40: 2
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1
HTMLdon 1
Jake 1
Wiseguy 1
Questionable/Invalid: 2 (1 flows to Harry, 1 flows to Zebulon Vance)
Total votes: 16 (approval votes 27)

Winners are in italics.

As of right now, there are 12 legal voters left to possibly vote in the District 2 elections and there are only 8 legal voters left to possibly vote in the SE Governor's race.
According to Southeastern Election Regulations, ian's vote will be counted as invalid according to Clause 4a1 and 4a2.

http://ernestcline.home.mindspring.com/Southeast/reg002.html
There is now some question about the legality of John Dibble's vote now that he has posted in the election thread twice.  Even though his action seems to have only been motivated by the necessity of allowing people to see the thread up at the top, Clause 4a2 may still come into play into determining the outcome of his vote.
This National Atlasian correspondent doesn't believe that this will come into play, but there has also been a question raised by one of our backstage people as to Clause 4a4 in the above Southeastern Election Regulations.

The question, from what I've heard, deals with whether the lack of specification as to a vote for Governor in the ballots of Ernest and Franklin D. Roosevelt will lead to their votes becoming invalid, even though the Governor's race is the only thing on the ballot.

Quite a conundrum, though in contrast to the clearly illegal ballot of ian, this reporter believes that the ballots of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ernest will not be disallowed for such an pointless offense, even though the Southeast has been very stringent on these types of regulations before..

The reporter has been wrong before, however. 

Update:  Former SE Gov. Ernest has said that he would invalidate the two votes above, and we at the National Atlasian trust his judgment in these circumstances.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

With but a single issue on the ballot, I would not invalidate either mine or FDR's ballots, but it's not my call.  Given that mine own ballot expressly indicated that it was an approval ballot and approval voting is used in the Southeast only for gubernatorial races, even if the election official chooses to be picky, a case could be made that it was clear enough which race it was for on that basis, not that my vote is likely to make much difference as I chose to not list either of the two main contenders.

[Sam Spade]

With but a single issue on the ballot, I would not invalidate either mine or FDR's ballots, but it's not my call.  Given that mine own ballot expressly indicated that it was an approval ballot and approval voting is used in the Southeast only for gubernatorial races, even if the election official chooses to be picky, a case could be made that it was clear enough which race it was for on that basis, not that my vote is likely to make much difference as I chose to not list either of the two main contenders.

That's what I thought. 

[Sam Spade]

Updated to show Jens vote and questionability of John Dibble's vote.

The National Atlasian is presently trying to get in touch with the SE Magistrate's office in order to clarify what will happen with these questionable votes.

Stay tuned.

[Sam Spade]

And Now For The Paper You Trusted To Report The Federal Elections A Week Ago!![/i]

ELECTION RESULTS

48 hours into Special Elections, SE Gov. race affected by questionable votes.

from National Atlasian's Election Correspondent,
SamSpade

As of 12:00 AM EST, next results later tonight...

SENATE RACES:
D2 Senate (special election, through Jens)
blerpiez 6
NixonNow 2
Total votes: 8

D3 Senate (special election, through sarnstrom54014)
Nym90 12
Write-ins: (Everyperson in the district who isn't Mike Naso) 1 (1 flows to Nym90)
Write-ins: (Nym's cookies) 1 (flows to Nym90)
Total votes: 14

Final round:
Nym90 14
Total votes: 14


GOVERNOR'S RACES:
SE Governor (special election, through Q)
Approval voting:
Zebulon Vance: 9
Harry: 8
Ernest: 2
Ian: 2
Siege40: 2
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1
HTMLdon 1
Jake 1
Wiseguy 1
(Questionable) 3
Invalid 1
Total votes: 17 (approval votes 28)

Winners are in italics.

As of right now, there are 12 legal voters left to possibly vote in the District 2 elections and there are only 7 legal voters left to possibly vote in the SE Governor's race.

Based on these results, the National Atlasian is set to call the second of these three races:

District 2 Senate race for...

blerpiez

FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!

The National Atlasian has received word from the SE Magistrate's Office that the vote of Ian will be invalid, but the votes of Ernest and Franklin D. Roosevelt will be legal.

Still unconfirmed are the double posts of John Dibble, TCash101 and Siege40 in the elections voting booth. 

The National Atlasian right now is calling the Southeast Gubernatorial Election a tie; but depending on the SE Magistrate's interpretation of these questionable ballots, we could see a much different result than the one earlier indicated.

Stay tuned.

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HTMLDon invalidated his vote.

[7,052,770]

and so did Q

[Akno21]

What is the law that would invalidate them?

[John Dibble]

I'd argue the rules for posting in the voting booth need to be specified - they weren't in this case. For instance, I was unaware that there was a regulation keeping people from posting in the booth twice(my post was meant to ensure the booth wouldn't dissapear), and I think it's unreasonable for people to expect people to know all the regulations by heart.

As for HTMLDon and Q, I'd say 'campaigning' in the booth, sort of - you can't make comments for or against a candidate in the booth, except for your vote.

[KEmperor]

(2) makes only a single post in that election thread;

[Peter]

I'd argue the rules for posting in the voting booth need to be specified - they weren't in this case.

Ernest had previously linked the election regulations in the voting booth itself and said that they would be strictly enforced. This obviously didn't happen here.

[Siege40]

crud...