Department of Federal Elections: Rpryor03, SOFE

[Clyde1998]

Mr Secretary, will you be counting votes from candidates who were ineligible to vote last week due to not being registered for seven days as valid in the run-off?

(I'm guessing not, but I'd thought I'd double check...)

[rpryor03]

Mr Secretary, will you be counting votes from candidates who were ineligible to vote last week due to not being registered for seven days as valid in the run-off?

(I'm guessing not, but I'd thought I'd double check...)

Your guess is correct, young padawan. You have learned my ways well.

(A recall, especially in such a short time, counts as part of the same election.)

[Bacon King]

rpryor the instructions are incorrect - this runoff definitely isn't a ranked choice vote!

[Bacon King]

Mr Secretary, will you be counting votes from candidates who were ineligible to vote last week due to not being registered for seven days as valid in the run-off?

(I'm guessing not, but I'd thought I'd double check...)

I just checked and there's nothing in the Federal Electoral Act suggesting their votes would be invalid in the runoff. It's entirely possible that a restriction might exist somewhere in statute but no such restriction is specified in the law that covers both voter eligibility and runoff election protocol

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

why is the booth locked?

[Bacon King]

CC:

What is the latest on the deregistered voters?

I put them back in the voter rolls on the off-chance they do vote in the runoff. Those that don't vote will be re-deregistered.

I just saw this - these voters should not have been placed back on the voter rolls. The election law clearly states that a voter is removed from the rolls the instant they fail to vote in a third consecutive federal election (and in the same section, specifies that runoffs and special elections are considered distinctly from regular elections for the purpose of activity requirements).

I will regretfully be forced to sue if these voters are not removed from the rolls and their votes not rendered invalid

[rpryor03]

I noticed.

[rpryor03]

Before I post results, I'm just going to share two portions of the Federal Electoral Act that are relevant to this election. The first part is Section 1.7.

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The second part is Section 14.4.

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Votes will be up in a few minutes.

[rpryor03]

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

RUNOFF
Yankee/Rpryor - 62 (50.82%)
Blair/Kingpoleon - 60 (49.18%)
None of the Above - 1
Invalid - 5 (BRTD - Campaigning, Enderman - Post Count, Cassius - Deregistered, Hashemite - Campaigning, Bmotley - Deregistered)

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

[rpryor03]

[Filuwaúrdjan]

This worthless crook has just proved me right!

[windjammer]

The Supreme Court hereby enjoins the certification of the runoff results until the 3 court cases which could change the outcome of the election are decided.

Best Regards,
The Supreme Court

[Flake]

Obviously biased, but the invalidation of BRTD's and Hashemite's vote, in my opinion, is completely ridiculous.

[rpryor03]

Obviously biased, but the invalidation of BRTD's and Hashemite's vote, in my opinion, is completely ridiculous.

Let me put it like this, Flo. You'll see what I did on this in my brief. And I worked to ensure that it was correct.

[Flake]

Obviously biased, but the invalidation of BRTD's and Hashemite's vote, in my opinion, is completely ridiculous.

Let me put it like this, Flo. You'll see what I did on this in my brief. And I worked to ensure that it was correct.

I'm just hoping that the two people whose votes I believe were unfairly invalidated are counted.

[rpryor03]

Obviously biased, but the invalidation of BRTD's and Hashemite's vote, in my opinion, is completely ridiculous.

Let me put it like this, Flo. You'll see what I did on this in my brief. And I worked to ensure that it was correct.

I'm just hoping that the two people whose votes I believe were unfairly invalidated are counted.

You say "unfair," I say "I did my research first."

[Filuwaúrdjan]

You were a candidate in the election. You should have resigned from this post.

[Flake]

Obviously biased, but the invalidation of BRTD's and Hashemite's vote, in my opinion, is completely ridiculous.

Let me put it like this, Flo. You'll see what I did on this in my brief. And I worked to ensure that it was correct.

I'm just hoping that the two people whose votes I believe were unfairly invalidated are counted.

You say "unfair," I say "I did my research first."

Well there might be a problem with the fact that you're also heavily invested in the outcome of the election, Mr. VP-if-the-supreme-court-sides-with-you, and I find it Deeply Disturbing™ that someone with such a huge stake in this election is the one using his discretion to invalidate votes that not only would be counted under previous SoFE's (such as EarlAW) but could ultimately tip the outcome of the election.

[Oakvale]

The Secretary must consider his position.

[rpryor03]

Obviously biased, but the invalidation of BRTD's and Hashemite's vote, in my opinion, is completely ridiculous.

Let me put it like this, Flo. You'll see what I did on this in my brief. And I worked to ensure that it was correct.

I'm just hoping that the two people whose votes I believe were unfairly invalidated are counted.

You say "unfair," I say "I did my research first."

Well there might be a problem with the fact that you're also heavily invested in the outcome of the election, Mr. VP-if-the-supreme-court-sides-with-you, and I find it Deeply Disturbing™ that someone with such a huge stake in this election is the one using his discretion to invalidate votes that not only would be counted under previous SoFE's (such as EarlAW) but could ultimately tip the outcome of the election.

And I understand where you're coming from. And I think that it'll show when I present my brief to the court that I 1, did my homework and 2, followed what I had to a t.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

OUT OUT OUT

[Хahar 🤔]

This is quite a valiant effort to defend blatant abuse of power.

[Lachi]

How in any way were Hash and BRTD "campaigning"?

[Ebowed]

How in any way were Hash and BRTD "campaigning"?

It's certainly open to interpretation.  It's clear that the Secretary benefits from his own interpretation.

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Irregardless, whether they were 'campaigning' or not, there is a clear conflict of interest here.