Northeast Voting Booth: February 2016 Election

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This voting booth does not open until 12:00:00 AM Eastern Standard Time on Friday, February 19.  Any vote cast in this thread before that time will be invalid.

This voting booth is for Governor, 5 Northeast Representatives, and a referendum on a proposed amendment to the Northeast Constitution.

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 12:00:00AM Eastern Standard Time on Friday, February 19, and ends at 11:59:59 PM EST on Sunday, February 21.  Any vote cast in this thread outside of those parameters will be invalid.

Official Ballot
Northeast Governor
[ ] Blair2015 (Labor - NY)
[ ] Write-in: ________________

Northeast Representative
Five People will be elected to the Assembly
[ ] cxs018 (Independent - MA)
[ ] RGN08 (Federalist - NY)
[ ] pikachu (Labor - NJ)
[ ] NHI (Federalist - NH)
[ ] Kingpoleon (Independent - NJ)
[ ] Write-in: ________________

Amendment to the Northeast Constitution regarding Canadian Provinces

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[ ] Aye
[ ] Nay

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Official Ballot
Northeast Governor
[1] Blair2015 (Labor - NY)
[ ] Write-in: ________________

Northeast Representative
Five People will be elected to the Assembly
[5] cxs018 (Independent - MA)
[2] RGN08 (Federalist - NY)
[6] pikachu (Labor - NJ)
[1] NHI (Federalist - NH)
[4] Kingpoleon (Independent - NJ)
[3] Write-in: Poirot

Amendment to the Northeast Constitution regarding Canadian Provinces
[ ] Aye
[X] Nay

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The voting booth is now closed. 

Results will likely come tomorrow, probably after the SoFE has certified which voters are ineligible due to posting and other requirements.  While I usually make that determination for special elections (and will do so if someone solely voted in the Northeast election), it is ultimately a federal determination in concurrent elections like this one.

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Official Results - Northeast February 2016 General Election

Total voters: 17
Invalid votes:
-Pessimistic Antineutrino (Inactivity)

Total Valid Voters: 16

Northeast Governor
Quota = integer[16/(1+1) + 1 = integer [8 + 1] = 9
ClarkKent wrote himself in and is a valid candidate. cinyc did not write himself in or declare in the official declaration thread and is an invalid candidate.  No other Northeasterner not on the ballot wrote themselves in or declared in the official declaration thread.  Votes for all other Northeasterners will not be counted and preferences ignored.

First Count:
Blair2015 15 (pikachu, cxs018, Enduro, LongLiveRock, Winfield, ClarkKent, Kingpoleon, Blair2015, cinyc, NHI, RGN08, JoMCaR, Poirot, Clyde1998, bore)
Exhausted 1 (SNJ1985)

Blair 2015 exceeds quota and is elected Northeast Governor.

Northeast Representative
Quota = integer[16/(5+1) + 1] = integer[2.667 + 1] = 3

LongLiveRock wrote himself in and therefore is a valid candidate.  No other Northeasterner not on the ballot wrote themselves in or declared in the official declaration thread.  Votes for all other Northeasterners will not be counted and preferences ignored.

First Preference Count:
cxs018 2 (pikachu, cxs018)
RGN08 4 (Enduro, ClarkKent, SNJ1985, RGN08)
pikachu 1 (LongLiveRock)
NHI 3 (cinyc, NHI, JoMCaR)
Kingpoleon 3 (Kingpoleon, Blair2015, Winfield)
LongLiveRock 3 (Poirot, Clyde1998, bore)

RGN08, NHI, Kingpoleon and LongLiveRock equal or exceed quota and are deemed elected. 

RGN surplus transfered to:
cxs018 3 x .25 = 0.75 (Enduro, ClarkKent, RGN08)
Exhausted 1 x .25 = .25 (SNJ 1985)

Second Count:
RGN08 3 (elected)
NHI 3 (elected)
Kingpoleon 3 (elected)
LongLiveRock 3 (elected)
cxs018 2.75
pikachu 1
Exhausted 0.25

Nobody exceeds quota.  Lowest vote-getter, pikachu eliminated.  cxs018 is deemed elected.


RGN08, NHI, Kingpoleon, LongLiveRock and cxs018 are elected Northeast Representatives.

Amendment to the Northeast Constitution regarding Canadian Provinces passes 9-6.

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