Validation of the January 2009 Election

Gracius Maximus

Tyrant (Ret.)
The Election Commission wishes to thank the Regional Assembly for the opportunity to assist in this election process and now formally validates the election as follows:

Vice Delegate
Sydia

Speaker of the Regional Assembly
Eluvatar

Council of Lower Officials
FALKONCATS
Falconias
Namyeknom

Congratulations to our elected members.
 
Is there any reason why the actual vote tallies aren't being released?

(I refer to the provisions of Law 29, as well as the first sentence of Clause 9 of The Bill of Rights:

9. Each Nation in The North Pacific is guaranteed the organization and operation of the governmental authorities of the region on fundamental principles of democracy, accountability, and transparency.
 
The Election Commission didn't feel it necessary since the posted votes are transparent and the single private vote would not have effected the overall tallies.
 
If only 21 members of the RA are active, maybe we need to purge all the inactive members, or rewrite the law.

Correction: There are actually 26 members who are active. I just added the votes for delegate together, but I forgot that some people other than myself abstained.
 
The Election Commission didn't feel it necessary since the posted votes are transparent and the single private vote would not have effected the overall tallies.
it's always been done in the past, and I don't see why it had to be changed this time <_< :ADN:
 
The Election Commission didn't feel it necessary since the posted votes are transparent and the single private vote would not have effected the overall tallies.
it's always been done in the past, and I don't see why it had to be changed this time <_< :ADN:
I have a box of tissues in my office for you and anyone else that wishes to continue whining on a subject that has already been addressed.
 
The Election Commission didn't feel it necessary since the posted votes are transparent and the single private vote would not have effected the overall tallies.
it's always been done in the past, and I don't see why it had to be changed this time <_< :ADN:
I have a box of tissues in my office for you and anyone else that wishes to continue whining on a subject that has already been addressed.

Um, civility please? <_< :ADN:
 
The Election Commission didn't feel it necessary since the posted votes are transparent and the single private vote would not have effected the overall tallies.
it's always been done in the past, and I don't see why it had to be changed this time <_< :ADN:
I have a box of tissues in my office for you and anyone else that wishes to continue whining on a subject that has already been addressed.

Um, civility please? <_< :ADN:
That was civil. If I wished to be uncivil, as many here can attest to my being on occasion in the past, I would have commented at some length on the overly pedantic antics of some in regards to minutiae of everyday commonality in this region.

The only vote that was even potentially in contention was the Delegate vote, which held a vote of 16-5, hardly a neck and neck affair, and these numbers were expressed clearly in the thread specific for that election.

The rest of the ballot was either completely uncontested or won by such a large margin that expressed explanation should not have been necessarily for anyone that bothered to take even a cursory glance at the voting thread.

Romanoffia garnered one vote in the only contested election outside the Delegacy, which has already been addressed. One vote. There were 25 votes cast publicly. Even if the remaining 14 members of the Regional Assembly had bothered to vote privately, instead of that number being one, and they had all voted for Romanoffia the end result would have been the same.

Likewise, the CLO only needed to be elected via plurality and since their were only three candidates running for three positions and since the Court has ruled that abstentions are not equivalent to Nays in a vote or election even a single vote for each of the candidates assured them of their spot provided that at least one vote for each was placed on a ballot.

Therefore, through any reasonably logical appraisal there should have been no question whatsoever of the validity of the statement made in the opening post of this thread and no reason whatsoever for a full disclosure of the final tally outside that of polite information, which I indeed did provide after the first inquiry. I fail to see the need for repeated conversation or comment on the issue.
 
...and since the Court has ruled that abstentions are not equivalent to Nays in a vote or election even a single vote for each of the candidates assured them of their spot provided that at least one vote for each was placed on a ballot.

That is, if you could vote Nay in an election.
 
...and since the Court has ruled that abstentions are not equivalent to Nays in a vote or election even a single vote for each of the candidates assured them of their spot provided that at least one vote for each was placed on a ballot.

That is, if you could vote Nay in an election.
Under previous interpretations you effectively could. If there had been more abstentions than votes in the CLO vote then it is possible that one or more of the candidates could have been excluded when those were being counted as part of the overall tally.
 
...and since the Court has ruled that abstentions are not equivalent to Nays in a vote or election even a single vote for each of the candidates assured them of their spot provided that at least one vote for each was placed on a ballot.

That is, if you could vote Nay in an election.
Under previous interpretations you effectively could. If there had been more abstentions than votes in the CLO vote then it is possible that one or more of the candidates could have been excluded when those were being counted as part of the overall tally.
How so?

8. Election of the Speaker of the Assembly, CLO, and Judiciary officials shall require a plurality vote of the Assembly.

Seems to me all they need is the most votes in favour of them. There is no explicit 'against' vote.
 
Since we have no elected delegate, doesn't that mean the elected Vice Delegate is technically the legal delegate?

As my first motion, I order that every third Friday of the month is biz-casual. Wear a wacky tie!
 
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