Department of Federal Elections: Homelycooking, SoFE

[Clyde1998]

What date should you have registered to be eligible to vote to 1st 2nd or 3rd beacuse I'm not sure if Talleyrands and BaconBacon96's votes are eligible.

You have to be registered seven days before the election - and have reached the post threshold, I believe.

[homelycooking]

BaconBacon's vote is invalid because he only registered six days ago. Talleyrand registered in September, so his vote is legit.

[Classic Conservative]

BaconBacon's vote is invalid because he only registered six days ago. Talleyrand registered in September, so his vote is legit.

Ok.

[Classic Conservative]

God, 4 invaild votes already. Obama'sThirdTerm, Pingvin, BaconBacon and JBD.

Kudos to both Pikachu's team myself included and Talleyrand's team for the constant PM's and Greta voter turnout, so far!!!

[homelycooking]

OFFICIAL RESULTS
AT-LARGE SENATE
SPECIAL ELECTION OF OCTOBER 2015  

FIRST BALLOT

TALLEYRAND 53 (Talleyrand, tmthforu, Potus, Oakvale, Wulfric, Bacon King, Jonathan Swift, Small L, Nagas, Windjammer, Marokai, SWE, Turkisblau, Dallasfan, TDAS04, Hashemite, Eraserhead, LibRep, Ebowed, bgwah, Spiral, Hatman, 1184AZ, Vega, Ebsy, Peeperkorn, Gustaf, Evergreen, TexasGurl, Torie, Antonio V, Jack Enderman, Angus, Spamage, Polnut, Clyde, Bore, Alfred Jones, BRTD, Mr X, ilikeverin, Simfan, Bronz, badgate, smilo, morgieb, Gully Foyle, Tik, CrabCake, DemPGH, NCYankee, nclib, Smoltchanov) ELECTED

PIKACHU 42 (Classic Conservative, ZuWo, rpryor, Clark Kent, NeverAgain, Cris, Flo, Winfield, RFayette, Crumpets, JoMCaR, New Canadaland, dkrolga, Leinad, IndyRep, Lumine, Pikachu, Harry S Truman, cinyc, ElectionsGuy, shua, Miles, benconstine, RGN, Enduro, DC al Fine, Higgs, VPH, Blair, Anton Kreitzer, ModerateVAVoter, dead0man, PiT, JCL, CelticEmpire, Duke, Foucaulf, Badger, NHI, Pess Anti, Adam Griffin, Cincinnatus)

JCL (WI) 2 (TJ in Cleve, Bmotley)

NONE OF THE ABOVE 3 (Dereich, Homely, Goldwater)

INVALID 6 (Pingvin, BaconBacon, Tara Gilesbie, Matt from VT, Fritz, ObamaThirdTerm)


TALLEYRAND is elected At-Large Senator.

There was a total turnout of 106 voters, with 6 ballot papers being rejected.

I, Homelycooking, Secretary of Federal Elections, declare the above results to be a complete and accurate summary of the votes cast.

[Leinad]

Hey, highest turnout since June! And without either the Labor Party and only a Federalist on a technical level, too! Good job to the candidates, the voters, and active people who helped build up the massive buzz in this election!

[Barnes]

There seems to be a bit of confusion over the dates of the forthcoming elections. They are scheduled for the weekend of the 23rd, correct?

[homelycooking]

Correct. They begin on the penultimate Friday of the month.

[Barnes]

Excellent, thanks for the answer! I knew I wasn't that much of a troglodyte!

[Peeperkorn]

I would like to request an absentee ballot for the next presidential election.

[homelycooking]

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When you receive my authorization, you may vote in the Absentee Voting thread, which I will open once I prepare the ballot.

[Peeperkorn]

I, Mynheer Peeperkorn (peeperkorn), do hereby request to obtain a ballot for the purpose of voting absentee in the Federal Election of October 2015. I understand that if I choose to vote absentee,

1. my absentee vote will be nullified if I post more than 5 times anywhere on the Atlas Forum in the regular election period;
2. my absentee vote will be nullified if I vote again by regular ballot;
3. my absentee vote will be nullified if I do not receive authorization to vote absentee by the Secretary of Federal Elections; and
4. I may vote again by regular ballot if my vote is nullified.

[cinyc]

If you need an absentee ballot for the Northeast election, too, please let me know in my office thread.  As far as I know, we don't have any specific rules about how absent you must be (we'd probably have to follow the federal rules, though), but the Northeast Constitution requires that I accept absentees this week.

[homelycooking]

Peeperkorn is authorized to vote absentee at the upcoming election.

[Former Lincoln Assemblyman & Lt. Gov. RGN]

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I'll be going to a work-related event by the evening of October 20, I need to vote by the morning of October 20th. I'll be back .... October 30.

[homelycooking]

RGN08 is authorized to vote absentee at the upcoming election.

[Classic Conservative]

Mr Secretary two questions here first off why didn't you include the regional senate races on the absentee ballots and secondly what is the last day to declare your candidacy?

[homelycooking]

Absentee votes are only permitted once the candidacy filing deadline has passed, which in the case of the regional Senate races is the end of the day on Wednesday October 21.

[DC Al Fine]

I have a weekend event that will diminish my posting - DC

[Adam Griffin]

BaconBacon's vote is invalid because he only registered six days ago. Talleyrand registered in September, so his vote is legit.

It is very late for me to be catching this, but I do not believe BaconBacon was a new registered voter with his registration change on October 3 and I am pretty confident his vote should have been counted.

Previously, it appears he was registered in Colorado as an Independent (April) and then moved to the NE as a Federalist on October 3. I was suspicious when I just noticed this - because I did not remember seeing him de-register nor remember having his name on the sheets under the restrictions to return - and also looked back through the New Register thread. I cannot find any instance in which he de-registered.

Unfortunately, I do not keep historic data on when people de-registered once their cool-downs expire and/or any other limitations like regional movement restrictions expire, but I am pretty confident this was a mistake.

[homelycooking]

Thanks for letting me know. A nice example of how this job can sometimes be a pain in the ass.

[homelycooking]

Four hours to go. My count looks like this:

Adam and Duke 43 (50)
Cris and Homely 33 (35)
SWE and Dallas 14
exhausted 1 (6)
invalid 2

Oakvale 14
Rpryor 9
Invalid 1
exhausted 1

PiT 11
SWE (WI) 2
Invalid 1

Barnes 13
JCL 8

Maxwell 9
Rfayette (WI) 7

Lumine 9
Nagas 3
exhausted 1

A reminder: polls close at 12:00 EST (1:00 EDT) tonight. I won't be available to close the voting booth until tomorrow evening, but anything posted in the election thread after the polls close is automatically invalid.

[Adam Griffin]

Four hours to go. My count looks like this:

Adam and Duke 43 (50)
Cris and Homely 33 (35)
SWE and Dallas 14
exhausted 1 (6)
invalid 2

I have the same totals for our two tickets in the first round, but I have 49-35 as of PR. I also have SWE with 13. I'm curious if you're counting Pingvin as 1 of the 2 invalid voters; I would think he wouldn't count as a vote at all in this case.

[homelycooking]

OFFICIAL RESULTS
GENERAL ELECTION OF OCTOBER 2015  

PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT  

FIRST BALLOT

ADAM GRIFFIN AND DUKE 47 (Peeperkorn, Ebsy, VPH, NeverAgain, New Canadaland, TDAS04, Harry S Truman, Barnes, Hatman, BRTD, Windjammer, Progressive Realist, Smoltchanov, tmthforu, Hifly, Wulfric, IndyRep, 1184AZ, Fritz, Marokai, Snowguy, Velasco, Fuzzy, Gass, Tik, Ebowed, Turkisblau, Grumps, DemPGH, Polnut, Alfred F Jones, BaconBacon, Cincinnatus, Tim Turner, Spiral, Adam Griffin, Flo, Small L, Duke, MaxQue, Angus, Pikachu, Blair, tara gilesbie, Bacon King, nclib, bgwah)

CRIS AND HOMELYCOOKING 36 (RGN08, Vega, Computer, TheHawk, Higgs, JCL, Reaganfan, ZuWo, DC al Fine, Classic Conservative, Lumine, JonathanSwift, Simfan, Torie, Bmotley, Homely, Goldwater, PiT, TexasGurl, ElectionsGuy, Leinad, Rfayette, Dead0man, Cris, CelticEmpire, RR1997, Enduro, Rpryor, ClarkKent, Winfield, JoMCaR, cinyc, Poirot, TJ in Cleve, Dereich, NCYankee)

SWE AND DALLASFAN 15 (Mr X, Shua, Potus2036, Maxwell, Nagas, Evergreen, Clyde1998, Dallasfan, Hashemite, Oakvale, Bore, Lief, SWE, Talleyrand, Gustaf)

EXHAUSTED 1 (ilikeverin)

INVALID 2 (Pessimistic Antineutrino, Pingvin)

SECOND BALLOT

ADAM GRIFFIN AND DUKE 54 (Peeperkorn, Ebsy, VPH, NeverAgain, New Canadaland, TDAS04, Harry S Truman, Barnes, Hatman, BRTD, Windjammer, Progressive Realist, Smoltchanov, tmthforu, Hifly, Wulfric, IndyRep, 1184AZ, Fritz, Marokai, Snowguy, Velasco, Fuzzy, Gass, Tik, Ebowed, Turkisblau, Grumps, DemPGH, Polnut, Alfred F Jones, BaconBacon, Cincinnatus, Tim Turner, Spiral, Adam Griffin, Flo, Small L, Duke, MaxQue, Angus, Pikachu, Blair, tara gilesbie, Bacon King, nclib, bgwah, Oakvale, bore, Lief, Potus2036, Nagas, Evergreen, Clyde1998) ELECTED

CRIS AND HOMELYCOOKING 39 (RGN08, Vega, Computer, TheHawk, Higgs, JCL, Reaganfan, ZuWo, DC al Fine, Classic Conservative, Lumine, JonathanSwift, Simfan, Torie, Bmotley, Homely, Goldwater, PiT, TexasGurl, ElectionsGuy, Leinad, Rfayette, Dead0man, Cris, CelticEmpire, RR1997, Enduro, Rpryor, ClarkKent, Winfield, JoMCaR, cinyc, Poirot, TJ in Cleve, Dereich, NCYankee, Shua, Talleyrand, Gustaf)

EXHAUSTED 6 (ilikeverin, Mr X, Maxwell, SWE, Dallasfan, Hashemite)

INVALID 2 (Pessimistic Antineutrino, Pingvin)

NORTHEAST SENATE  

OAKVALE 15 (Turkisblau, Grumps, DemPGH, Polnut, Alfred F Jones, BaconBacon, Cincinnatus, Bacon King, Evergreen, Clyde1998, Dallasfan, Hashemite, Oakvale, Bore, Lief) ELECTED

RPRYOR 9 (Enduro, Rpryor, ClarkKent, Winfield, JoMCaR, cinyc, Poirot, Pikachu, Blair)

NONE OF THE ABOVE 1 (Homely)

EXHAUSTED 1 (smoltchanov)

INVALID 1 (Pessimistic Antineutrino)

SOUTHERN SENATE  

PIT THE PHYSICIST 12 (Tim Turner, Spiral, Adam Griffin, Flo, Small L, Duke, Goldwater, PiT, TexasGurl, ElectionsGuy, Leinad, NCYankee) ELECTED

SWE (write-in) 2 (SWE, Talleyrand)

INVALID 1 (Pingvin)

MIDEAST SENATE  

BARNES 14 (Ebsy, VPH, NeverAgain, New Canadaland, TDAS04, Harry S Truman, Barnes, Hatman, BRTD, Windjammer, Progressive Realist, nclib, Vega, Mr X) ELECTED

JCL 9 (Hifly, TheHawk, Higgs, JCL, Reaganfan, ZuWo, DC al Fine, TJ in Cleve, Shua)

MIDWEST SENATE  

FIRST BALLOT

MAXWELL 9 (Bmotley, ilikeverin, Maxwell, Fritz, Marokai, Snowguy, Velasco, Fuzzy, Gass)

RFAYETTE (write-in) 9 (MaxQue, Angus, Gustaf, Rfayette, Dead0man, Cris, CelticEmpire, RR1997, Dereich)

ILIKEVERIN (write-in) 1 (tmthforu)

EXHAUSTED 1 (tara gilesbie)

SECOND BALLOT

MAXWELL 10 (Bmotley, ilikeverin, Maxwell, Fritz, Marokai, Snowguy, Velasco, Fuzzy, Gass, tmthforu) ELECTED

RFAYETTE (write-in) 9 (MaxQue, Angus, Gustaf, Rfayette, Dead0man, Cris, CelticEmpire, RR1997, Dereich)

EXHAUSTED 1 (tara gilesbie)

PACIFIC SENATE  

LUMINE VON REUENTAL 9 (Classic Conservative, Lumine, JonathanSwift, Simfan, Torie, Wulfric, IndyRep, 1184AZ, Potus2036) ELECTED

NAGAS 4 (TiK, Ebowed, bgwah, Nagas)


ADAM GRIFFIN is elected President.
DUKE is elected Vice President.
OAKVALE is elected Northeast Senator.
PIT THE PHYSICIST is elected Southern Senator.
BARNES is elected Mideast Senator.
MAXWELL is elected Midwest Senator.
LUMINE VON REUENTAL is elected Pacific Senator.

There was a total turnout of 101 voters, with 2 ballot papers being rejected.

I, Homelycooking, Secretary of Federal Elections, declare the above results to be a complete and accurate summary of the votes cast.

[Classic Conservative]

69% Turnout not that bad actually