At-Large Special Election Coverage

[Maxwell]

22 Votes (As of Marokai)
Bacon King - 13 (59%)
Cris - 4 (18%)
Poirot - 3 (14%)
SWE - 1 (5%)
rpryor - 1 (5%)

Early numbers look good for BK, but the base has yet to turn out for Cris or SWE, so we'll see how much those numbers change when leadership in the two major parties get involved.

[homelycooking]

43 ballots cast

Bacon King 22
Cris 9
Poirot 6
SWE 5
rpryor03 1

(theoretical head-to-head)

Bacon King 30
Cris 13

[Maxwell]

The spread between BK and Poirot is (28-15). Still significant, but slightly less. Either way - wow, what a blowout.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

BK is much like that of Duke in you have a brand that has stood the test of time for many many years.

[Maxwell]

With 55 votes in (last vote CELTICE), the race has narrowed to a point -

First Round
Fmr. Vice President Bacon King - 22 (41%)
MW Archduke Cris - 14 (26%)
NE Speaker SWE - 9 (17%)
Fmr. NE Rep. Poirot - 8 (15%)
Fmr. NE Rep. rpyror - 1 (2%)

Final Round
BK - 32 (60%)
Cris - 21 (40%)

[homelycooking]

74 ballots cast

First Round

Cris 27
Bacon King 25
SWE 13
Poirot 8
rpryor 1

Final Round

Bacon King 39
Cris 33
exhausted 2

[homelycooking]

91 ballots cast

First Round

Cris 34
Bacon King 30
SWE 13
Poirot 11
rpryor 3

Final Round

Bacon King 45
Cris 44
exhausted 2

[Bacon King]

by my count it's a 49-49 tie in the final round right now (as of Sanchez's vote)


sooooooooo clooose

[Maxwell]

This race has taken a surprising yet somehow unsurprising turn.

[morgieb]

Rules if it's a tie?

[Talleyrand]

Rules if it's a tie?

For an at-large election, the individual with more first preferences would win. Right now, that's Cris.

[homelycooking]

100 ballots cast

First Round

Cris 38
Bacon King 34
SWE 13
Poirot 12
rpryor 3

Final Round

Cris 49
Bacon King 49
exhausted 2

[Bacon King]

Rules if it's a tie?

For an at-large election, the individual with more first preferences would win. Right now, that's Cris.

It wouldn't be a runoff?

[homelycooking]

No. Cris' greater number of first preferences breaks the tie. The only circumstance in which there would be a runoff, as in TNF vs Lumine earlier this year, is one in which both candidates have the same number of first and final preferences.

[Bacon King]

No. Cris' greater number of first preferences breaks the tie. The only circumstance in which there would be a runoff, as in TNF vs Lumine earlier this year, is one in which both candidates have the same number of first and final preferences.

So this law is not up to date?

https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Consolidated_Electoral_System_Reform_Act#Section_3:_Run-off_Elections

[homelycooking]

Cris has a greater number of "highest preference votes" than you (38-35 at the moment).

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[Bacon King]

Cris has a greater number of "highest preference votes" than you (38-35 at the moment).

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Highest preference doesn't mean first preference, though. Read the preceding section and it's clear that "highest preference" means the candidate the vote is counting for in that particular round (so a tie between two candidates in the final round should lead to a runoff)

[Maxwell]

BK has pulled ahead in the final count.

Bacon King - 56 (51.9%)
Cris - 52 (48.1%)

This race is still too close to call.

[SWE]

RIP SWE

[homelycooking]

I think you're right, BK. Congratulations to the authors of the CESRA for that gem.

That also means that we've been doing elections completely wrong for what? three years now? Fantastic.

[Yelnoc]

I think you're right, BK. Congratulations to the authors of the CESRA for that gem.

That also means that we've been doing elections completely wrong for what? three years now? Fantastic.

Remember the Cincinnatus vs. Napoleon (?) race back in 2011 where I ran on the third party 'silly' ticket and the two of them tied for first? Should that have gone to a runoff?

[homelycooking]

I suppose that it should have. The November 2011 Nathan vs Cincinnatus contest was actually the last Atlasian election not administered by myself. Teddy also apparently misread the law as SoFE, as did everyone else at the time.

[homelycooking]

119 ballots cast

First Round

Bacon King 44
Cris 43
SWE 17
Poirot 12
rpryor 3

Final Round

Bacon King 62
Cris 55
exhausted 2

[SWE]

I'm closing the gap!

[Maxwell]

The feds gave BK quite a scare - winning by 3 votes. Cris certainly has a future if he's continually able to replicate results like that against seasoned veterans, especially one of the most popular ones.