I find this aspect enlightening
Of the publicly cast votes https://database.talossa.com/elections/november-2025-general-elections/results/public
14 Progressive Alliance (14 on Wittenberg, 0 Database)
7 Uniun dels Reformistaes Livereschti (3 Wittenberg, 4 Database)
6 Green Party (3 Wittenberg, 4 Database)
4 Present (2 Wittenberg, 2 Database)
2 In Defensa Traditionis (1 Wittenberg, 1 Database)
I know a lot of my campaigning included a link to the voting thread to encourage people to pop in and vote, and I don't think the URL campaign materials did. Also a lot of long-term citizens have been voting publicly for their entire time in Talossa, and people tend to keep doing the same thing.
Personally, I think there's nothing wrong at all with either approach -- the secret ballot is everyone's right and we certainly would never say anything against it, even if I tend to vote the same way I always have.
I remember when we introduced the secret ballot back in the day, when I spent quite a while arguing with Sir Cresti about it. He was skeptical we had the technology to implement it, as I recall. Thankfully, we're in a different era now.
Pardon my intrusion Baron into your party forum. As I was watching the election unfold it was apparent that some voters who voted on Witt copy/pasted and might have spoiled at least a portion of their ballots. I wonder if in the future we could work with Sir Luc on some way to avoid this while still making sure anyone who wishes can vote publicly on Witt. I'd hate for voters to be disenfranchised. I'm not sure how this could be worked out, but we have time until the next GE. What do you think?
-Txec R
Quote from: King Txec on Today at 10:47:06 AMPardon my intrusion Baron into your party forum. As I was watching the election unfold it was apparent that some voters who voted on Witt copy/pasted and might have spoiled at least a portion of their ballots. I wonder if in the future we could work with Sir Luc on some way to avoid this while still making sure anyone who wishes can vote publicly on Witt. I'd hate for voters to be disenfranchised. I'm not sure how this could be worked out, but we have time until the next GE. What do you think?
-Txec R
I think that's a good idea! And it's smart to start thinking about it now. I will consult with Sir Luc and see what we can do... maybe including a "sample Wittenberg vote" template for people to use in the initial post, or as a follow-up post to which we can link directly? We don't want to do anything that will target a legal practice in order to affect the outcome, but it's also really unfortunate when ballots get spoiled.
Thank you for the thought, Your Majesty!