Office of Governor Sawx - Come One, Come All (SPECIAL ELECTION AHOY)

[Blair]

So it's a case of they've stolen the election, but they've done it legally?

[free my dawg]

Yes. As far as Atlasia goes, meatpuppetry is simply frowned upon.

[free my dawg]

It has been indicated to me that twistory123 will be without his Internet connection. Therefore, in the great tradition of our region, we have a special election next weekend.

All those who are willing to declare, feel free.

[Adam Griffin]

Ugh weren't we doing appointments a couple of months ago? And then before that, special elections? And before that, appointments? And before that, special elections? I swear, it seems the NE has changed this dynamic back and forth about 12 times since 2012...

[Clyde1998]

Ugh weren't we doing appointments a couple of months ago? And then before that, special elections? And before that, appointments? And before that, special elections? I swear, it seems the NE has changed this dynamic back and forth about 12 times since 2012...

There's a time limit for special elections. It was at the halfway stage of the term, but we've voted to make it two weeks before the next general election. Any vacancies after the cutoff is filled by appointment.

[Clyde1998]

It has been indicated to me that twistory123 will be without his Internet connection. Therefore, in the great tradition of our region, we have a special election next weekend.

All those who are willing to declare, feel free.

The weekend of July 4th and 5th?

[free my dawg]

I will be appointing DemPGH as an acting representative to serve the vacancy of twistory123.

[free my dawg]

I will nominate rpryor03 to serve out Talleyrand's term in the Senate, beginning July 3rd. Like I did for appointing DemPGH, he was next in line in the election, and as such, there will be a special election beginning July 10th for all Northeastern citizens.

He should be back soon enough after his LOA. This also means I'll be appointing a new CJO, which I'm in the process of doing.

[pikachu]

Governor, this has passed the Assembly...

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[free my dawg]

~Sawx

I feel like this adds some identity, while not changing things purely for the sake of changing things.

[The Other Castro]

Governor, this has passed the Assembly and awaits your signature or veto.

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[free my dawg]

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~Sawx

I'm glad we can finally fix the confusing clusterfyck that was our old elections system.

Also, since it's a holiday weekend, the Northeast Assembly election and the Northeast Senate special election will both be on the weekend of the 10th.

[rpryor03]

I will nominate rpryor03 to serve out Talleyrand's term in the Senate, beginning July 3rd. Like I did for appointing DemPGH, he was next in line in the election, and as such, there will be a special election beginning July 10th for all Northeastern citizens.

He should be back soon enough after his LOA. This also means I'll be appointing a new CJO, which I'm in the process of doing.

Thank you, Mr. Governor.

[The Other Castro]

This has passed the Assembly and awaits your decision.

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[free my dawg]

~Sawx

This is just to re-introduce it, since there's a new Assembly.

[cinyc]

This has passed the Assembly and awaits your decision.

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IIRC, proposed constitutional amendments do not need the governor's signature.

[free my dawg]

Apparently Castro2020 resigned, so we need to have another special election next week.

[free my dawg]

Antineutrino's vote invalid due to not meeting activity requirements

39 votes/(1 seat up+1)+1=15.5

rounds down to quota=15

since Dallasfan did not write himself in or declare an acceptance of write-ins, his preferences get bumped down.

14 rpryor
15 clyde
1 EX

According to our election laws, we must do a count of second preferences. The result of this count is:

7 rpryor
6 clyde
17 EX/NA

Therefore, I can hereby certify that rpryor03 has been elected to the Atlasian Senate, representing the Northeast.

19 votes/(1 seat+1) +1= 11

quota 10

13 demPGH
6 cinyc

Therefore, I hereby certify that DemPGH has been elected to the Northeast Assembly.

[Adam Griffin]

Pessimistic Antineutrino's vote is not valid - he does not meet posting eligibility requirements.

[free my dawg]

Thank you for the catch, has been re-certified and noted.

Again, Clyde1998 has been elected to the Senate. (oversight on valid voters)

[cinyc]

Is Mynheer Peeperkorn's invalid for failing the activity requirements, too?  I think he only had 8 posts in the 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the election on July 10 (which I think goes back to May 15).

I think we need to systematically go through all the votes to see if anyone else failed the activity requirements.

[cinyc]

After a quick look at the non-obvious voters (I doubt obvious active folks like President Bore or the Senators failed the activity requirements but didn't necessarily check), I don't think anyone else failed the activity requirements.

RG Griff - is it safe to assume that everyone else who voted in the election was registered in the Northeast?

[free my dawg]

After a quick look at the non-obvious voters (I doubt obvious active folks like President Bore or the Senators failed the activity requirements but didn't necessarily check), I don't think anyone else failed the activity requirements.

RG Griff - is it safe to assume that everyone else who voted in the election was registered in the Northeast?

I'm going by the End to the Zombie Apocalypse Act and operating under the premise that it's 10 posts in 8 weeks.

This means that since Antineutrino's 10th post (which was on April 24th) was more than 8 weeks from the start of the election, his vote is invalid.

[cinyc]

I'm going by the End to the Zombie Apocalypse Act and operating under the premise that it's 10 posts in 8 weeks.

This means that since Antineutrino's 10th post (which was on April 24th) was more than 8 weeks from the start of the election, his vote is invalid.

Check Myner Peeperkorn, too.  I don't think you can count anything posted on or after the start of the election on July 10 as part of the 10 posts.  His 10th post was on May 8, which is more than 8 weeks before July 10.

Everyone other than Antineutrino and Peeperkorn seem fine, at least on the activity front.  I asked to RG to confirm everyone who voted was properly registered in the Northeast.

[free my dawg]

I'm going by the End to the Zombie Apocalypse Act and operating under the premise that it's 10 posts in 8 weeks.

This means that since Antineutrino's 10th post (which was on April 24th) was more than 8 weeks from the start of the election, his vote is invalid.

Check Myner Peeperkorn, too.  I don't think you can count anything posted on or after the start of the election on July 10 as part of the 10 posts.  His 10th post was on May 8, which is more than 8 weeks before July 10.

Everyone other than Antineutrino and Peeperkorn seem fine, at least on the activity front.  I asked to RG to confirm everyone who voted was properly registered in the Northeast.

Oh sh*t. I totally overlooked that.

Everyone else checks out. This also means that we have to go back to a pref count, where rpryor loses Peeperkorn's pref and Clyde loses Antineutrino's pref. The count is 7-6 in favor of rpryor, so rpryor03 has been elected to the Senate.