Curial Election Commentary Thread

[Jom]

I was not aware that the replace would come from an election already in progress? Where was that announced? I missed it.

Over here, VP.

[Viking Prince]

Thanks for the link, Jom.

I guess this is a real turnover then with three nonincumbants in one election. Congradulations to all! And may God have mercy on you all.

[Mega Tortas de Bodemloze]

Well.... It's alright, I suppose there's nothing I can do about it now....




Congratulations to...Elzabar, Leonidas, Trax and Augustus Lucifer. Bravo, well done.......

[Mega Tortas de Bodemloze]

And for those that have'nt heard yet....

How have four members been elected to three seats?

Resignation: Heinz Guderian http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=356974

Atten all Citizens: fourth CdeC member elected. http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357420

[Elzabar]

Congratulations to Elzabar and Leonidas for attaining seats in this election, second or third or fourth or whateverth time seems to be the charm!

I'd also like to thank those who voted for me for their confidence in my service, which I hope I can reciprocate for one more term.

Cheers, third time lucky, so they say

Congrats to you all, too. AL, Trax and Leonidas.

And thanks to all who voted for me. Seems I only got 5 more votes then the last election

[Viking Prince]

Cheers, third time lucky, so they say

Congrats to you all, too. AL, Trax and Leonidas.

And thanks to all who voted for me. Seems I only got 5 more votes then the last election

Yes, but if in three months you choose to run to retain your seat --- you will know the meaning of 'throw the bums out'!

[Senno]

Congrats to all the n00bs. In with the n00bs, out with the old farts...

A changing of the guard is great.

Now then, get to work.

[Lysimachus]

It's nice to see some different people for once. I'm pretty happy I got in before the likes of Trax got elected though, he comes across as having pretty high expectations

[M D]

THREE CHEERS FOR THE NEW CURIAL OFFICERS!

Hip Hip Huzzah!

Hip Hip Huzzah!

Hip Hip Huzzah

Now go forth, all of you and do your best to make this CVRIA perfect, I mean god, who let Lysimachus in

[Trax]

I'm pretty happy I got in before the likes of Trax got elected though, he comes across as having pretty high expectations

Indeed, you are more lucky than you can imagine. I've been keeping my eyes on you.

[Raglan]

congratulations to those that won

[Lysimachus]

congratulations to those that won

Better luck next time eh? At least you can apply, i've got to wait three months

[Nole4694]

Indeed congrats to you all

[Raglan]

i'm confussed, hasn't the election just happened? are we redoing it for some reason?

[Leonidas The Lion]

According to Squid, Trax's election was unconstitutional, still don't see how that invalidates the other 3 elections, but yeah were doing it again.

[Jom]

Pedantry, basically. Some perceive the Constitution as restricting the Curator's actions in this case, others see it healthy that the Curator used her discretion.

[Mega Tortas de Bodemloze]

Yes, Augustus is completely right here. I can understand the confusion, but in fact absolutely no one is questioning the legitimacy of the first vote. All three members should stay in the CDeC, and no one would claim otherwise. All that Squid (and anyone who agreed with him) minds is using the first vote to promote a fourth candidate (Trax). Having a new run-off poll for 4th place is fine, but there's no need to re-do everyone's because of this.

And I agree with AL, and have said it already that the election of the 3 councilors was done correctly, its is just those election results cannot be used to choose Heinz replacement.

Given that an election is being held for HG's retired seat, can we not let the duly elected councilor's carry on with their duties?
What's the impediment to this?

[Augustus Lucifer]

Personally I'm not keen on going through the same procedure twice.

[Viking Prince]

So mabe I should tag team you AL. I already am missing the process.

Actually you should run again if indeed the original contested 3 seats need to be contested again. I do not think it necessary to void the results, but then in the real world such a rerun is the only means to give clean results once the original results are tainted. I wished that more of our politicians had enough respect for the electorate as I see with our Curator.

[Augustus Lucifer]

Being reachable and open to other opinions is doubtless a good thing. But when something this drastic is to be instituted it should be discussed beforehand to see if anyone feels that course of action is necessary to assuage their complaints. I think what happened here is a problem was noted and what it encompassed was overextended and then acted upon. I have full faith in the Curator which is why I hope she will reconsider this course of action for a more agreeable middle ground, since it is no more set in stone now than the original course was.

And you're right about tainted results, but the key here is nothing about the vote itself was tainted, the only thing anyone took issue with is how the vote data was interpreted to fill an extra seat. The data itself is perfectly valid for the three seats it set out to fill. So a more apt example is someone counted the votes wrong. Everyone doesn't go back to the polls, they just count them over again.