Department of Federal Elections

[Antonio the Sixth]

A kind of "partisanship rate" (the percentage time when someone who has voted for a party's candidate has given his 2nd pref to a candidate of the same party) :
- POP : 15/18 (83%)
- JCP : 21/28 (75%)
- RPP : 16/24 (67%)
- UDL : 17/26 (65%)

This is a neat statistic I wouldn't mind seeing done through past elections. Personally, I'm interested in seeing how the partisanship of the UDL matches up with that of the DA.

Well, it's a kind of big work. I've done it for August 2010 :
- JCP : 41/42 (98%)
- POP : 20/32 (63%)
- RPP : 16/26 (62%)

I don't have it for other periods, though.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

On vacation to the new year; whereupon I shall check my poll thread, and follow the wisdom of the people as a whole.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I've asked Taft4Prez to assist me, and thus, become DSoFE.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I've blocked hash. His inability to behave himself in public has lead me to do so.

If he needs something from the DoFE, I'd ask him to post here; but if he abuses this (IE posting here to question my decision, or, to insult me) I will not read his posts in this thread, and will direct his inquiries to my deputy.

[Thomas D]

Bumped.

To remind everyone that we're two weeks from an election and this office is still vacant.

EDIT: Sorry. I made this post before I saw the latest posts in the White House thread.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Hopefully, we can have Franzl confirmed in time, to handle this matter

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

If I get confirmed, I'll just bring this old thread back to life as it has a structure I'm comfortable with.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

A by-election needs to be held for Oakvale's vacant Senate seat.

As I can't find anything forcing a date, I'm tentatively setting the date of the election at the 14th of July. I will confirm (or change) this date within 48 hours, based on my further research into election law.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

14th of July is the only date that I feel to be valid. The law says 10 days of a vacancy, however I believe that Oakvale's appointment may have been at such a time that TODAY is the only day; however, given that I feel the spirit of the law never intended for 24 hours and 77 minutes of time for people to declare their candidacies, and run a full campaign, I'm setting the date as the 14th of July.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Yes, after reading though the laws again and checking all the dates, this is what I am going with. The law actually gives me 7 days to CALL the election, which means, legally, I could call the election 1 minute prior to the polls opening.

Needless to say this is faulty.

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https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Article_I_of_the_Third_Constitution 4. (5)

The law would suggest I must hold the election in 24 hours and 66 minutes, however it is my belief that this part of the Constitution, which would allow me to shaft you, the voters, violates this part of the preamble

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. It seems thus that our Constitution is Unconstitutional. As it is my judgement that 24 hours is not enough time to declare, and run a full campaign.

Therefore the date is the 14th.

...My first act and I'm already opened myself up to legal challenge Ah well, I firmly believe that I am acting in the best interests of democracy here.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

In the special election I was in the time was extended well beyond one week, though I don't recall what the legal reasoning was. This issue is definitely worth considering to  fix, but I think your action here is in the right.
If you are planning on using this as the Dept thread, you ought to ask Gustaf to sticky this and unsticky the other one.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Already did, but I should post a notice in the old thread.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Just in case it is required that you are formerly informed so to speak by some law:

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That should tidy up that loose end.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Thanks yankee, and that's something I want to address. Please read this:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/985014--elections-canada-powerless-to-prosecute-defiant-social-media-users
The third paragraph.

Also notice this

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Elections Canada is powerless to take the initiative. This prevents any bias; IE them from taking the initiative to investigate one person but not another.

Please note that I will (generally) operate under the same rules.

While I may be aware of certain things, I will not take action. If I see that it is important, I may PM the person and (as silly as it sounds) ask you to PM me back, officially letting me know about an event.

I follow the ethical guidelines of Elections Canada. The only person in Canada who can not vote is the Chief Electoral Officer, and I never vote while holding the SoFE position (I always cast invalid ballots to close the booth)

By the same token, I will not take it upon myself (usually) to take the initiative of investigating something. This includes party endorsements. I don't think it's a huge secret that the RPP has an off-atlas forum. The RPP may one day decide to use this forum to endorse someone; and unless I have access to the forum, I'd never know. This may well apply to other parties in the future. This is one of the reasons why I require people to tell me if they are endorsing someone. I also require the person to tell me they are accepting.

The ability for abuse - IE going out of your way to look for helpful things from your friends but not your enemies - is the key reason why I do this. I'm going to make this notice more visible, but note that I will normally operate under Elections Canada rules; and thus, require you guys to let me know about events and other things. I'd ask everyone to keep this in mind when it comes to declaring candidacies, (If you do it in the proper thread, I wont miss it) endorsements (PM me saying you've endorsed someone, and, the endorsee should also PM me saying you accept) and anything else that you think I should be aware of as SoFE.

This does not mean I will stop paying attention. I may still PM people asking them to PM me back. However, I want to hold this office to the highest ethical standards, and thus, I hope you all can understand my rationale behind this.

Thanks.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Well ironically, I do have something you might want to investigate.
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=137387.0


I didn't realize that Franzl had resigned prior to the election so this got delayed until you took office.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I'm a stickler for these sort of rules. 20 minutes and 1 second would be "too long" for me!

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

The Senate By-Election will begin at 11:30pm, New York City time, Thursday Night, and will end 11:30pm, Sunday Night.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

BALLOTING IS NOW OPEN

And yes - I realized about 10 minutes ago that my bedroom clock is actually an hour off, which explains why my alarm never went off (I use my cell when getting ready for work); so we'll be using Chicago time *facepalm*

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Unofficial Tracker (first round only)
AS OF: Kalwejt

Meeker: 5
TexasGurl: 4
Jbrase: 3

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Please note that I may not be online at the moment the polls close. To clarify, they close in about 4 hours and 20 minutes. They close weather or not I've posted in the thread to indicate they are closed.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

For those who don't know, I've become very ill.

I don't mean physically.

I spoke to the President, as well as to Homley and Tmth, two people who I trust and who have experience of some sort with counting ballots. I've asked Tmth to help me out as my time is very limited ATM - my schedule has gone haywire - by examining Homley's tracker for errors. I've glanced over the results myself, but am having difficulty concentrating. If all three of us come up with the same result, I will certify it.

[Yelnoc]

Hope you get better, Teddy!  I suggest you take a break from Atlasia; I know how this game can be stressful.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Since I've been given a few weeks off work that'd drive me insane from boredum. Thanks for the concern tho. I am feeling better.

[Marokai Backbeat]

I don't really see anything wrong with Homely's count, but then again, there's a reason I've never lobbied for this position.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

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I consider this to be "Validated but not Certified" Unless tmth PMs me that he found an error I missed, I'll certify this before I go to bed.