Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on Yesterday at 02:11:27 PMI must say I was a little disconcerted by the new interface for the ranked-choice voting elections. I worked it out within a minute or two, but it might have been good for the ballot to be "trialed" a week or so in advance to give examples.

I am sorry about that - admittedly there was a "preview mode" ballot that could have been used for public trials, but I did not end up sharing it. To be fair though, the same interface was already in place for the previous general election and it seems to have worked well enough to warrant no complaints.

November-December 2025 General Election - Wittenberg Polling Station

The General Election is now open, and will remain so until December 1st at 5 PM (17:00) TST (23:00 UTC).

Ballots will be sent shortly after this post is up. If you don't receive yours, or spot a potential error, you should PM me or post on the feedback thread.

Live turnout (net me getting around to manually enter votes received outside the new Database) can be found here.

HOW TO VOTE

You can vote in either of the following ways:

• by casting an electronic ballot on the Database: https://database.talossa.com/elections/november-2025-general-elections/vote
• by posting on Wittenberg on the official polling place thread (this one)
• by compiling the PDF ballot included with the ballot email and sending it by email to this same address
• by compiling the PDF ballot included with the ballot email and sending it by post (snail mail) - contact the Secretary of State for instructions

Either way, the first vote I receive is the one that counts. As per the Organic Law, all votes are final, and cannot be retracted, modified or altered in any way: if multiple votes are sent, only the first one is counted. The only exception is that if you vote on the Cosa part, but forgot to vote on the Senate part, you may cure your ballot by adding your Senate vote before the election deadline.


IF YOU'RE VOTING ON WITTENBERG

Remember to vote on all parts of the ballot. If you only specify a party, your vote will only count for the Cosă.

A. Elections to the 62nd Cosă
Vote for one of the following parties:

Party	Leader(s)	50-Word Statement	Candidates list
Uniun dels Reformistaes Livereschti	Dame Miestră Schivă  Mic'haglh Autófil	The URL will continue the successes of the current Government - a big boost in immigration, a firm stand against harassment and dirty politics. We are the party of more democracy and less intrusive government, and the only party offering someone new for Seneschal. Give Mic'haglh Autófil a majority!	Sir Martì-Páir Furxhéir  Dame Miestră Schivă  Sir Marcel Tafial  Txoteu Davinescu  Mic'haglh Autófil  Pôl dal Nordselvă  Jack Morrison
Progressive Alliance	Baron Alexandreu Davinescu	Reject negativity, embrace accountability, preserve institutions, and move forward with new ideas: repeal the government's secret control on immigration; remove red tape; fix up the website; and put a human face on the government. Promote the fun stuff that's happening... and let the world know about our amazing little nation!	Mximo Carbonel  Sir X. Pol Briga  Baron Alexandreu Davinescu  Baroness Litz Cjantscheir  Eovart Xhorxh  Françal Ian Lux  Tric'hard Lenxheir  Þerxh Sant-Enogat
Green Party	Breneir Tzaracomprada	A politics that reflects but isn't the basis of our culture. Leadership not in service of satisfying personal grievances but for Talossa and her needs. Positive change not as election time gimmicks but as a catalyst for enduring progress. We seek a culture guided by connection not divisive politics.	Breneir Tzaracomprada  Tariq Zubair  Francesco Manzella  Muhammed Yasir  Emeka Iwuagwu
In Defensa Traditionis	Max Maltezos	Dacuort, la società regreßeva à pecançă es urvideva Dïeu qi formeva lor in l'imatx sieu. El parti "In Defensa Traditionis" ("In Zefençù da la Tradiziun" in Latineu) isch presentat estar ün antidot per acest. Credent qe governamaintsch isch zonat à Dïeu come ün aleguor de sieu regleu maxhestic över l'ünivirs.	Max Maltezos
Independent Green/Anarcho-Surrealist	Garth Spencer	Talossa can lead the world in ecologically sustainable lifestyle and industrial practices, since our ecological impact and industries are a matter of opinion. Also, since we were all transported into a virtuality in the 1970s, Talossa can teach the world to face our virtual existence with humour.	Garth Spencer

If you do not wish to vote for any, vote PRESENT. Voting for any other party other than those listed above will also spoil this part of your ballot and count as PRESENT.

B. Elections to the Senate
If you are a citizen of Fiovă, Florenciă, Maricopa or Maritiimi-Maxhestic, you are also voting for your next Senator. The following people have declared their candidacy:

• Fiovă: Sir Gödafrïeu Válcadác'h
• Florenciă: Breneir Tzaracomprada and Mximo Carbonel
• Maricopa:  Txoteu Davinescu and Pôl dal Nordselvă
• Maritiimi-Maxhestic (special): Baron Alexandreu Davinescu and Sir Marcel Tafial

This is a ranked vote: You can rank any number of eligible citizens of your province, not limited to those who have declared their candidacy.

C. Organic Referenda
One referendum is on the ballot:

• 61RZ08, "The Seneschal Appointment Anytime Amendment" (text)

Vote ÜC/YES, NO/NON or abstain.

D. Provincial
Important: check your provincial board first. While the Chancery means to facilitate provincial elections, these are not under its purview and voting threads will normally be opened in your province's board. This comment will be updated to reflect such situations and to redirect you if that becomes the case.

Depending on your province:

• Atatürk: vote for a party to represent you in the House of Commons
• Belacostă: indicate whether you wish to claim a seat in the Provincial Assembly, AND rank three citizens of Belacostă to elect to the Provincial Council
• Cézembre: indicate whether you wish to claim a seat in L'Etats
• Fiovă: rank as many citizens of Fiovă as you like to elect three seats in the Praisidïeu
• Florenciă: vote for a party to represent you in the Nimlet
• Maricopa: indicate whether you wish to claim a seat in the Cabana
• Maritiimi-Maxhestic: indicate whether you wish to claim a seat in the Assembly
• Vuode: indicate whether you wish to claim a seat in the States General

Yeah I am much more into D&D now than I was when it was last mentioned around these boards I think. I had a pretty tepid first approach with it (for sure being too awkward to act out/rp much was a factor), but getting Baldur's Gate 3 was a terrific gateway drug. Albeit of course not all of the rules translate 1:1 - for instance, we were all recently surprised when we found out you can't actually cast a spell as an action and another BA spell like Misty Step as a BA.

My best friend DMs for us; it started off with our core group (me, his now-wife, my sister and another friend) and we did a few campaigns (all max level 7) a couple years ago, but we're too scattered around to meet regularly and nowadays we mostly do one-shots whenever @Erschéveþ da Schir is back from Germany. My friend and his wife still regularly do campaigns with another group though, and much like AD he's also gone on an absolute 3D printing binge recently, so I'm looking forwards to taking advantage of all the new pieces.

One-shots still work for me tbh, because there's more room for experimentation - in our last one, I played as a barbarian for the first time, after usually playing wizard or cleric, and it was loads of fun. It would be nice to have regular occasions to schedule a campaign though.

Please use this thread to post issues with voting, feedback, questions, etc.

I lied - one more thing, so I don't have to make a new thread: the fora for COFFEE and PdR will be archived, as both have effectively deregistered.

In what I expect will be the last post here prior to switching over to the "polling place + feedback thread" setup, I just wanted to quickly announce that most things should be in place for voting to open at any convenient time. Therefore, I think you can all expect the election to actually begin before TST noon this time, as planned (last time we had some delays and it only opened at about 2:30 PM TST).

The current number of eligible voters is 135 (but two oaths are pending and will be issued ballots if returned in time).

Oath sent.

Yes - one or more cosponsors ("micks"), as each petition needs to be presented by at least two citizens.

Yup that was well within the deadline. Will add it to the ballot shortly.

Registrations are now closed.

Sir Marcel's registration has been added to the ballot. At this point I'm wondering if candidates would be amenable to me displaying on the ballot the provincial 50-words statements they provided, using the existing DB features? It would look like this: https://database.talossa.com/elections/november-2025-general-elections/preview/MM

@Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP @Baron Alexandreu Davinescu

As of now, only one candidate has registered for the Senate race in M-M. Only about 1 day 16 hours left (as of this being posted) for any additional candidates to register!

As of now, two candidates have registered for the Senate race in Maricopa. Only about 1 day 16 hours left (as of this being posted) for any additional candidates to register!

As of now, two candidates have registered for the Senate race in Florenciă. Only about 1 day 16 hours left (as of this being posted) for any additional candidates to register!

As of now, only one candidate has registered for the Senate race in Fiovă. Only about 1 day 16 hours left (as of this being posted) before registrations close!

Only about 1 day 16 hours left (as of this being posted) before registrations close - everyone make sure to get in any last minute changes before the deadline, including any last minute new entrants for Cosă or Senate (midnight TST between the 13th and the 14th)

I am pondering if I should publicly post the mailers I receive for forwarding in addition to sending them out to opted-in citizens. Seems like the opted-out folks (not too many to be honest) are entirely locked out of what seems to be a pretty lively campaign. Also, new citizens might be missing references to prior mailers. Bit too late to implement fairly for this GE, but something to keep in mind.

Done!

TANDI QE Jason Drzewiecki tent compiaçat toct i resquiraziuns lexhitais per l'aðmiçiun àl Regipäts Talossan, es tent comvimçat la naziun es noi da sieu intereçù in la citaxhienità Talossan (la Mhiglhor Cosă Qe L'Erxhent Non Put Comprar), da sieu intenziun es desireu à partiçipar in noastră vidă naziunal, es da sieu leialtà àl Coronă, noi sint rat es þonourat àð aðmiçar perventüră Jason Drzewiecki àl statüs exaltat del 596-l:t CITAXHIÉN VEITAT DEL REGIPÄTS TALOSSAN, es dal provinçù Florenciă, cün toct i drepts, privilexhuns, es deveirs qi sint iherinds à ça.

Fäts par va mha in la nómină del Regeu Txec es sub sieu Saxhel Rexhital li 10. Noemvar in l'anneu dal eră comun 2025, in el prüm anneu del röin da noastra soveran cortös Regeu Txec, es el 46-l:t dal independençù da Talossa.

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WHEREAS Jason Drzewiecki has completed all the legal requirements for admission to the Kingdom of Talossa, and has satisfied the nation and us of his interest in Talossan citizenship (the Best Thing Money Can't Buy), of his intention and desire to participate in our national life, and of his loyalty to the Crown, we are pleased and honoured hereby to admit Jason Drzewiecki to the exalted status of the 596th NATURALISED CITIZEN OF THE KINGDOM OF TALOSSA, and of the province of Florenciă, with all the rights, privileges, and duties thereunto appertaining.

Done by my hand in the name of King Txec and under his Royal Seal this 10th day of November in the year of the common era 2025, in the 1st year of the reign of our gracious sovereign King Txec, and of the independence of Talossa the 46th.



Sir Lüc da Schir
Secretar d'Estat / Secretary of State

Oath sent!

All until this point has been recorded. Note that declarations of territorial representation have to happen after the election is over, and that 50-word statements for the Senate are not typically required and/or shown on the ballot. (However, it may be a nice idea to implement them into law in the future!)