JustinTimeCuber vs. Ben Kenobi

[JustinTimeCuber]

Honorable Justice Jbrase, Associate Justice for the South, I am filing this lawsuit against Ben Kenobi on the grounds that he broke the Rules of Procedure of the Southern Legislature, section 4:

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Ben Kenobi, as Dean of the Chamber of Delegates, conducted nominations under Section 1 then proceeded to hold a vote under the same. However, after all Delegates voted, he arbitrarily disqualified two of the votes, that of Delegate fhtagn and my own, by creating a rule with no precedent that ballots can not be edited more than 10 minutes after being posted. The Rules and Procedure give him no authority to do so, and he clearly did this on partisan grounds to change the result. Again, the Rules and Procedure give him no authority to do this.

Thank you for your consideration.

[Wisconsin+17]

How exactly is invalidating a ballot edited 5 hours after it was cast partisan?

[JustinTimeCuber]

Well, for one, first you just tried to get my ballot, which was only edited 15 minutes after being cast. Secondly, you have no power to decide what the time limit is. Maybe if you would stop deadlocking everything and let the right person be Speaker, we could improve upon the rules.

[Wisconsin+17]

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Correct, and in the end I chose to accept your ballot. This is after I already notified you once to correct your ballot (which was invalid as cast) as you had two ballots there.

I am not out to get you Cuber.

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How is it partisan for me to invalidate a ballot cast after 5 hours? Peebs agreed with me, that it was reasonable to invalidate ftaghn's ballot.

[JustinTimeCuber]

I think you're misinterpreting what Secretary Peebs said, unless she PMed you. You still haven't pointed to any authority you might have to disqualify a vote based on it being edited too late. There is only one mention of your task as Dean:

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Doesn't say anything about arbitrarily discounting votes.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Can confirm I did not PM Ben.

[Wisconsin+17]

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My task as Speaker and Dean of the House of Delegates is to conduct the Speakership vote. Peebs, who is our elections official concurs with invalidating fhtagn's ballot.

This deadlocks the election 2:2.

You are well within your rights to contest the election here, but there are precedents for invalidating ballots in similar circumstances in the South.

[Wisconsin+17]

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Indeed. I don't believe I ever claimed that you contacted me via PM.

[JustinTimeCuber]

Peebs, who is our elections official concurs with invalidating fhtagn's ballot.

Again, I said if anything, not that there was anything.

it appears that you are mistaken.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

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Indeed. I don't believe I ever claimed that you contacted me via PM.

I figured I might as well make it clear.

[JustinTimeCuber]

I withdraw this case conditional on Delegate Ben Kenobi calling for a re-vote in the next two hours with the condition that no vote shall be invalidated without breaking a rule clearly stated in the original post calling for a re-vote.

[CatoMinor]

As stated in the other thread, until these cases are decided the office of speaker shall remain vacant and y'all will just have to move things in the the Chamber forward by consensus. I will give the plaintiff JTC 24 hours to plead his case and Ben Kenobi or a representative of his choosing shall have an additional 24 hours to respond.

So it is written, so it shall be done.

[JustinTimeCuber]

I withdraw this case conditional on Delegate Ben Kenobi calling for a re-vote by 3:00 PM CDT tomorrow with the condition that no vote shall be invalidated without breaking a rule clearly stated in the original post calling for a re-vote.

Otherwise, I will plead my case. As I said in a different thread, starting up shouldn't take 2 full weeks. Vámonos.

[JustinTimeCuber]

Okay, so since we've reached a deal, I'm withdrawing this case.