GROUP 4
6 - Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
4 - David Bowie - Starman
3 - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
2 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1 - B-52's - Roam

GROUP 5
6 - Dave Brubeck - Take Five
4 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
3 - Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
2 - House of Pain - Jump Around
1 -Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire

Each voting period will last three days (72 hours). Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Give your top five songs 6, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly five songs.

GROUP 4
B-52's - Roam
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
David Bowie - Starman
Derek & the Dominos - Layla
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?


GROUP 5
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
House of Pain - Jump Around
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
New Order - Blue Monday
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Toto - Africa

Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 6 points
- Number of voters giving 4 points
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- PPV in Round 2
- Rank in Round 2
- Last year's result (1 > 2 > ... > 20 > Round 4 > Round 3 > Round 2 > other)
- PPV in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Closed

Thanks for the kind thought; I'd want the same consideration if my finger slipped on the button.

Sent out: Aug 15, 2026, 5:36 PM TDT / 10:36 PM UTC
Submitted by: Breneir Tzaracomprada on behalf of the Independent Progressive
Count: 1 of 2 allowed after Balloting Day (next one: 22 Aug or later)

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Fellow Talossans,

As a founder of Talossan Progressivism and now as an Independent Progressive I am asking for your vote. After some wise encouragement from my husband to make a simple apology and allow the Greens to move on I have set out on an independent path. I wish the Greens great success, genuinely, and trust that the direction Crement will take the party will be one that allows for it to better contribute to the Kingdom.

For my part, in the next Cosa I will continue to propose legislation that makes the Talossan case for good in the world. That encourages a more peculiarly progressive take on Talossanity, and demonstrates that the character and behavior of others need not be cause for you to sink to their level. Recent events have reminded me that we can choose to be whatever we want and that a choice to be kind, empathetic, and patient has its own rewards. In the face of unkind words I choose kindness and courage. Courage is contagious. And I hope that spreads in the Kingdom ever farther.

As mentioned by the Secretary of State, you can vote in the one of the following ways:

• by using the electronic form on the Database: https://database.talossa.com/elections/august-2026-elections/vote/48e81f6b-a21f-475c-83ae-7e1446415569
• by posting on Wittenberg on the official polling place thread: https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=5436
• by compiling the PDF ballot included with this message (either digitally or by printing and scanning) and sending it by email to this same address
• by compiling the PDF ballot included with this message and sending it by post (snail mail) - contact the Secretary of State for instructions

Breneir

No, it's not the same. In order to accommodate one complaint, we adjusted the wording slightly in one respect. A member of the civil service complained that it implied that the Government had actually done the work of getting the merchandise store back open. This seemed a fair complaint, so we changed the wording to reflect the Government's managerial role. We might have been the impetus, but it wasn't fair to imply we were the ones who updated the site.

Beyond that, I'm pretty happy with it, and I think it's reflective of our pretty dramatic successes this term and the good things we want to accomplish. Though we've gotten so much interest about the embassies that I'm going to try to get that process going now... It doesn't seem like there's any partisan disagreement with the idea and everyone is on board, so why wait?

(There was a very interesting debate on Discord about the ways in which we could maybe have in-person voting at future embassies, actually!)

I appreciate the kind thought, though, and I wish you guys good luck in the election :⁠-⁠)

Is the Chancery going to allow the Progressive Alliance to take back their latest mailer? It must have been an error that they sent out exactly the same text as their first one.

GROUP 1
6 - The Who - Baba O'Riley
4 - Muse - Uprising
3 - Foo Fighters - Everlong
2 - The Police - Message in a Bottle
1 - Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure

GROUP 2
6 - The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
4 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain
3 - The Beatles - Taxman
2 - Ludwig von Beethoven - Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement
1 -Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

GROUP 3
6 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
4 - Men At Work - Down Under
3 - The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
2 - Rammstein - Haifisch
1 - Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence

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