Department of Federal Elections

[Terry the Fat Shark]

hold on we are checking the math

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Well this is an interesting result. The opportunist federalist cabal and their opposition both got what they wanted. Condolences to JGibson.

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Well, it is a good thing ReaganClinton20xx switched to Alliance this morning, if he takes office and resigns, Alliance gets to appoint the replacement. Therefore, feds will not have a majority regardless on if this is right or not.

[Sestak]

The constitution states that the leadership of the "effected party" gets to fill the vacancy, so there are two ways this can go:

1. If RC takes his seat, he does so as an Alliance member, so Alliance would be the effected party in the case of his subsequent resignation and Transit gets to pick the replacement.

2. RC doesn't take his seat, meaning that there is a vacant spot to which the people elected a listed Federalist. Yankee gets to pick the replacement.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

hold on we are checking the math

The math holds up when reducing to a quota of 10.9.

[wxtransit]

Alrighty then.

[Poirot]

The constitution states that the leadership of the "effected party" gets to fill the vacancy, so there are two ways this can go:

1. If RC takes his seat, he does so as an Alliance member, so Alliance would be the effected party in the case of his subsequent resignation and Transit gets to pick the replacement.

2. RC doesn't take his seat, meaning that there is a vacant spot to which the people elected a listed Federalist. Yankee gets to pick the replacement.

Number 2 is less clear, when the person not swearing in is a member of a party that is different from the time of election. Is it the party at time of swearing in or time of election?

I think there is also a number 3, concession of victory in the Federal Electoral Act (so not in the constitution)
https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Federal_Electoral_Act#Section_12:_Concession_of_Victory

If someone elected concedes after certification but before the swearing in date, the seat goes to the next person with highest preferences.
Interested parties should look at the possible options with their legal advisors.
 

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

President, Round 1:
Fhtagn/PiT (the Physicist) - 47 (43.12%)
Pericles/MikeWells12 - 32 (29.36%)
Spiral/Adam Griffin - 23 (21.10%)
WI: Not_Madigan/Peebs - 4 (3.67%)
Unconfirmed Write-Ins (1 each for Politicalmasta73/PiT (the Physicist), Peebs/HomestarSB9, and Bore (unable to accept)) - 3 total (2.75% total)

All three unconfirmed write-ins are eliminated. No second pref for any of them, so they're all exhausted.

Round 2:
Fhtagn/PiT (the Physicist) - 47 (44.34%)
Pericles/MikeWells12 - 32 (30.19%)
Spiral/Adam Griffin - 23 (21.70%)
WI: Not_Madigan/Peebs - 4 (3.77%)

Madigan is eliminated. Two of his votes go to Pericles, one each go to Fhtagn and Spiral.

Round 3:
Fhtagn/PiT (the Physicist) - 48 (45.28%)
Pericles/MikeWells12 - 34 (32.08%)
Spiral/Adam Griffin - 24 (22.64%)

Spiral is eliminated. 15 of his votes go to Pericles, seven go to Fhtagn, two are exhausted.

Round 4:
Fhtagn/PiT (the Physicist) - 55 (52.88%)
Pericles/MikeWells12 - 49 (47.12%)

Fhtagn has been re-elected to a second full term.

Small correction: Lumine/Siren should have one vote on the first round, as both wrote themselves in for lower preference. Also, I'm fairly certain the three "unconfirmed write-ins" are just exhausted automatically, as those voters in effect did not vote for any candidate.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

President, Round 1:
Fhtagn/PiT (the Physicist) - 47 (44.34%)
Pericles/MikeWells12 - 31 (29.25%)
Spiral/Adam Griffin - 23 (21.70%)
WI: Not_Madigan/Peebs - 3 (2.83%)
WI: LumineVonReuental/Siren - 1 (0.94%)
WI: Tmthforu94/Peebs - 1 (0.94%)

Lumine and Tmth are eliminated. The vote for Lumine goes to Pericles, the vote for Tmth goes to Madigan.

Round 2:
Fhtagn/PiT (the Physicist) - 47 (44.34%)
Pericles/MikeWells12 - 32 (30.19%)
Spiral/Adam Griffin - 23 (21.70%)
WI: Not_Madigan/Peebs - 4 (3.77%)

Madigan is eliminated. Two of his votes go to Pericles, one each go to Fhtagn and Spiral.

Round 3:
Fhtagn/PiT (the Physicist) - 48 (45.28%)
Pericles/MikeWells12 - 34 (32.08%)
Spiral/Adam Griffin - 24 (22.64%)

Spiral is eliminated. 15 of his votes go to Pericles, seven go to Fhtagn, two are exhausted.

Round 4:
Fhtagn/PiT (the Physicist) - 55 (52.88%)
Pericles/MikeWells12 - 49 (47.12%)

Fhtagn has been re-elected to a second full term.

Small correction: Lumine/Siren should have one vote on the first round, as both wrote themselves in for lower preference. Also, I'm fairly certain the three "unconfirmed write-ins" are just exhausted automatically, as those voters in effect did not vote for any candidate.

If that's the case, then Tmthforu94/Peebs also gets a vote in the first round, since I gave that ticket a first pref and Tmth gave it a second. Revised calculations in quote, if it matters.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

At-large is never a head to head contest. Never has been, never will be, even if for a fleeting moment it will be, until the final votes are cast the whole field is in flux. Then you find out who came up short on that last count, especially when transfers are accounted for and there is a lot of transfers, with a number of candidates below quota.

In some ways that is a better system in that when it works probably in an ideal world (or at least my ideal world where all the candidates have earned their own voters both inside and outside the party and my PMs basically just serve as reminders that the elections have started), more representative in that sense. I have never yet seen a result that didn't match the Popular vote in an At-Large House election. April 2017 was perhaps the best test ever of that.

Granted, as is always the case in Atlasia, you have the potential for a post election chaos to erase an election result in an instant through party changes and scandals. This is partly why June was so maddening because we won a massive landslide and then DFW got fidgety and bolted for for funsies.

But the election method works! Now if only we could get more then nine or 10 candidates (or go down to seven seats)

Also, while extremely unlikely, if I were to be given the chance to appoint a Fed, I probably look at Jimmy or Koopa first as newer people with similar views and backgrounds to RC (Assembly service etc).

[Poirot]

If there is a new Federal Electoral act that becomes law (a possibility) will the Department and the Census bureau prepare a communications plan to inform the citizens of the country of the changes so they are aware of the new law?

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

If there is a new Federal Electoral act that becomes law (a possibility) will the Department and the Census bureau prepare a communications plan to inform the citizens of the country of the changes so they are aware of the new law?

I suppose I could, if it would set your mind at ease.

[Poirot]

It was a suggestion. Don't do it for me, I've tried to highlight the changes I've found. I'm informed enough.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

WARNING! Do not vote until 0:00! 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 Friday April 20 and ending 0:00 Monday April 23.

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 - NINE SEATS


[  ] dfwlibertylover of Texas
^Independent

[  ] Jimmy7812 of Pennsylvania
^{Alliance Party}

[  ] jk2020 (Sestak) of California
^{Mario Party}

[  ] Leinad of Michigan
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] NeverAgain of Virginia
^{Progressive Union Party}

[  ] Ninja0428 of Scotland
^{Progressive Union Party}

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

[  ] Peebs of North Carolina
^{Peace Party}

[  ] politicalmasta73 of Maine
^{Peace Party}

[  ] RFayette of California
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] weatherboy1102 of South Carolina
^{Progrssive Union Party}

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

[  ] None of the above
Note to Sestak: See? That was no reason to ree.

[Sestak]

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa.

Objection. The census list states that I am registered as "Mario Party", and has for some time. Given that April Fools' Day was over two weeks ago, I was under the impression that the census was accurate and up to date regarding my registration. If, as you seem to be claiming, it is not, then I hold that I should be allowed additional time to change my registration for the ballot. I am willing to litigate if necessary.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa.

Objection. The census list states that I am registered as "Mario Party", and has for some time. Given that April Fools' Day was over two weeks ago, I was under the impression that the census was accurate and up to date regarding my registration. If, as you seem to be claiming, it is not, then I hold that I should be allowed additional time to change my registration for the ballot. I am willing to litigate if necessary.

Well, yeah, you can officially change it back within the next couple hours.

[FairBol]

Could someone clarify the IRV rules for me? Specifically, what happens in a two-person race if there is a tie on the first ballot?

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Could someone clarify the IRV rules for me? Specifically, what happens in a two-person race if there is a tie on the first ballot?

I think it depends on the region. Federally, they have a runoff, and if that ends in a tie as well, they split the term. In Lincoln, they just split the term. Not sure for the South and Fremont, though.

[Sestak]

Just to clarify, is the surplus threshold the ceiling of votes over 9 or exactly votes over 9?

[Clyde1998]

Just to clarify, is the surplus threshold the ceiling of votes over 9 or exactly votes over 9?

My understanding is that the threshold is anything over nine votes (assuming it's still nine) - so if a candidate gets more than nine votes, the surplus will be transferred to their second preferences.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Too lazy to give the whole explanation, so here's a neat spreadsheet. Rounded to the nearest thousandth. Quota is 12, 116 valid voters total. ltomlinson, vern1988 (both not enough posts), PragmaticPopulist (edited too late), wxtransit (deleted original ballot), and Fuzzy Bear (registered too late) are invalid.

Candidate	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
NeverAgain	18	12	12	12	12	12	12
North Carolina Yankee	14	12	12	12	12	12	12
jk2020 (Sestak)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
dfwlibertylover	10	10.667	10.667	10.667	13.667	12	12
Leinad	10	11.762	11.762	11.762	11.762	12.006	12
RFayette	10	10.762	11.762	11.762	11.762	11.925	11.929
Weatherboy1102	9	11.333	11.333	11.333	11.333	11.577	11.577
Peebs	7	7.476	7.476	7.476	10.476	11.127	11.128
Ninja0428	8	9.667	9.667	9.667	10.667	11.033	11.033
Politicalmasta73	7	7.333	10.333	10.333	10.333	10.333	10.333
Jake Jewvinivisk (WI)	7	7	7	7	0	0	0
Jimmy7812	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
Remaining Seats	9	7	7	6	6	5	4

[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 June 22 and ending 0:00 EST Monday June 25.

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

[  ] North Carolina Yankee/dfwlibertylover
^{Federalist Party/Independent}

[  ] Ninja0428/1184AZ
^{Progressive Union Party}

[  ] LumineVonReuental/Siren
^{Alliance/Peace Party}

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

[  ] None of the above

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - NINE SEATS

[  ] Computer89/Old School Republican of Oregon
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] fhtagn of South Carolina
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] Lechasseur of Louisiana
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] OneJ_ of Mississippi
^{Peace Party}

[  ] Peebs of North Carolina
^{Peace Party}

[  ] Pericles of Minnesota
^{Progressive Union Party}

[  ] politicalmasta73 of Maine
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] razze of Florida
^{Peace Party}

[  ] RFayette of California
^{Federalist Party}

[  ] vern1988 of Maine
^{United Atlas Centrists}

[  ] weatherboy1102 of South Carolina
^{Progressive Union Party}

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

[  ] None of the above

[Poirot]

Question: what will you do with the House ballot that has two first preferences? Since we cannot read voter's intent for first preference it's like an invalid vote for House I reckon.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

^This. Also, what about that voter who didnt rank their choices, and simply X'd multiple options? I don't remember the username atm.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Question: what will you do with the House ballot that has two first preferences? Since we cannot read voter's intent for first preference it's like an invalid vote for House I reckon.

Yeah, it's exhausted when two candidates share a preference.

What about that voter who didnt rank their choices, and simply X'd multiple options? I don't remember the username atm.

I believe it would work from the top down (which is how it will be addressed in the calculations in the morning/afternoon). At least, that's what my sources are telling me.