Office of Northeast CJO cinyc (June Northern Election Results Posted)

[cinyc]

Notice: There will be a special election for Northeast Assembly this weekend.  The voting booth will open at 1:00AM EDT (12:00 Midnight EST) on Friday, July 31, and will close at 12:59:59AM EDT on Monday, August 3 (11:59:59AM EST Sunday, August 2).  Candidates may declare in the Candidate Declaration Thread any time before 12:00AM EDT on Friday, July 31.  I need an hour or so lead time to put together a voting booth.

[cinyc]

Preliminary Sample Ballot.  Please note that the deadline for declaring candidacy isn't until midnight EDT tomorrow.  There is still time to formally declare and get on the ballot:

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[cinyc]

The voting booth for this weekend's Special Assembly Election is now open.  It is available here.

[cinyc]

Official Results - Northeast Assembly Special Election III - July-August 2015

Total voters: 11
Invalid votes:
-Pessimisic Antineutrino (Failed Activity Requirement)
Total Valid Voters: 10

Northeast Representative
Quota = 10/(1+1) + 1 = 6.

Poirot did not declare or write himself in and therefore is not a valid candidate.  Blair is no longer a registered voter and therefore is not a valid candidate.  Votes for each candidate will not be counted and preferences ignored.

First Preference Count:
ClarkKent 10

ClarkKent exceeds quota and is elected Northeast Representative.

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[cinyc]

Just as a friendly reminder, the regularly scheduled Northeast Assembly elections are held next week.  All 5 seats will be up.  There will also be constitutional amendments on the ballot. 

The deadline for getting on the Assembly ballot is Wednesday, August 19.

[cinyc]

I've posted the voting booth for not so descriptively named Federal Amendment to the Constitution.  The booth is available here.

The booth is currently locked because it will open at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard time, which is 1:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time that is currently being observed in along the East Coast of the U.S. I will unlock it before going to bed, but please don't vote before 1:00AM or your vote will be invalid.  The booth will remain open until 11:59:59PM EST next Sunday, August 23 (a.k.a. 12:59:59AM EDT next Monday, August 24).  So you will have seven days to vote.

[cinyc]

I' ve posted the text and explanations for this weekend's 4 proposed Northeast Constitutional Amendments starting here.  Apologies for the delay.  I just got back from a trip.

[cinyc]

Sample ballot for this weekend's elections.  Please let me know if there are any mistakes:

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2. Article II, Clause 14 of the Northeast Constitution shall be amended to read:

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[ ] Aye
[ ] Nay

Residency Amendment

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[ ] Aye
[ ] Nay

Term Limits Amendment

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[ ] Aye
[ ] Nay
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[cinyc]

I've created the voting booth for the August Elections.  It is available here.

The voting booth is currently locked, since the election doesn't start until 1AM EDT (Midnight EST).  I will unlock the booth before I go to bed.  If that is before 1AM, please don't vote until after that time or your vote will not be counted.  You will have until 12:59:59AM EDT on Monday to vote, so there's no reason to rush.

[pikachu]

Will the Competitive Elections amendment take effect this election if passed?

[cinyc]

Will the Competitive Elections amendment take effect this election if passed?

No.  It didn't specify that it would take effect this election and therefore will not take effect until October.  It technically doesn't come part of the constitution until after it is passed, which is after this election started.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Will the Competitive Elections amendment take effect this election if passed?

No.  It didn't specify that it would take effect this election and therefore will not take effect until October.  It technically doesn't come part of the constitution until after it is passed, which is after this election started.

which is good, of course. changing the rules in the middle of an election seems a bad idea

[cinyc]

Official Results - Northeast August General Election

Total voters: 11
Invalid votes:
-RGN08 (Edited Vote after it was cast.  The Northeast does not have a 20-minute grace period for edits)
Total Valid Voters: 10
Note: pikachu cast two different ballots for Assembly with different preferences.  Since I cannot determine that voter's intent, his ballot will be treated as cast but blank, still counting for the quota but treated as if no vote had been cast for vote counting purposes.

Northeast Representative
Quota = integer[10/(5+1) + 1] = integer[1.66666 + 1] = 2

DemPGH and evergreen wrote themselves in and therefore are a valid candidates.  No other Northeasterner not on the ballot wrote themselves in or declared in the official delcaration thread.  Votes for all other Northeasterners will not be counted and preferences ignored.

First Preference Count:
ClarkKent 3 (Winfield, rpryor03, ClarkKent)
RGN08 2 (Dkrolga, JoMCaR)
Clyde1998 2 (DemPGH, Clyde1998)
DemPGH 1 (cinyc)
evergreen 1 (evergreen)
Exhausted 1

ClarkKent exceeds quota and is elected Northeast Representative.  Surplus is allocated to second preferences.  Transfer value = (3 -2)/3 = .333. 

Surplus transferred to:
RGN08 3x.3333=1 (all 3 voters second preferenced RGN08)

Second Count:
ClarkKent 2 (Elected)
RGN08 3
Clyde1998 2
DemPGH 1
evergreen 1
Exhausted 1

RGN08 exceeds quota and is elected Northeast Representative.  Surplus is allocated to second and third preferences.  Transfer value for RGN first preferences:
(3-2)/3 = .333.  Transfer value for ClarkKent first preferences: .333x.333=.111

Surplus transfered to:
Clyde1998  .777  (Dkrolga, JoMCar, Winfield (1/3))
Exhausted  .222  (rpryor03 (1/3), ClarkKent (1/3))

Third Count:
ClarkKent 2 (Elected)
RGN08 2 (Elected)
Clyde1998 2.777
DemPGH 1
evergreen 1
Exhausted 1.222

Clyde1998 exceeds quota and is elected Northeast Representative.  Surplus is allocated lower preferences  Transfer value for RGN first preferences:
(2.777 - 2)/2.777= .28

Surplus transfered to:
evergreen .373 (Clyde1998, JoMCar (1/3))
DemPGH .28 (DemPGH)
Exhausted .124 (Winfield (1/9), Dkrolga (1/3))

Fourth Count:
ClarkKent 2 (Elected)
RGN08 2 (Elected)
Clyde1998 2 (Elected)
evergreen 1.373
DemPGH 1.28
Exhausted 1.346

Nobody exceeds quota.  Nobody left to eliminate.  evergreen and DemPGH elected Northeast Representatives.

ClarkKent, RGN08, Clyde1998, evergreen and DemPGH elected Northeast Representatives.

All constitutional amendments pass.

Patchwork Amendment 9-0
Competitive Elections Amendment 7-2
Residency Amendment 8-1
Term Limits Amendment 7-2

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[cinyc]

Official Results - (Federal) Amendment to the Constitution

Total voters: 14
Invalid votes: None
Total Valid Voters: 14

With 12 voters voting Aye and 2 Nay, the (Federal) Amendement to the Constitution passes in the Northeast.

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[cinyc]

Just as a friendly reminder, the regularly scheduled Northeast Governor and Northeast Assembly elections will be held next weekend.  There currently are 6 declared Assembly candidates, so 5 seats will be up instead of 3.  There will also be 2 constitutional amendments on the ballot.

The deadline for getting on the Assembly ballot is Wednesday, October 21.

In other recent judicial news, the jury unanimously found SomebodyWhoExists not guilty of rebellion and terrorism in the case of Northeast v. SomebodyWhoExists

[Peeperkorn]

I would like to request an absentee ballot petition for next senator's election.

Thanks in advance.

Mynheer.

[cinyc]

Peeperkorn - here is your absentee ballot.  Obviously, it only includes candidates who have declared to this point.  Candidates may still declare or drop out until Wednesday, but I can't predict the future.  As of right now, there will be 5 Representatives in the next Assembly, but that could change, too.

Please vote by a response in this thread:

Absentee Ballot

This absentee ballot is for Governor, 5 Northeast Representatives and 2 Constitutional Amendments.

Votes for offices in this region are cast using PR-STV.  Voters who wish to preference more than one candidate should allocate a first preference for a candidate by marking a [1] in the space provided by that candidate's name, and proceeding to number as many preferences as they desire by marking a [2], [3], etc for as many candidates as they so desire.

A vote will be counted so long as the voter that casts it is eligible to vote in this election and casts a formal ballot. A vote is formal so long as it contains numbered preferences with no duplicate numbers. A ballot containing Roman Numerals is considered formal. A ballot in which candidates have been ranked a,b,c, etc is considered formal so long as no letter has been repeated, and so long as a single candidate has been ranked a, for as long as the letters are consecutive with no duplicate letters. A ballot is formal if the CJO can determine the intent of the voter without interviewing that voter.

Per past practice, write-in votes are only counted for a candidate if he or she publicly declares a willingness to receive write-in votes for the relevant office before the polls close in the Candidate Declaration Thread or writes in his or her own name on the ballot for the said office.

Official Absentee Ballot

Governor
[ ] Clyde1998 (Northeast National Party - MA)
[ ] Blair2015 (Labor - NY)
[ ] Write-in:___________________

Northeast Representative
Five people will be elected to the Assembly.
[ ] evergreen (Northeast National Party - NY)
[ ] ClarkKent (Federalist - CT)
[ ] Clyde1998 (Northeast National Party - MA)
[ ] BaconBacon96 (Federalist - CT)
[ ] RGN08 (Federalist - NY)
[ ] Enduro (Federalist - PA)
[ ] DemPGH (Labor - DE)

Northeast Cabinet Amendment

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[ ] Aye
[ ] Nay

Northeast Independence Amendment

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2. Article VIII shall be struck from the Northeast Constitution.

3. A new Article shall be appended to the Northeast Constitution, reading as follows:

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[ ] Aye
[ ] Nay

[Peeperkorn]

Peeperkorn - here is your absentee ballot.  Obviously, it only includes candidates who have declared to this point.  Candidates may still declare or drop out until Wednesday, but I can't predict the future.  As of right now, there will be 5 Representatives in the next Assembly, but that could change, too.

Please vote by a response in this thread:

Absentee Ballot

This absentee ballot is for Governor, 5 Northeast Representatives and 2 Constitutional Amendments.

Votes for offices in this region are cast using PR-STV.  Voters who wish to preference more than one candidate should allocate a first preference for a candidate by marking a [1] in the space provided by that candidate's name, and proceeding to number as many preferences as they desire by marking a [2], [3], etc for as many candidates as they so desire.

A vote will be counted so long as the voter that casts it is eligible to vote in this election and casts a formal ballot. A vote is formal so long as it contains numbered preferences with no duplicate numbers. A ballot containing Roman Numerals is considered formal. A ballot in which candidates have been ranked a,b,c, etc is considered formal so long as no letter has been repeated, and so long as a single candidate has been ranked a, for as long as the letters are consecutive with no duplicate letters. A ballot is formal if the CJO can determine the intent of the voter without interviewing that voter.

Per past practice, write-in votes are only counted for a candidate if he or she publicly declares a willingness to receive write-in votes for the relevant office before the polls close in the Candidate Declaration Thread or writes in his or her own name on the ballot for the said office.

Official Absentee Ballot

Governor
[] Clyde1998 (Northeast National Party - MA)
[] Blair2015 (Labor - NY)

• Write-in: Dallasfan65

Northeast Representative
Five people will be elected to the Assembly.
[1 ] evergreen (Northeast National Party - NY)
[2 ] ClarkKent (Federalist - CT)
[3 ] Clyde1998 (Northeast National Party - MA)
[ ] BaconBacon96 (Federalist - CT)
[ ] RGN08 (Federalist - NY)
[ ] Enduro (Federalist - PA)
[ ] DemPGH (Labor - DE)

Northeast Cabinet Amendment

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• Aye

[ ] Nay

Northeast Independence Amendment

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2. Article VIII shall be struck from the Northeast Constitution.

3. A new Article shall be appended to the Northeast Constitution, reading as follows:

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• Aye

[ ] Nay
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[Former Lincoln Assemblyman & Lt. Gov. RGN]

I also like to request an absentee ballot petition for the upcoming election.

- Representative RGN

[cinyc]

RGN - here is your absentee ballot.  Obviously, it only includes candidates who have declared to this point.  Candidates may still declare or drop out until Wednesday, but I can't predict the future.  As of right now, there will be 5 Representatives in the next Assembly, but that could change, too.

Please vote by a response in this thread:

Absentee Ballot

This absentee ballot is for Governor, 5 Northeast Representatives and 2 Constitutional Amendments.

Votes for offices in this region are cast using PR-STV.  Voters who wish to preference more than one candidate should allocate a first preference for a candidate by marking a [1] in the space provided by that candidate's name, and proceeding to number as many preferences as they desire by marking a [2], [3], etc for as many candidates as they so desire.

A vote will be counted so long as the voter that casts it is eligible to vote in this election and casts a formal ballot. A vote is formal so long as it contains numbered preferences with no duplicate numbers. A ballot containing Roman Numerals is considered formal. A ballot in which candidates have been ranked a,b,c, etc is considered formal so long as no letter has been repeated, and so long as a single candidate has been ranked a, for as long as the letters are consecutive with no duplicate letters. A ballot is formal if the CJO can determine the intent of the voter without interviewing that voter.

Per past practice, write-in votes are only counted for a candidate if he or she publicly declares a willingness to receive write-in votes for the relevant office before the polls close in the Candidate Declaration Thread or writes in his or her own name on the ballot for the said office.

Official Absentee Ballot

Governor
[ ] Clyde1998 (Northeast National Party - MA)
[ ] Blair2015 (Labor - NY)
[ ] Write-in:___________________

Northeast Representative
Five people will be elected to the Assembly.
[ ] evergreen (Northeast National Party - NY)
[ ] ClarkKent (Federalist - CT)
[ ] Clyde1998 (Northeast National Party - MA)
[ ] BaconBacon96 (Federalist - CT)
[ ] RGN08 (Federalist - NY)
[ ] Enduro (Federalist - PA)
[ ] DemPGH (Labor - DE)
[ ] Write-in: ______________

Northeast Cabinet Amendment

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[ ] Aye
[ ] Nay

Northeast Independence Amendment

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2. Article VIII shall be struck from the Northeast Constitution.

3. A new Article shall be appended to the Northeast Constitution, reading as follows:

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[ ] Aye
[ ] Nay

[Former Lincoln Assemblyman & Lt. Gov. RGN]

RGN - here is your absentee ballot.  Obviously, it only includes candidates who have declared to this point.  Candidates may still declare or drop out until Wednesday, but I can't predict the future.  As of right now, there will be 5 Representatives in the next Assembly, but that could change, too.

Please vote by a response in this thread:

Absentee Ballot

This absentee ballot is for Governor, 5 Northeast Representatives and 2 Constitutional Amendments.

Votes for offices in this region are cast using PR-STV.  Voters who wish to preference more than one candidate should allocate a first preference for a candidate by marking a [1] in the space provided by that candidate's name, and proceeding to number as many preferences as they desire by marking a [2], [3], etc for as many candidates as they so desire.

A vote will be counted so long as the voter that casts it is eligible to vote in this election and casts a formal ballot. A vote is formal so long as it contains numbered preferences with no duplicate numbers. A ballot containing Roman Numerals is considered formal. A ballot in which candidates have been ranked a,b,c, etc is considered formal so long as no letter has been repeated, and so long as a single candidate has been ranked a, for as long as the letters are consecutive with no duplicate letters. A ballot is formal if the CJO can determine the intent of the voter without interviewing that voter.

Per past practice, write-in votes are only counted for a candidate if he or she publicly declares a willingness to receive write-in votes for the relevant office before the polls close in the Candidate Declaration Thread or writes in his or her own name on the ballot for the said office.

Official Absentee Ballot

Governor
[2] Clyde1998 (Northeast National Party - MA)
[1] Blair2015 (Labor - NY)
[3] Write-in:___________________

Northeast Representative
Five people will be elected to the Assembly.
[8] evergreen (Northeast National Party - NY)
[3] ClarkKent (Federalist - CT)
[6] Clyde1998 (Northeast National Party - MA)
[4] BaconBacon96 (Federalist - CT)
[1] RGN08 (Federalist - NY)
[2] Enduro (Federalist - PA)
[7] DemPGH (Labor - DE)
[5] Write-in: Pikachu

Northeast Cabinet Amendment

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• Aye

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Northeast Independence Amendment

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2. Article VIII shall be struck from the Northeast Constitution.

3. A new Article shall be appended to the Northeast Constitution, reading as follows:

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[ ] Aye

• Nay
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[cinyc]

Here is this weekend's sample ballot.  If there are any changes before the deadline, I will amend it - but I doubt there will be.  Please let me know if there are any errors or omissions.

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[ ] Aye
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Northeast Independence Amendment

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2. Article VIII shall be struck from the Northeast Constitution.

3. A new Article shall be appended to the Northeast Constitution, reading as follows:

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[ ] Aye
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[cinyc]

I've posted the voting booth for the Northeast's October Elections.  It is available here.  The thread is currently locked, as the voting booth doesn't open until 1:00AM Eastern Daylight Time.  I will unlock it shortly.

In order to vote in this election, you must be a registered voter in the Northeast that satisfies the 7-day residency and activity (i.e. at least 10 posts within the past 56 days) requirements.  I will work with the Secretary of Elections to determine eligibility if it is questioned, as federal election law generally governs.

[cinyc]

Official Results - Northeast October General Election

Total voters: 26
Invalid votes:
-ClarkKent (Edited Vote after it was cast.  The Northeast does not have a 20-minute grace period for edits)
-Pessimistic Antineutrino (Inactivity)
-1184AZ (Non-Northeast Resdent)
-dkrolga (Inactivity)
Total Valid Voters: 22

Northeast Governor
Quota = integer[22/(1+1) + 1 = integer [11 + 1] = 12
Dallasfan65, Andrew Cuomo and ClarkKent did not write themselves in or declare in the official declaration thread and are invalid candidates.

First Count:
Blair2015 13 (Enduro, rpryor03, Winfield, GM3PRP, polnut, pikachu, cinyc, Blair2015, bore, DemPGH, Poirot, JoMCar, RGN08)
Clyde1998 8 (evergreen, H_Wallace, Clyde1998, oakvale, Alfred F. Jones, JBach717, Hashemite, Bacon King)
Exhausted 1 (Peeperkorn)

Blair 2015 exceeds quota and is elected Northeast Governor

Northeast Representative
Quota = integer[22/(5+1) + 1] = integer[3.6667 + 1] = 4

H_Wallace (Turkisblau) and Alfred F. Jones wrote themselves in and therefore are a valid candidates.  No other Northeasterner not on the ballot wrote themselves in or declared in the official delcaration thread.  Votes for all other Northeasterners will not be counted and preferences ignored.

First Preference Count:
evergreen 5 (evergreen, H_Wallace, Alfred F. Jones, Hashemite, Peeperkorn)
ClarkKent 3 (rpryor03, Poirot, JoMCar)
Clyde1998 3 (Clyde1998, oakvale, JBach717)
BaconBacon96 1 (Bacon King)
RGN08 3 (Winfield, cinyc, RGN08)
Enduro 1 (Enduro)
DemPGH 6 (GM3PRP, polnut, pikachu, Blair 2015, bore, DemPGH)
Turkisblau 0
Alfred F. Jones 0
Exhausted 0

Surplus transfered to:
Clyde1998 (pikachu, bore, DemPGH) 3 x .33333 = 1
BaconBaconBacon96 (polnut) 1 x .3333 = .3333
ClarkKent (Blair2015) 1 x .3333 = .3333
Exhausted (GM3PRP) 1 x .3333 - .3333

evergreen exceeds quota and is also elected Northeast Representative.  Surplus is allocated to second preferences.  Transfer value = (5 - 4)/5 =.2
Surplus transferred to:
Clyde1998 (evergreen, H_Wallace, Alfred F. Jones, Hashemite) 4 x  .2 = .8
ClarkKent (Peeperkorn) 1 x .2 = .2

Second Count:
evergreen 4 (elected)
ClarkKent 3.5333
Clyde1998 4.8
BaconBacon96 1.3333
RGN08 3
Enduro 1
DemPGH 4
Turkisblau 0
Alfred F. Jones 0
Exhausted .3333

Clyde1998 exceeds quota and is elected Northeast Representative.  Surplus is allocated to second preferences.  Transfer value = (4.8 -4)/4.8 = .1667.  Transfer value for DemPGH first preferences: .1667 x .3333 = .05556.  Transfer value for evergreen first preferences: .1667 x .2 = .0333
(3-2)/3 = .333.

Surplus transfered to:
Turkisblau (Clyde1998, oakvale, Hashemite (via evergreen)) .3667
ClarkKent (JBach717, pikachu (via DemPGH), DemPGH (via DemPGH)) .2778
RGN08 (bore (via DemPGH)) .0556
BaconBacon96 (evergreen (via evergreen), H_Wallace (via evergreen)) 0.6667
Alfred F. Jones(Alfred F. Jones (via evergreen)) 0.0333

Third Count:
evergreen 4 (elected)
ClarkKent 3.811
Clyde1998 4 (elected)
BaconBacon96 1.4
RGN08 3.0556
Enduro 1
DemPGH 4 (elected)
Turkisblau .3667
Alfred F. Jones .0333
Exhausted .3333

Nobody exceeds quota.  Lowest vote-getter, Alfred F. Jones eliminated.  The only vote for Alfred F. Jones (Alfred F. Jones) is exhausted.

Fourth Count:
evergreen 4 (elected)
ClarkKent 3.811
Clyde1998 4 (elected)
BaconBacon96 1.4
RGN08 3.0556
Enduro 1
DemPGH 4 (elected)
Turkisblau .3667
Exhausted .3667

Nobody exceeds quota.  Lowest vote-getter, Turkisblau, is eliminated.  All votes for Turkisblau (.3667) transfered to BaconBacon96.

Fifth Count:
evergreen 4 (elected)
ClarkKent 3.811
Clyde1998 4 (elected)
BaconBacon96 1.7667
RGN08 3.0556
Enduro 1
DemPGH 4 (elected)
Exhausted .3667

Nobody exceeds quota.  Lowest vote-getter, Enduro, is eliminated.  All votes for Enduro (1) transfered to ClarkKent.

Sixth Count:
evergreen 4 (elected)
ClarkKent 4.811
Clyde1998 4 (elected)
BaconBacon96 1.7667
RGN08 3.0556
DemPGH 4 (elected)
Exhausted .3667

ClarkKent exceeds quota and is elected.  Surplus is allocated to second preferences.  Transfer value = (4.811 -4)/4.8 = .1686.  Transfer value for indirect transfers is miniscule.  I will not detail whose votes go where, because it is too complicated.  But the ultimate transfers are .5713 to RGN08 and .2398 to Exhausted.

Seventh Count:
evergreen 4 (elected)
ClarkKent 4 (elected)
Clyde1998 4 (elected)
BaconBacon96 1.7667
RGN08 3.6269
DemPGH 4 (elected)
Exhausted .6064

Nobody exceeds quota.  BaconBacon96 eliminated.  RGN08 is deemed elected.

DemPGH, evergreen, Clyde1998, ClarkKent and RGN08 elected Northeast Representatives.

Northeast Cabinet Amendment passes 13-5.
Northeast Independence Amendment fails 8-12.

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[Clyde1998]

Adding percentages for context.

Northeast Governor
Blair2015 - 13 (59%)
Clyde1998 - 8 (36%)
Exhausted - 1 (5%)

Northeast Representative
First Preference Count
DemPGH - 6 (27%)
evergreen - 5 (23%)
ClarkKent - 3 (14%)
Clyde1998 - 3 (14%)
RGN08 - 3 (14%)
BaconBacon96 - 1 (5%)
Enduro - 1 (5%)

Northeast Cabinet Amendment passes 13-5. (72% in favour)
Northeast Independence Amendment fails 8-12. (40% in favour)

40% in favour for independence - Quebec 1980 levels...