Northeast Voting Booth: August Elections

[cinyc]

This voting booth does not open until 1:00AM Eastern Daylight Time (12:00AM Eastern Standard Time) on Friday, August 21, 2015.  Any vote cast in this thread before that time will be invalid.

This voting booth is for five Northeast Representatives.  It is also on four referendum to amend the Northeast Constitution.  For the referendum, you may only select one of the two options (Aye or Nay).

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.

This voting booth does not open until 1:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (12:00AM Eastern Standard Time) on Friday, August 21 2015, and ends at 12:59:59AM EDT on Monday, August 24, 2015 (11:59:59PM EST on Sunday, August 23, 2015).  Any vote cast in this thread outside of those parameters will be invalid.

Official Ballot

Northeast Representative
Five people will be elected to the Assembly.

[ ] Clyde1998 (Northeast National Party - MA)
[ ] ClarkKent (Federalist - CT)
[ ] RGN08 (Federalist - NY)
[ ] Write-in: ________________

Patchwork Amendment
The text of the Patchwork Amendment is too long to put on one page.  Please see the full text starting here.

[ ] Aye
[ ] Nay

Competitive Elections Amendment

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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

[Lincoln Republican]

Assembly

1.  ClarkKent
2.  RGN08
3.  Clyde1998

Patchwork Amendment
Aye

Competitive Elections Amendment
Aye

Residency Amendment
Aye

Term Limits Amendment
Aye

[DKrol]

Assembly

1.  RGN08
2.  ClarkKent
3.  Clyde1998

Patchwork Amendment
Aye

Competitive Elections Amendment
Nay

Residency Amendment
Aye

Term Limits Amendment
Aye

[pikachu]

Assembly:
1. Clyde1998
2. Write-In: DemPGH
3. ClarkKent
4. RGN
5. Write-In: Poirot

Assembly

1.  ClarkKent
2.  RGN08
3.  Clyde1998

Patchwork Amendment
Aye

Competitive Elections Amendment
Aye

Residency Amendment
Aye

Term Limits Amendment
Aye

[Former Lincoln Assemblyman & Lt. Gov. RGN]

Official Ballot

Northeast Representative
Five people will be elected to the Assembly.

[3] Clyde1998 (Northeast National Party - MA)
[2] ClarkKent (Federalist - CT)
[1] RGN08 (Federalist - NY)
[4] Write-in: Poirot
[5] Write in: Evergreen

Patchwork Amendment
The text of the Patchwork Amendment is too long to put on one page.  Please see the full text starting here.

• Aye

[ ] Nay

Competitive Elections Amendment

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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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[rpryor03]

1. ClarkKent
2. RGN
3. Write-In: Winfield
4. Write-In: DKrol
5. Write-In: Poirot

Aye on all amendments.

[DemPGH]

Northeast Representative
Five people will be elected to the Assembly.

[ 1 ] Clyde1998 (Northeast National Party - MA)
[ 5 ] ClarkKent (Federalist - CT)
[ 4 ] RGN08 (Federalist - NY)
[ 2 ] Write-in: DemPGH
[ 3 ] Write-in: oakvale

Patchwork: Yes

Competitive Elections: Yes

Residency: No

Term Limits: Yes

[Clark Kent]

Northeast Assembly
[1] ClarkKent
[2] RGN08

Patchwork Amendment
Aye

Competitive Elections Amendment
Nay

Residency Amendment
Aye

Term Limits Amendment
Nay

[Clyde1998]

This voting booth does not open until 1:00AM Eastern Daylight Time (12:00AM Eastern Standard Time) on Friday, August 21, 2015.  Any vote cast in this thread before that time will be invalid.

This voting booth is for five Northeast Representatives.  It is also on four referendum to amend the Northeast Constitution.  For the referendum, you may only select one of the two options (Aye or Nay).

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.

This voting booth does not open until 1:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (12:00AM Eastern Standard Time) on Friday, August 21 2015, and ends at 12:59:59AM EDT on Monday, August 24, 2015 (11:59:59PM EST on Sunday, August 23, 2015).  Any vote cast in this thread outside of those parameters will be invalid.

Official Ballot

Northeast Representative
Five people will be elected to the Assembly.

[1] Clyde1998 (Northeast National Party - MA)
[6] ClarkKent (Federalist - CT)
[5] RGN08 (Federalist - NY)
[2] Write-in: Evergreen
[3] Write-in: Oakvale
[4] Write-in: DemPGH

Patchwork Amendment
The text of the Patchwork Amendment is too long to put on one page.  Please see the full text starting here.

[X] Aye
[ ] Nay

Competitive Elections Amendment

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

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[X] Aye
[ ] Nay

Residency Amendment

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[X] Aye
[ ] Nay

Term Limits Amendment

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[/quote]

[ ] Aye
[X] Nay
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[cinyc]

Official Ballot

Northeast Representative
Five people will be elected to the Assembly.

[4] Clyde1998 (Northeast National Party - MA)
[2] ClarkKent (Federalist - CT)
[3] RGN08 (Federalist - NY)
[1] Write-in: DemPGH
[5] Write-in: Poirot
[6] Write-in: Evergreen
[7] Write-in: Oakvale
[8] Write-in: Dkrologa
[9] Write-in: Winfield

Patchwork Amendment
The text of the Patchwork Amendment is too long to put on one page.  Please see the full text starting here.

[X] Aye
[ ] Nay

Competitive Elections Amendment

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

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[/quote]

[X] Aye
[ ] Nay

Residency Amendment

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[/quote]

[X] Aye
[ ] Nay

Term Limits Amendment

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[X] Aye
[ ] Nay

[Prince of Salem]

1. RGN
2. ClarkKent
3. Clyde
4. WI: Poirot
5. WI: DKrolGA
6. WI: Peeperkorn
7. WI: Evergreen
8. WI: Deus Naturae
9. WI: Sawx
10. WI: Dallasfan
11. WI: Matt from VT
12. WI: Pessimistic Antineutrino
13. WI: NHI
14. WI: HockeyDude
15. WI: Alfred F. Jones
16. WI: Smoltchanov
17. WI: Bronz4141
18. WI: MATTROSE94
19: WI: Winfield
20. WI: Bore
21. WI: Polnut

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

1. evergreen
2. clyde
3. poirot
4. dempgh
5. superman

aye on all amendments

[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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