Certified Results, August 2006 Elections

Hersfold

Hersfold

TNPer
Official Results, August 2006 General and Delegate Elections​

Prime Minister

1 invalid ballot (illegal write-in vote)
48 valid ballots cast, including:
- Flemingovia - 22 votes (46%)
- Gracius Maximus - 13 votes (27%)
- Heft - 6 votes (12%)
- 7 Abstentions (15%)

A run-off election is required for this office. Please see details below.

Run-off Results:
Flemingovia 18
Gracius Maximus 10
Abstain 2

Minister of Immigration and Internal Affairs

49 valid ballots cast, including:
- Limitless Events - 24 votes (49%)
- Cthul Murgos - 21 votes (43%) Condeded election
- 4 Abstentions (8%)

Due to an agreement between the candidates, Limitless Events is the winner of this election. No run-off will be conducted.

Minister of External Affairs

49 valid ballots cast, including:
- Haor Chall - 45 votes (92%)
- 4 Abstentions (8%)

Minister of Defense

49 valid ballots cast, including:
- Romanoffia - 39 votes (80%)
- 10 Abstentions (20%)

Minister of Justice

49 valid ballots cast, including:
- Alhoma - 40 votes (82%)
- 9 Abstentions (18%)

Minister of Communications

49 valid ballots cast, including:
- North Harmoneia - 29 votes (59%)
- dont pick it up - 18 votes (37%)
- 2 Abstentions (4%)

Minister of Arts and Entertainment

49 valid ballots cast, including:
- OPArsenal - 45 votes (92%)
- 4 Abstentions (8%)

Minister of Culture and Education

49 valid ballots cast, including:
- Fedele - 45 votes (92%)
- 4 Abstentions (8%)

Speaker of the Regional Assembly

1 invalid ballot (failed to include vote)
48 valid ballots cast, including:
- Mr_Sniffles - 27 votes (56%)
- Southwest Asia - 9 votes (19%)
- 11 Abstentions (23%)

Security Council - Names in bold have seats on the Council

Hersfold - 41 votes
Democratic Donkeys - 37 votes
Heft - 37 votes
Ator People - 36 votes
Grosseschnauzer - 29 votes
Byardkuria - 28 votes
North Harmoneia - 20 votes
Gracius Maximus - 20 votes
Daimiaena - 18 votes
Freedom & Pride - 15 votes
Blue Wolf II - 15 votes
dont pick it up - 14 votes

Mr_Sniffles recieved 19 votes but is not shown on this list, as by being elected Speaker of the Regional Assembly he chairs the Council by default and thus is ineligible to run for a second seat.

Commissioner's Note: Earlier ballots advertized the number of seats open on the Council as seven; however after reviewing the official RA list, it is apparent that, once ineligible nations are removed, there will be just over eighty RA members. Therefore, the Security Council may hold up to eight members. As there is a tie for the seventh seat, the Security Council is now expanded to an eight-member body. If someone would rather keep it at seven and have yet another run-off election as a result, please let me know and I will be happy to let you do the paperwork.

UN Regional Delegate

32 valid ballots cast, including:
- Great Bights Mum - 23 votes (72%)
- Daimiaena - 5 votes (16%)
- 4 Abstentions (12%)

Great Bights Mum is hereby ordered to take the Delegacy in a prompt and efficient manner, as prescribed in the Constitution. Former English Colony will continue to execute the duties of the office until control of the Delegacy is secured by Great Bights Mum.

Vice Delegate

32 valid ballots cast, including:
- Unterwasserseestaat - 28 votes (88%)
- 4 Abstentions (12%)

Information for run-off elections:

Since no candidate for Prime Minister or Minister of Immigration and Internal Affairs achieved 50% of the total vote, a run-off election will be held from August 10th to August 17th as specified in the Constitution. Only the top two candidates from each election may proceed - in other words, Heft is now out of the running for Prime Minister. This election will follow the same procedures as this one, except I will strongly encourage people not to abstain, so that hopefully we don't have to go to the next step (as I don't even know what it is). If anyone has any questions, please let me know.

The United Federation of Hersfold
Election Commissioner
 
Hersfold:
Great Bights Mum is hereby ordered to take the Delegacy in a prompt and efficient manner, as prescribed in the Constitution. Former English Colony will continue to execute the duties of the office until control of the Delegacy is secured by Great Bights Mum.
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Might want to check the TNP regional page. It appears Unter will be handling things until GBM gets another 100+ endorsements.
 
Should there be a runoff if only two people stood in the first place? Surely if there are only two candidates it should be first past the post.

Otherwise we could have dozens of reruns if nobody changes their vote.
 
An abstention is simply not casting a vote. Unless we are to require everyone to vote, how can we forbid abstensions?
 
If you feel like you want to abstain in a runoff, don't vote in it. Abstentions are for election ballots with multiple races on them. Runoffs aren't. They're for one race only and therefore, if you're going to come to the party on a single race, you need to actually vote.

Agreed, no abstentions.
 
flemingovia:
Should there be a runoff if only two people stood in the first place? Surely if there are only two candidates it should be first past the post.

Otherwise we could have dozens of reruns if nobody changes their vote.
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I've wondered that exact same thing... this seems rather pointless in the case of the MoIIA election because of that. Problem is, we can't forbid abstentions because people have to have the right to vote which ever way they wish, even if that means for neither candidate. That court ruling makes things incredibly annoying in that we actually have to count them towards the total number of ballots - if this were not the case, we would not need any run-offs today.

Might want to check the TNP regional page. It appears Unter will be handling things until GBM gets another 100+ endorsements.
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*Hersfold is fairly certain that's not how it's supposed to work and will be talking with FEC about that.
 
Don't count abstentions toward the final percentages, then.

Screw the courts.

<_<

edit: damn smilie, making it not apparent that this is sarcasm.....sort of
 
Many thanks to those who voted for me. I am overwhelmed by the faith you have shown in me and I will endeavor to serve the region well.

Blackshear:
Hersfold:
Great Bights Mum is hereby ordered to take the Delegacy in a prompt and efficient manner, as prescribed in the Constitution. Former English Colony will continue to execute the duties of the office until control of the Delegacy is secured by Great Bights Mum.
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Might want to check the TNP regional page. It appears Unter will be handling things until GBM gets another 100+ endorsements.
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My understanding based on past practices is that FEC will step down once my endorsements reach a level with which the region is comfortable with from a security standpoint.

*goes back to tarting*

EDIT: Oops! I see what you mean BS. Now who would have thought.....
 
In regards to the MoIIA electon, a runoff will not be needed. Having reached an agreement with Limitless Events, I conceed the election to him.
 
Cthul Murgos:
In regards to the MoIIA electon, a runoff will not be needed. Having reached an agreement with Limitless Events, I conceed the election to him.
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Eh? Ok, then, that makes things much easier.

Limitless Events is now, by default, Minister of Immigration and Internal Affairs. Congratulations.
 
A resolution to the absention question (whether or not they are counted to determine a majority in elections (as opposed to establishing a quorum on matters where a quorum is required) can always be adopted as an emendment to the Election Code (which is a TNP Law...so the amendment need only be to amend that law).

I didn't personally agree with that decision of the Court, inasmuch as the Court chose to apply the rule that absentions count in establishing a quorum or casting an election ballot.

If the members of the Regional Assembly want to change that rule, then make a proposal.

In other news....

I want to thank the members of the RA for our re-election to a fifth uninterupted consecutive term on the Security Council. I will continue to argue forcefully to maintaining the responsibility of the SC as the first responders of the RA to issues of regional security and protection.
 
I *THINK* i have changed all the masks, which means I have probably screwed up somewhere (again). Please call me or hers if there is a problem, or if you can stop my keyboard sqeaking whenever I press the space bar because it is bloody annoying.
 
*Hersfold really needs to teach Flem how to use the Admin CP.... :lol:

I'll double check all the changes, but please let me know if there's still any problems. Sorry I didn't do this sooner.

Ok, all ministers should be able to post in the Cabinet forums now, as well as see the Mod Forum. All previous ministers have been removed. Unter has been temporarily given a Delegate masking so that he can do the RaV's until GBM gets in.
 
Someone sort out my permissions, please. Flem did something odd when he gave me Security Council access.
 
Seems he forgot to click the "Regional Assembly" button. You're ok now.

Sorry a thousand times over, but I forgot to start the run-off last night. I WILL open tonight at 8:00 Eastern, 12:00 GMT.
 
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