Department of Federal Elections

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

I have the support of enough senators to be confirmed, so I thought I'd get started on my Department of Federal Elections, even though VPryor has yet to be confirmed.

Offices of the past:
Franzl's 1st Office (12/09-7/10)
Meeker's Office (7-9/10)
Teddy's Offices (9/10-1/11, 7-12/11)*
Franzl's 2nd Office (2-7/11)
homelycooking's Office (2/12-1/16)
Talleyrand's Office (1-3/16)
rpryor03's Office (4/16-1/17)

*The office of Teddy's 2nd stint as SoFE begins on Page 9.
Take up any noticed errors, lawsuits, death threats, etc. here.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

2017 Federal Elections Calendar
Administrator: SoFE Peebs
January 27 - 29: House of Representatives (1 seat, special)
February 17 - 19: President/Vice President, House of Representatives
April 21 - 23: House of Representatives
June 23 - 25: President/Vice President, House of Representatives
August 18 - 20: House of Representatives
October 20 - 22: President/Vice President, House of Representatives
December 8 - 10: House of Representatives

2017 Northern Elections Calendar
Administrator: Lt. Gov. R2D2 (20RP12)
January 13 - 15: Assembly (1 seat, special)
February 17 - 19: Governor, Class I Senator, Assembly, Referenda
March 10 - 12: Referendum
April 21 - 23: Class II Senator, Assembly
June 23 - 25: Governor, Class I Senator, Assembly
August 18 - 20: Class II Senator, Assembly
October 20 - 22: Governor, Class I Senator, Assembly
December 8 - 10: Class II Senator, Assembly

2017 Southern Elections Calendar
Administrator: SES Peebs
January 13 - 15: Chamber
February 10 - 12: Class I Senator
March 10 - 12: Governor, Chamber, Referendum
April 14 - 16: Class II Senator
May 12 - 14: Chamber
June 16 - 18: Class I Senator
July 14 - 16: Governor, Chamber
August 11 - 13: Class II Senator
September 8 - 10: Chamber
October 13 - 15: Class I Senator
November 10 - 12: Governor, Chamber
December 8 - 10: Class II Senator

2017 Fremont Elections Calendar
Administrator: Emergency Commissioner rpryor03
January 13 - 15: Governor (special), Assembly
January 20 - 22: Class I Senator (special)
February 10 - 12: Class I Senator
February 17 - 19: Prime Minister, House of Commons
March 11 - 14: Referendum
April 21 - 23: House of Commons, Class II Senator
June 23 - 25: Prime Minister, House of Commons, Class I Senator
August 18 - 20: House of Commons, Class II Senator
October 20 - 22: Prime Minister, House of Commons, Class I Senator
December 8 - 10: House of Commons, Class II Senator

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Just so long as nobody is confused, you cannot be officially confirmed or swear in until Rpryor has resigned.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Just so long as nobody is confused, you cannot be officially confirmed or swear in until Rpryor has resigned.

I know, but I just wanted to get this prepared. I won't take any action as SoFE until Rpryor resigns and I'm officially confirmed.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

2017 Fremont Elections Calendar
Administrator: Emergency Commissioner rpryor03*

*Not sure if he's supposed to open the booth on Friday.

Per the ROFA, the special election for governor and Legislative Assembly must take place within a week of the appointment of the Emergency Commissioner, so the vote should commence this Friday, yes.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

I know the vote commences on Friday, it was really more of a question as to who opens the booth.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

I know the vote commences on Friday, it was really more of a question as to who opens the booth.

The E.C. does. Seeing as nobody else has the legal authority to do anything in Fremont, he kinda has to.

[rpryor03]

I know the vote commences on Friday, it was really more of a question as to who opens the booth.

Me.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Thank you both. I will edit my post to remove the note.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

In the wake of Siren being elected to the Senate, I will hold a special election for her empty seat from January 27, 2017 to January 29, 2017, in compliance with the Constitution. If this is inaccurate, please inform me.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

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 January 27 and ending 0:00 EST Monday January 30.

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.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - ONE SEAT

[  ] Blair2015 of Massachusetts
^{Labor Party}

[  ] ClarkKent of Connecticut
^{Federalist Party}

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

[  ] None of the above

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Because they registered to vote on the 20th or later, the following voters are not eligible to vote in the upcoming election. They are:
Dereich
Nyvin
LumineVonReuental

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Blair2015: 55 (63.95%)
ClarkKent: 31 (36.05%)

Invalid votes: 5
Averroës Nix ("sketchy guy" unclear, more than one of them)
LumineVonReuental (Registered too late)
Simfan34 (voted for Clark on a condition)
Steelers (doesn't post enough)
Poirot (no vote)

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

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

PM me if you'd be interested in running the February election if I'm the Labor nominee.

EDIT: Those that wish to run the February election need not apply, as I am no longer running for President.

[Leinad]

I love how the elections this month are highlighted--great touch!

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

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 February 17 and ending 0:00 EST Monday February 20.

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

[  ] dfwlibertylover/Goldwater
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] Maxwell/smilo
^{Vermont Communist Party/Harambe is a Free Gorilla Party}

[  ] NeverAgain/Southern Gothic
^{Labor Party}

[  ] Winfield/Poirot
^Independent

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

[  ] None of the above

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - NINE SEATS


[  ] 1184AZ of Washington
^{Labor Party}

[  ] Cashew of California
^{Labor Party}

[  ] Enduro of Pennsylvania
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] lwp2004 of Connecticut
^{United Alternative}

[  ] North Carolina Yankee of North Carolina
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] OneJ_ of Mississippi
^{Labor Party}

[  ] Peebs of North Carolina
^{Labor Party}

[  ] Potus2036 of West Virginia
^{Federalist Party}

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

[  ] simossad of Minnesota
^{Labor Party}

[  ] tedbessell of California
^{Federalist Party}

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

[  ] None of the above

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Registered voters who can't vote this weekend, as they registered after the 10th:
tomhguy
Jacobin American
Singletxguyforfun
MAINEiac4434
Lechasseur

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Ballot deadline has closed. Sample ballot finalized.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Question for Atlasians: What are your thoughts on separating the House and Presidential ballots?

[Drew]

Question for Atlasians: What are your thoughts on separating the House and Presidential ballots?

I don't think it's necessary to have them separate.  The regions also tend to put their gubernatorial and legislative elections on the same ballot.  Creating more threads/ballots could decrease downballot turnout as voters may miss/overlook/ignore downballot offices.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I am also concerned about the possibility of this contributing to voter fatigue, as they are asked to vote in more threads on the same number of elections.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Continue giving your thoughts. I'll run this election in one thread, and further poll public opinion on the matter in March.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

     I am also concerned about the possibility of this contributing to voter fatigue, as they are asked to vote in more threads on the same number of elections.

I echo this.

[Classic Conservative]

     I am also concerned about the possibility of this contributing to voter fatigue, as they are asked to vote in more threads on the same number of elections.

I echo this.

[vote for pedro]

Together on one ballot is my preference.