Quote from: Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB on September 29, 2023, 01:19:19 PMThat is partly my fault as I did not notice the error in the voting thread. The ballots are, however, correct. My apologies.

Understood that you have needed to make thread header updates from time to time but there could be a glitch in procedures as some things that were corrected for awhile reverted somehow.

With people not completely reading the instructions in the ,[Cantzelerïă/Chancery] September 2023 General Election Polling Station there has been at least one vote cast there. 

There will need to be instructions added to the CAG for this type of situation, and the point is moot this time.  As Sénéchal I would be inclined to transfer the vote to the proper thread, except it is not for a candidate listed in the election, which would in turn be ignored as invalid.

Quote from: xpb on February 04, 2021, 10:07:09 PMMy ID card appears to be seriously out of date!  Who do I need to contact in  the Civil Service?

I started this thread with a photo of my previous ID, but the link does not seem to work - is there a time-out on uploaded files to this forum?  If so there should be a methodology to archive those, or perhaps this was part of the Wittocolypse?

Quote from: Ián Tamorán S.H. on September 20, 2023, 04:37:34 AMCosa: FREEDEMS
Senate: FREEDEMS

Referendum: Present

The votes for Lord Warden take place at https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=2717.0 or via the electionbuddy.com email sent to all Cézembre citizens to the address registered with talossa.ca

HOW TO VOTE

PUBLIC: Voters will be able to vote on Wittenberg publicly in a single vote thread (The thread listed above) created for casting votes on Wittenberg.  Voters may vote for the candidate Glüc da Dhi S.H. or vote PRESENT on or before 1 October, 2023 19:30 TST (UTC-5) (This corresponds to 19:30 in Milwaukee (WI), USA and 2 October 2023 02:30 CÉST Cézembre Summer Time)

SECRET: Voters will receive by email a ballot from the Electionbuddy.com system by which they may cast their ballot either for the candidate Glüc da Dhi S.H. or vote PRESENT on or before 1 October, 2023 19:30 TST (UTC-5) (This corresponds to 19:30 in Milwaukee (WI), USA and 2 October 2023 02:30 CÉST Cézembre Summer Time)

Quote from: Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN on September 16, 2023, 07:18:11 PM

Quote from: xpb on September 16, 2023, 05:41:31 PM

Quote from: Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN on September 16, 2023, 04:57:19 PMTechnically speaking the whole ballot is moot given we have only one candidate and CZA9, Section 15, could theoretically have been applied, namely:

Quote"15. If there is one sole candidate for the position of Lord Warden at the start of the election, no election will be held and the sole candidate will be considered elected to the position." 

However, as XPB has said, no harm in a test run!

A9: The 51st Cosa Lord Warden Election Act
was for a specific election. 

A11: The 52nd Cosa Lord Warden Election Act was defeated

there have been no general amendments to the CAG, just these specific ones

That makes things slightly more complicated then...

If not any of the above, then what provincial statutes regarding the election of a Lord Warden is the current election being carried out under?

The current statues that apply are:

Chapter V- The Lord Warden

Article 17. Cézembre's delegate to the Senäts shall be known within the Province as the Lord Warden. He/she will be elected whenever this is required by the Organic Law, in an election conducted by the Sénéchal or his appointed agent, in accordance with provincial statutes. If no provincial statutes regarding the election of a Lord Warden exist, or if the provisions of provincial law regarding the election of a Lord Warden cannot be implemented for practical reasons,or if provincial statutes regarding the election of a Lord are in conflict with this Constitution or the Organic Law, the Sénéchal or his appointed agent will request the National Chancery in writing and in good time to conduct the election in accordance with National Law.

As Sénéchal I am conducting the election of the Lord Warden.  I have requested, at my option in that office, to not have the Chancery conduct the election.  There is are a variety of other chapters and amendments that apply to l'Etats, and to the Sénéchal, and to specific enumerated Lord Warden elections of the past.

l'Etats continues to be seated until one week after the general election, when the Cézembre election shall begin.  During that time period I expect that there will be various proposals to begin the process of better organization of the CAG and clarification the statutory laws of Cézembre, as part of the leadup to the election of Sénéchal and l'Etats.

Chapter III- Le Sénéchal
Article 11. Le Sénéchal shall be the elected leader of Cezembre. Le Sénéchal shall have the power to issue proclamations which have the force of law. These proclamations may be appealed or amended as regular laws. These proclamations may not act as acts of attainders or any activity prohibited by the Organic Law (with regards to Prime Dictats). These proclamations must be counter-signed by the Governor-General (or the King, in case of, by lack of appointment or by long-term absence, a Governor-General).
Article 12. The Sénéchal may appoint a deputy Sénéchal. The deputy may act in name of the Sénéchal when instructed by the Sénéchal to do so or whenever the Sénéchal is absent for a long period, in which case all duties of the Sénéchal will be temporarily taken over by the deputy.
Article 13. A Sénéchal shall be elected, by the citizens of Cezembre, in an election conducted by the Sénéchal or his appointed agent, in the event there is no incumbent Sénéchal or the Sénéchal is inactive for more than a week, the Governor-General or his appointed agent. All citizens of Cézembre have the right to vote and/or be a candidate in this election.
Article 14. Elections as described by article 10 will take, no less and no longer than 3 weeks. Cézembrians must announce their candidacy in the first week of the election and polls shall open on the first day of the 2nd week and close on the last day of the third week.
Article 15. Elections, as described in articles 10 and 11 will start no earlier than one week and no later than two weeks after the election deadline of Talossan general elections or after a resolution has been approved by a majority of the l'Etats de Cézembre removing the previous Sénéchal or should the Sénéchal, resign, die or be unable to fulfill his duties for any reason.

Quote from: Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN on September 16, 2023, 04:57:19 PMTechnically speaking the whole ballot is moot given we have only one candidate and CZA9, Section 15, could theoretically have been applied, namely:

Quote"15. If there is one sole candidate for the position of Lord Warden at the start of the election, no election will be held and the sole candidate will be considered elected to the position." 

However, as XPB has said, no harm in a test run!

A9: The 51st Cosa Lord Warden Election Act
was for a specific election. 

A11: The 52nd Cosa Lord Warden Election Act was defeated

there have been no general amendments to the CAG, just these specific ones

When collecting and analyzing data, quantitative research deals with numbers and statistics, while qualitative research deals with words and meanings. Both are important for gaining different kinds of knowledge.

In effect, polling is a component of qualitative research, as would be shown in the results of elections to be linked to the statements and actions of the individuals and organizations involved in that given election.

What should be avoided is this:

As per the Cézembre Administration Guide Article 15. Elections, (which include those for l'Etats de Cézembre and Sénéchal (as described in articles 10 and 11) will start no earlier than one week and no later than two weeks after the election deadline of Talossan general elections or after a resolution has been approved by a majority of the l'Etats de Cézembre removing the previous Sénéchal or should the Sénéchal, resign, die or be unable to fulfill his duties for any reason.

In this instance the Cézembre elections shall be called to start on 9 October, 2023. 

Article 14. Elections as described by article 10 will take, no less and no longer than 3 weeks. Cézembrians must announce their candidacy in the first week of the election and polls shall open on the first day of the 2nd week and close on the last day of the third week.

Thus, nominations for Le Sénéchal de Cézembre shall be accepted from 9 to 16 October, 2023.  There is no restriction on declaration of intent to pursue the office, as long as there is a definitive nomination made within the specified time frame, either in this thread, or via email.  This information will be sent by email to all citizens at the start of the election period, such that they could respond should they not be observant of this forum.

Chapter III- Le Sénéchal

Article 11. Le Sénéchal shall be the elected leader of Cezembre. Le Sénéchal shall have the power to issue proclamations which have the force of law. These proclamations may be appealed or amended as regular laws. These proclamations may not act as acts of attainders or any activity prohibited by the Organic Law (with regards to Prime Dictats). These proclamations must be counter-signed by the Governor-General (or the King, in case of, by lack of appointment or by long-term absence, a Governor-General).


As Le Sénéchal de Cézembre I shall conduct the election if there are other candidates declared between 9 and 16 October.


A8: The Sénéchal Elections Act Approved: 31 December, 2013

WHEREAS

the Cézembrean Constitution does not specify the exact procedure for electing a Sénéchal, now

THEREFORE

l'Etats declares the following to be the correct procedure for the election of a Sénéchal, in accordance
with the Constitution of Cézembre:

1. The dates of the election shall be determined in accordance with the Constitution.

2. If the Conducting Officer, designated by the Constitution decides to run as a candidate, he/she must appoint someone else to act as Conducting Officer in his/her stead.

3. Before the election starts, the person conducting the election must request and be granted access to the Cézembrean section of the electoral database, in accordance with the Provincial Minions Act.

4. All candidates contesting in the election may choose to elect a representative to supervise the elections.

5. A candidate representative as appointed according to clause 4 must be a citizen of Talossa, may not be a candidate in the election, and must request and be granted access to the Cézembrean section of the electoral database, in accordance with the Provincial Minions Act.

6. Before the start of the nomination phase the Conducting Officer will send all voters an email explaining the election procedures. This message must be posted online as well to ensure voters who did not receive the email have the chance to notify the Conducting Officer of the mistake, so it can be fixed.

7. If the Conducting Officer is notified of a change in email address, he/she must report this change to the chancery.

8. The election will be conducted using Ballotbin or a similar automated ballot that is capable of conducting the elections in accordance with the provisions of this act.

For 8. the method being used for those who wish to participate by secret ballot is Electionbuddy.com, as is being used in the current election for Lord Warden and has been used in previous elections for l'Etats de Cézembre which currently has no charge as long as there are 20 or fewer citizens being polled.  This could support a larger number of citizens overall at no charge if some citizens were to declare that they would vote in public and not require a secret ballot - I have always done that, and so declare, so this system would support a population of 21.  Should that number be exceeded, and no others declare that they would vote in public, there would need to be a way to generate the funds to conduct the secret ballot through a robust outside organization.  One way to do this would be for a winning candidate to pay a fee, such as occurs for Senators in the realm.

Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on September 16, 2023, 02:09:07 AMI vote for Glüc for Lord Warden !

With this vote being recorded, the balance of the election is moot, but will still serve the candidate to perceive the involvement of the constituency.  The election also serves as a test of the election process that will repeat beginning on October 9 for l'Etats and Sénéchal. 

Electionbuddy.com email has been sent.  In order to use the free option on that system, there would not be an additional reminder email from that system - instead a general email from cezembrelandoffice@gmail.com will be sent.

Part 3: Cosa Election I vote for TNC, the Talossan National Congress

Part 5: Referendum I vote Për for RZ13 - The Legal Repair Amendment

Part 6: The election for Lord Warden is being conducted in the province in the thread Lord Warden September 2023 Cézembre Election Polling Station.  As differs from information posted earlier in this general election thread for Senate elections conducted by the Chancery, there is no provision in the Cézembre Administration Guide for write in candidates.

Part 7: Provincial Election - as per the Cézembre Administration Guide Article 15. Elections, (which include those for l'Etats de Cézembre and Sénéchal (as described in articles 10 and 11) will start no earlier than one week and no later than two weeks after the election deadline of Talossan general elections or after a resolution has been approved by a majority of the l'Etats de Cézembre removing the previous Sénéchal or should the Sénéchal, resign, die or be unable to fulfill his duties for any reason.
In this instance they shall be called to start on 9 October, 2023.

Article 8. The chancery is requested to conduct elections to l'Etats. Elections to l'Etats shall be conducted at the same time as elections to the Cosâ and in accordance with the national election laws and rules. The Sénéchal (or the Governor-General in case the Sénéchal has been absent for more than one week) may request the chancery not to conduct those elections in no less than one week before balloting day. If the Sénéchal (or Governor-General) makes such a request, the Sénéchal (or the Governor-General) shall conduct the elections in accordance with provincial election laws and rules.

As Sénéchal this request to the chancery not to conduct those elections was made July 13, 2023, 08:59:33 PM in the aforementioned discussion thread.

The candidate for Lord Warden is

@Glüc da Dhi S.H.

HOW TO VOTE

PUBLIC: Voters will be able to vote on Wittenberg publicly in a single vote thread (THIS THREAD) created for casting votes on Wittenberg.  Voters may vote for the candidate Glüc da Dhi S.H. or vote PRESENT on or before 1 October, 2023 19:30 TST (UTC-5) (This corresponds to 19:30 in Milwaukee (WI), USA and 2 October 2023 02:30 CÉST Cézembre Summer Time)

SECRET: Voters will receive by email a ballot from the Electionbuddy.com system by which they may cast their ballot either for the candidate Glüc da Dhi S.H. or vote PRESENT on or before 1 October, 2023 19:30 TST (UTC-5) (This corresponds to 19:30 in Milwaukee (WI), USA and 2 October 2023 02:30 CÉST Cézembre Summer Time)

As Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN provided the motion within the RAK and all other members of l'Etats have voted to revoke and annull the Keys to the Kingdom of C. Carlüs Xheráltsëfiglheu it is hereby adopted.

It has been more than 24 hours from the announced end of nominations, and no additional nominations have been received either in this thread or via email.

Calling again for nominations.  None have been received via email and a 2nd prompt will be sent out via that mechanism.