Senate Special Election Tracker (as of Sunday, 10:25 PM EDT)

[Associate Justice PiT]

     The left has no real bench, & must hit 50% or come close to it to win. Imagine Barnes as UMP, Vepres as PS, & wormyguy as PCF & this could be a French election. Nevermind that the parties don't make sense for the candidates at all.

[Associate Justice PiT]

I'll be pretty p*ssed if my vote is thrown out because of a rule that was never properly displayed where it should have been.

My opinion is that if you're not going to properly display a rule, you shouldn't punish people because they didn't follow it.

You have to be registered a week in advance to vote in the election, if I remember correctly. If anything, I know for a fact you have to be registered before the vote begins. It's an excellent rule we have in place.

Yes, though many people have told me of the one week rule (since I voted), my case is that it was not properly displayed where it should have been and thus I should not be punished for not following it.

And yes, I was registered before I voted.

But furthermore, you shouldn't have to "remember" it Tmthforu94, it should be printed there along with all the other rules.

     You have a responsibility to know what the law is, though.

[Associate Justice PiT]

I'll be pretty p*ssed if my vote is thrown out because of a rule that was never properly displayed where it should have been.

My opinion is that if you're not going to properly display a rule, you shouldn't punish people because they didn't follow it.

You have to be registered a week in advance to vote in the election, if I remember correctly. If anything, I know for a fact you have to be registered before the vote begins. It's an excellent rule we have in place.

Yes, though many people have told me of the one week rule (since I voted), my case is that it was not properly displayed where it should have been and thus I should not be punished for not following it.

And yes, I was registered before I voted.

But furthermore, you shouldn't have to "remember" it Tmthforu94, it should be printed there along with all the other rules.

     You have a responsibility to know what the law is, though.

If Teddy expects me to follow that law, the least he can do is list it where it should be.

It's like not putting up a speed limit sign and then ticketing somebody for going over the speed limit.

     If the speed limit were written down in the law & made publically available, as is analogous to the situation there, they would be 100% correct in ticketing you for violating it. Ignorance of the law is not a defense.