Northeast Elections, April 2011

[Napoleon]

1. Napoleon
2. Homelycooking
3. Shane
4. Jake Matthews
5. Hatman

[homelycooking]

OFFICIAL BALLOT OF THE NORTHEAST FOR THE ELECTION OF APRIL 15-17, 2011

FOR ASSEMBLY (7 seats to fill)

[] GIOVANNI, The John Engle Party, North Dakota
[1] HOMELYCOOKING, Independent, Connecticut
[3] JAKE MATTHEWS, The Populares, Vermont
[2] NAPOLEON, Jesus Christ Party, Connecticut
[4] SBANE, Union of the Democratic Left, New York
[] Write-in_________________

[homelycooking]

Governor, the polls have been open for 48 hours. Please close them and certify the results.

[courts]

The Polls are now closed.

[courts]

CERTIFIED ELECTION RESULTS:
   
Giovanni, Homelycooking, Jake Matthews, Napoleon, Sbane, and EarlAW have been elected to the Northeast Assembly.  The seventh seat is left unfilled.

[Lambsbread]

I protest Giovanni's election and once my piece of legislation passes in the Assembly, he will be expelled from the Assembly.

[Yelnoc]

I protest Giovanni's election and once my piece of legislation passes in the Assembly, he will be expelled from the Assembly.

You ought to reduce the number of assembly seats to five, at least.  Maybe even three.

[Sbane]

Yes, but we need an amendment passed for that.

[President Mitt]

I protest Giovanni's election and once my piece of legislation passes in the Assembly, he will be expelled from the Assembly.

...or if people don't like the job I'm doing, they can vote me out.

Let the people decide!

[Lambsbread]

I protest Giovanni's election and once my piece of legislation passes in the Assembly, he will be expelled from the Assembly.

...or if people don't like the job I'm doing, they can vote me out.

Let the people decide!

People that you don't even live among.

[homelycooking]

As nonsensical as it is to have an assemblyman from North Dakota representing the Northeast, and despite the fact that Giovanni was the lowest vote-getter of all candidates on the ballot, he was elected by the voters of the Northeast. He shouldn't be expelled from the Assembly immediately. He should, however, be forced to move to the Northeast if he wants to run for reelection when the legislation passes. I'm just worried that this might be an ex post facto law if Giovanni is punished for doing something (getting elected) that was legal when it happened.

[Lambsbread]

As nonsensical as it is to have an assemblyman from North Dakota representing the Northeast, and despite the fact that Giovanni was the lowest vote-getter of all candidates on the ballot, he was elected by the voters of the Northeast. He shouldn't be expelled from the Assembly immediately. He should, however, be forced to move to the Northeast if he wants to run for reelection when the legislation passes. I'm just worried that this might be an ex post facto law if Giovanni is punished for doing something (getting elected) that was legal when it happened.

He should be forced to move or be expelled, that's all.

[Napoleon]

I could argue that he is constitutionally barred from serving. This is the "Legislative Assembly of the Northeast Region". If that is to be true, its members would be "of the Northeast Region", which he isn't.

[Lambsbread]

I could argue that he is constitutionally barred from serving. This is the "Legislative Assembly of the Northeast Region". If that is to be true, its members would be "of the Northeast Region", which he isn't.

This was a very sly move he made and I commend him for his clever thinking, but this won't fly under my administration.

[homelycooking]

I could argue that he is constitutionally barred from serving. This is the "Legislative Assembly of the Northeast Region". If that is to be true, its members would be "of the Northeast Region", which he isn't.

The Constitution might imply in that way that NE assemblymen should be from the NE, but it does not explicitly say so. The Constitution places no restrictions on legislative membership.
I don't like the idea of Giovanni serving as a legislator here one bit, but I just don't think we have a legal way to kick him out in the middle of a term.

He should be forced to move or be expelled, that's all.

Again, I think that changes the rules of the game in retrospect for the election we just had. I support your legislation to mandate that NE assemblymen be from the NE wholeheartedly, but I would be very reluctant to kick out a sitting assemblyman in the middle of his term because of the passage of a law which punishes him for an act that was legal when he did it.

This was a very sly move he made and I commend him for his clever thinking, but this won't fly under my administration.

Absolutely, I agree completely, and it shouldn't be allowed to fly. All I'm saying is that your legislation should go into effect at the next election.