OFFICIAL Mideast Voting Booth - August 2005

[Joe Republic]

DO NOT VOTE until after midnight EST at the beginning of Friday. Any votes cast before this time will not be counted.

This is the one and only official ballot for the Mideast Propositions and Initiatives being voted upon in August 2005.

Voting will open at midnight EST on Friday 19 August, 2005 and will close exactly 72 hours later; Only votes in this time frame will be counted.  This vote is being conducted in accordance with the Election and Vote Regulations Statute and the Mideast Constitution.

If you edit your vote, or the post containing your vote, it will be counted as void. If you campaign in this thread it will be likely counted as void, and you may be subject to further prosecution under the Campaigning in Voting Booths Statute. It would be appreciated if you didn't comment in this thread other than to vote.

To qualify to vote in this election you must meet the activity requirements as defined by the Activity Requirements Statute, and be registered in one of the following States ten days before this election began: District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, West Virginia or Wisconsin.

Although no such federal requirement exists any more, you must still display a Mideastern avatar or have a note in your signature denoting your fantasy residence.  However, if Proposition 18 is passed, this requirement will be waived for this election.

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Prop 18: Second Mideast Constitutional Amendment

1. Article IV, Clause 4 is hereby repealed.
2. No law shall be passed requiring a voter to denote their State of fantasy residence during an election.

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Prop 19: Latin Motto Adoption Statute

1. The Mideast region will hereby adopt the Latin phrase "Omnis tuus castra sunt inesse nos" as its official motto.
2. The English translation reads, "All your base are belong to us".
3. This motto will be inscribed in prominent locations in any future public buildings constructed in the Mideast region.

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Prop 20: Region Name Change Referendum

Do you think the Mideast region should change its name?

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Prop 21: Superior Court Judge Appointment

1. The citizen from Virginia known as Ben will be officially appointed to the position of Mideast Superior Court Judge.
2. His powers will be defined and limited in accordance with the Mideast Constitution.
3. He will serve in this position until he resigns, or is successfully recalled from office.

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Init 10: Secret Ballot Procedure Statute

Section 1

a. Voters shall have the option of voting either publically or via secret ballot in regional level elections.
b. Any voter who casts both a public and secret vote shall have both votes disqualified.

Section 2

The conduct of regional elections shall be done by the following procedure:
i. A thread entitled "Official Mideast Voting Information", which will have basic information of the election as well as the profiles of the officials that must receive all the votes, shall be set up in the Voting Booth board
ii. During the voting period all votes must be PMed to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Superior Judge, District Senator for Maryland and Mideast Senator simultaneously.
iii. After the election the Superior Court Judge is to hold a public judicial hearing on the fantasy government board in which the aforementioned officials are to take an oath guarenteeing to make an accurate count of the votes and keep the secrecy of voters. Individual voters are only to be mentioned by the order their ballots were PMed (e.g. Voter 1, Voter 2, etc).
iv. The official election result shall be announced by the Superior Judge after the other officials reach a consensus on the result.

Section 3

A violation by any of the aforementioned public officials shall be punished by immediate removal from office, suspension of voting rights for six months and a ban from holding public office in the Mideast for one year.

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Federal Constitutional Amendment (1): Addition to the Bill of Rights, Article VI

16. The right of a person to defend himself and other persons from imminent unlawful physical harm shall not be infringed.

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Federal Constitutional Amendment (2): Amendment to Article I, Section 8, Clause 6

Article I, Section 8, Clause 6, of the Constitution of Atlasia shall be amended to read thus:

The Senate must approve each and every Budget before considering any bill or constitutional amendment. However, the Senate may, by a vote of two-thirds of its number, waive this requirement.

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Please vote aye, nay or abstain (or appropriate derivatives) on each of the above propositions and initiatives.

Ballot

Prop 18:
Prop 19:
Prop 20:
Prop 21:

Init 10:

Federal Constitutional Amendment (1):
Federal Constitutional Amendment (2):

[Frodo]

Ballot

Prop 18: Nay
Prop 19: Nay
Prop 20: Nay
Prop 21: Aye

Init 10: Aye

Federal Constitutional Amendment (1): Aye
Federal Constitutional Amendment (2): Aye

[ian]

Ballot

Prop 18: nay
Prop 19: nay
Prop 20: nay
Prop 21: aye

Init 10:

Federal Constitutional Amendment (1): aye
Federal Constitutional Amendment (2): aye

[ian]

I skipped Initiative 10.  I hope this two reply thing works...
I vote NAY for Initiative 10.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Ballot

Prop 18: Abstain
Prop 19: Aye
Prop 20: Nay
Prop 21: Aye

Init 10: Aye

Federal Constitutional Amendment (1): Aye
Federal Constitutional Amendment (2): Aye

[Blerpiez]

Ballot

Prop 18:Aye
Prop 19:Aye
Prop 20:Abstain
Prop 21:Aye

Init 10:Aye

Federal Constitutional Amendment (1):Aye
Federal Constitutional Amendment (2):Nay

[MasterJedi]

Prop 18: Aye
Prop 19: Aye
Prop 20: Nay
Prop 21: Aye
Init 10: Nay

Federal Constitutional Amendment (1): Aye
Federal Constitutional Amendment (2): Aye

[MHS2002]

Ballot

Prop 18: Aye
Prop 19: Nay
Prop 20: Nay
Prop 21: Aye

Init 10: Aye

Federal Constitutional Amendment (1): Aye
Federal Constitutional Amendment (2): Aye

[Joe Republic]

Ballot

Prop 18: Yes
Prop 19: Yes
Prop 20: Yes
Prop 21: Yes

Init 10: Yes

Federal Constitutional Amendment (1): Yes
Federal Constitutional Amendment (2): Yes

[Akno21]

Ballot

Prop 18: Aye
Prop 19: Aye
Prop 20: Nay
Prop 21: Aye

Init 10: Abstain

Federal Constitutional Amendment (1): Aye
Federal Constitutional Amendment (2): Aye

[2952-0-0]

Ballot

Prop 18: Aye
Prop 19: Aye
Prop 20: Aye
Prop 21: Aye

Init 10: Aye

Federal Constitutional Amendment (1): Aye
Federal Constitutional Amendment (2): Nay

[Beet]

Ballot

Prop 18: Nay
Prop 19: Nay
Prop 20: Nay
Prop 21: Aye

Init 10: Aye

Federal Constitutional Amendment (1): Aye
Federal Constitutional Amendment (2): Aye

[Dave from Michigan]

prop 18  Yes
prop 19  No
prop 20  No
prop 21  yes
Int 10     No

Federal amendment 1  Yes
federal amendment 2   Yes

[Peter]

Prop 18: Affirmitive
Prop 19: Affirmitive
Prop 20: Negative
Prop 21: Affirmitive

Init 10: Negative

Federal Constitutional Amendment (1): Negative
Federal Constitutional Amendment (2): Negative

[Sarnstrom]

Prop 18: Nay
Prop 19: Aye
Prop 20: Nay
Prop 21: Aye

Init 10: Nay

Federal Constitutional Amendment 1: Aye
Federal Constitutional Amendment 2: Nay

[Joe Republic]

Voting on the regional propositions and initiatives has now closed.  The results are as follows:

Prop 18: 8-4-1.  Failed, as a two-thirds majority was required to pass.

Because of this, the votes of Al and Peter Bell have been disqualified due to avatar restrictions.  That brings the result of Prop 18 to 7-4-0.

Prop 19: 6-5-0.  Passed.

Prop 20: 2-8-1.  Failed.

Prop 21: 11-0-0.  Passed.

Init 10: 6-4-1.  Passed.

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Voting on the two amendments to the federal constitution will remain open until midnight EST on Friday 26th August.  No more votes on the regional propositions and initiatives will be counted.

[Joe Republic]

I will be away at midnight on Friday, most likely without internet access.  Therefore, I won't be able to close this booth and certify the results.  Lt. Gov. Dean has agreed to fulfil that duty in my place.

[2952-0-0]

Voting on the Federal Constitutional Amendments has closed. The results are as follows:

Amendment 1: Aye 10 Nay 1 (Passes)
Amendment 2: Aye 7 Nay 4 (Passes)