Northeast Gubernatorial Special Election and Referenda - July 2015

[Poirot]

Governor of the Northeast

1. Blair2015
2. evergreen
3. write-in : Poirot

Ratification of Assembly Inactivity Amendment

Nay

Referendum on Save the Animals Act

Yes

[DemPGH]

[ 5 ] SomebodyWhoExists (Hispanic as a race on the U.S census party - PR)
[ 3 ] evergreen (Uncultured Marxist Party - ME)
[ 2 ] Blair2015 (Labor - MA)
[ 4 ] pikachu (TPP - NJ)
[ 1 ] oakvale (Vote Oakvale For An Independent Northeast - DE)

Inactivity: Yes

Animals: Abstain

[bore]

[ 5 ] SomebodyWhoExists (Hispanic as a race on the U.S census party - PR)
[ 2 ] evergreen (Uncultured Marxist Party - ME)
[ 3 ] Blair2015 (Labor - MA)
[ 4 ] pikachu (TPP - NJ)
[ 1 ] oakvale (Vote Oakvale For An Independent Northeast - DE)

Inactivity: Yes

Animals: Nay

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

1. oakvale
2. pikachu
3. Blair

Inactivity: Yes

Animals: No

[cinyc]

The voting booth is now closed.  Certification to come.

[cinyc]

Official Results - Northeast Gubernatorial Special Election and Referenda - July 2015

Total voters: 28
Invalid votes:
-Oakvale (Not resident of Northeast for full 7 days before the election)
-morgieb (Not resident of Northeast for full 7 days before the election)
-Pessimisic Antineutrino (Failed Activity Requirement)
-AutumnLeaf (Failed Activity Requirement)
-Thinking Crumpets Crumpet (Not a registered voter for full 7 days before the election)
Total Valid Voters: 23

Northeast Governor
Quota = 23/(1+1) + 1 = 12.5, rounded down to 12.

Poirot wrote himself in and therefore is a valid candidate.  hantheguitarman did not declare or write himself in and is not a valid candidate.

First Preference Count:
Blair2015: 8 (smoltchanov, dkrolga, Eraserhead, Winfield, cinyc, NHI, Blair2015, Poirot) 
Pikachu: 6 (rpryor03, ClarkKent, Castro2020, JoMCaR, RGN08, Pikachu)
Oakvale: 6 (Dallasfan65, Matt from VT, Peeperkorn, DemPGH, bore, polnut)   
evergreen: 3 (evergreen, Alfred F. Jones, twistory123) 
SomebodyWhoExists: 0
Poirot: 0

No candidate exceeds quota.  Candidates with zero votes and lowest total (SomebodyWhoExists, Poirot and evergreen) eliminated.

Second count - allocate evergreen's votes to later preferences:
Gains:
Pikachu: 2 (evergreen, twistory123)
Exhausted: 1 (Alfred F. Jones)

Count:
Blair2015: 8
Pikachu: 8
Oakvale: 6
Exhausted: 1

No candidate exceeds quota.  Candidate with lowest vote total (Oakvale) is eliminated.

Third Count -  allocate Oakvale's votes to later preferences:
Gains:
Pikachu: 3 (Matt from VT, Peeperkorn, polnut)
Blair2015: 2 (DemPGH, bore)
Exhausted: 1 (Dallasfan65)

Count:
Pikachu: 11
Blair2015: 10
Exhuasted: 2

No candidate exceeds quota.  Candidate with lowest vote total (Blair2015) is eliminated.  Pikachu is elected Governor of the Northeast.

Ratification of Assembly Inactivity Amendment
Aye: 20
Nay: 1

The Assembly Inactivity Amendment has been ratified and becomes part of the Northeast Constitution.

Referendum on Save the Animals Act
Yes: 2
No: 18

The Save the Animals Act fails and will not become law.

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