Department of Federal Elections: Rpryor03, SOFE

[Blair]

Can I get an absentee ballot for the House Elections?

[rpryor03]

Can I get an absentee ballot for the House Elections?

Noted, and it will be available for you on Thursday.

[Blair]

Can I get an absentee ballot for the House Elections?

Noted, and it will be available for you on Thursday.

Appreciate it- understand the limits but could I get it before then even though it would be incomplete? I'm travelling to the US on Thursday morning- but in the worse case I can see if the Wifi works in my Boston Hotel

[tmthforu94]

Can I get an absentee ballot for the House Elections?

Noted, and it will be available for you on Thursday.

Appreciate it- understand the limits but could I get it before then even though it would be incomplete? I'm travelling to the US on Thursday morning- but in the worse case I can see if the Wifi works in my Boston Hotel

That'd be outside of what is legal. Something Poirot had proposed was potentially pushing up the declaration deadline to allow more absentee ballots, though I personally preferred keeping the candidate declaration period longer since we don't have absentee ballot requests too often. No one else seemed too interested in discussing the issue, but it can always be revised later.

[Talleyrand]

Since I have sent two private messages, but received no response...

Can my name on the ballot be listed as "TexasDemocrat/Talleyrand" or "Talleyrand". The latter was what I was listed as in all six federal elections for which I was a candidate, while the former is what I am currently registered as under the Census Bureau. Considering this is the name that I've been known by on the forum for almost four years, I think it's only fair that it's what I'm listed as. At the very least, I think "TexasDemocrat/Talleyrand" would be fair.

Thanks, Talleyrand

[rpryor03]

Dude. I moved into my dorm today. Cut me some f**king slack, please. It's fixed.

[Talleyrand]

Thanks and sorry- did not realize.

[Poirot]

Can I get an absentee ballot for the House Elections?

Noted, and it will be available for you on Thursday.

Appreciate it- understand the limits but could I get it before then even though it would be incomplete? I'm travelling to the US on Thursday morning- but in the worse case I can see if the Wifi works in my Boston Hotel

That'd be outside of what is legal. Something Poirot had proposed was potentially pushing up the declaration deadline to allow more absentee ballots, though I personally preferred keeping the candidate declaration period longer since we don't have absentee ballot requests too often. No one else seemed too interested in discussing the issue, but it can always be revised later.

I was proposing a change in the absentee vote system to allow more voters who are uncertainof being able to vote on the weekend to cast a ballot. It was not changing the declaration deadline. It was allowing absentee ballot being cast before the declaration deadline since it's so cloase to the election and allows only a short time window. An Absentee ballot voter can make a decision a few days before the election even if the candidates list is not certified final. I wouldn't even mind if the absentee vote was sent by pm to the secretary of elections who will make it public.

[rpryor03]

Rounds 1-5: http://imgur.com/mlozGqi
Rounds 6-7: http://imgur.com/2QR2DZQ

Clyde1998, dfwlibertylover, ClarkKent, Abraham Washington, Classic Conservative, NeverAgain, 1184AZ, Peebs, and evergreen are elected to the House of Representatives.

I, Rpryor03, Secretary of Federal Elections, declare the above results to be a complete and accurate summary of the votes cast.

[Wisconsin+17]

Wow. Congrats to Labor.

[rpryor03]

Rpryor's List of Those Who Have Declared for the House
NeverAgain
Peebs
Enduro
Southern Gothic
Heisenberg
Santander
Fitzgerald
Ted Bessell
Siren
Goldwater
EarlAW

[rpryor03]

WARNING! Do not vote until 0:00 EST (1:00 EDT)! You will have 72 hours in which to vote - there's no rush!

REPUBLIC OF ATLASIA - In Dave We Trust
Official Ballot

READ THIS FIRST

1. The election will last 72 hours, starting at 0:00 EST Friday October 21 and ending 0:00 EST Monday October 24.

2. You are eligible to vote in this election if you have made 10 posts on the Atlas Forum in the past 8 weeks, have registered as a voter with the Registrar General more than 7 days before the start of the election, and have not had your voting rights stripped as a result of deregistration or a court verdict.

3. You must vote by ranking your choices in the order of your preference: 1 for your first preference, 2 for your second preference, and so on. You may write in preferences for candidates not on the ballot. If you only wish to preference one candidate, marking an X next to the candidate's name or simply writing the candidate's name is sufficient, provided that you do not wish your vote to transfer to other candidates.

4. If you do not wish to vote for any candidate on the ballot nor to write in a candidate, you may vote for None of the Above as your first preference. All candidates ranked under None of the Above will not receive those preferences during the counting of the votes.

5. You are permitted, but not advised, to edit your ballot within 20 minutes of posting it within this thread. Deleting your ballot at any time or editing it after 20 minutes will result in the invalidation of your vote.

6. Please check over your ballot thoroughly before you click "Post". You have no excuse for casting a ballot which contains errors or does not accurately reflect your preferences. Failure to correct errors in your ballot may result in its disqualification. While the alphabetically-ordered ballot below is provided for your convenience should you wish to quote this post, you may order the candidates on your ballot however you would like.

PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF ATLASIA

[  ] Blair2015/Kingpoleon
^{Labor Party/United Alternative}

[  ] North Carolina Yankee/Rpryor03
^{Federalist Party/United Alternative}

[  ] Write-in:______________________________
^{-__________________}

[  ] None of the above

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - NINE SEATS

[  ] EarlAW/Hatman of Ontario
^{Washburnist Socialist Revolutionary Party}

[  ] Enduro of Pennsylvania
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] Fitzgerald of Montana
^{Labor Party}

[  ] NeverAgain of Virginia
^{Labor Party}

[  ] Peebs of North Carolina
^{Labor Party}

[  ] Republitarian/Goldwater of California
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] Santander of Alabama
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] SecureAmerica/Heisenberg of New Mexico
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] Siren of Puerto Rico
^Independent


[  ] Southern Gothic/White Trash of Louisiana
^{Labor Party}


[  ] tedbessell of California
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] Write-in:______________________________
^{-__________________}

[  ] None of the above
[/quote]

[rpryor03]

Because they registered to vote on the 14th or later, the following voters are not eligible to vote in the upcoming election. They are:

Cashew
Alex
Jack Enderman
Monolith

[rpryor03]

Libertarian_Leo has not met the posting requirement.

[Clyde1998]

Libertarian_Leo has not met the posting requirement.

Is the posting requirement still 10 posts in the 56 days before the election?

[rpryor03]

10 posts, 8 weeks, not including your ballot.

[rpryor03]

Internet's been spotty on campus, so I'll try to have results up tomorrow.

[rpryor03]

Southern Gothic's vote is invalid for editing after the 20 minute window.

[rpryor03]

Talleyrand's vote is invalid for not meeting the posting requirements.

[rpryor03]

As is my duty as Secretary of Federal Elections, I declare the results for the Presidential Election to be as follows:

FIRST ROUND
North Carolina Yankee/rpryor03 - 56 (49.56%)
Blair2015/Kingpoleon - 47 (41.59%)
Write-In: Xahar/Bacon King - 10 (8.85%)

Xahar and Bacon King's votes will be redistributed to the second preference.

SECOND ROUND
North Carolina Yankee/rpryor03 - 56 (49.56%)
Blair2015/Kingpoleon - 56 (49.56%)
Exhausted - 1 (0.88%)

The following votes were invalid: Southern Gothic, Talleyrand, and Libertarian_Leo.

As such, we will be moving to a runoff election between the Blair2015/Kingpoleon and North Carolina Yankee/rpryor03 tickets starting at our usual time this Friday for 72 hours.

[rpryor03]

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Fairly clearly the person responsible for administering the poll should not be a candidate in it! Resign.

[rpryor03]

Fairly clearly the person responsible for administering the poll should not be a candidate in it! Resign.

Homelycooking did it in October 2015, and no one said boo.

[rpryor03]

Rounds 1 and 2: http://imgur.com/F5Id3wm
Rounds 3 and 4: http://imgur.com/HgDqtTY

tedbessell, Republitarian, Siren, EarlAW, Peebs, NeverAgain, Southern Gothic, Santander, and Enduro are elected to the House of Representatives.

I, Rpryor03, Secretary of Federal Elections, declare the above results to be a complete and accurate summary of the votes cast.

[rpryor03]

WARNING! Do not vote until 0:00 EST (1:00 EDT)! You will have 72 hours in which to vote - there's no rush!

REPUBLIC OF ATLASIA - In Dave We Trust
Official Ballot

READ THIS FIRST

1. The election will last 72 hours, starting at 0:00 EST Friday October 28 and ending 0:00 EST Monday October 31.

2. You are eligible to vote in this election if you have made 10 posts on the Atlas Forum in the past 8 weeks, have registered as a voter with the Registrar General more than 7 days before the start of the election, and have not had your voting rights stripped as a result of deregistration or a court verdict.

3. You must vote by ranking your choices in the order of your preference: 1 for your first preference, 2 for your second preference, and so on. You may write in preferences for candidates not on the ballot. If you only wish to preference one candidate, marking an X next to the candidate's name or simply writing the candidate's name is sufficient, provided that you do not wish your vote to transfer to other candidates.

4. If you do not wish to vote for any candidate on the ballot nor to write in a candidate, you may vote for None of the Above as your first preference. All candidates ranked under None of the Above will not receive those preferences during the counting of the votes.

5. You are permitted, but not advised, to edit your ballot within 20 minutes of posting it within this thread. Deleting your ballot at any time or editing it after 20 minutes will result in the invalidation of your vote.

6. Please check over your ballot thoroughly before you click "Post". You have no excuse for casting a ballot which contains errors or does not accurately reflect your preferences. Failure to correct errors in your ballot may result in its disqualification. While the alphabetically-ordered ballot below is provided for your convenience should you wish to quote this post, you may order the candidates on your ballot however you would like.

PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF ATLASIA

[  ] Blair2015/Kingpoleon
^{Labor Party/United Alternative}

[  ] North Carolina Yankee/Rpryor03
^{Federalist Party/United Alternative}

[  ] None of the above