The Electoral Commission has been contacted to proceed with certification of the election results. I will update the citizenry on certification status as necessary.

Because of the large winning margins, I advise @Baron Alexandreu Davinescu , @Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be and @Eðo Grischun to start making arrangements about paying the $5 Senate winner's fee to the Treasury, so they can be seated immediately after the election is certified.

@Xheralt Del'Encradeir , you should have received your ballot and all reminders at your x****@y****.com email address. If you prefer another address you check more often to be used, contact me to update your contact settings.

This is the best thing I've read on Witt in quite some time. I'm so glad to hear Litz is doing better. Hopefully she can get back on Witt soon (but yeah, I would say we should try to get Chris on as well. He sounds like a delightful person.)

Huh. Rather than a coin flip, can I just step aside in favor of @Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be ?

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Today at 09:53:22 AMOof, this is brutal.

Yeah, and unfortunately it's not gonna get better. With your strongest riders having abandoned (or in the case of Almeida: being in very poor form) you basically have no point scoring opportunities anymore. And the assist point strategy doesn't really work when there's no one to assist. At this point this edition is basically over for the Menceis  and it's only a matter of time until they drop to last place (unless some crazy miracle happens).

Quite a big change from last edition when the same strategy got you the win! I guess it must be high risk, high reward.

I'm so glad to hear this update. Thank you, Chris, for keeping tabs on Talossa for Litz and for sharing this news with us!

Oof, this is brutal.

Stage 10  »  Alcaraz  ›  Elche de la Sierra

Pretty unpredictable sprint finish after many attacks in the final stages. Ultimately only Van Aert (CJO/CHX, 4th) and Albanese (CJO/DED, 11th) really featured in the sprint, with Bilbao, Camprubí, Carapaz and Zana getting a few points as well.

Low scoring for everyone but Naziun Cjovani and Cyclohexane, who both lift themselves closer to third place.

Standings after stage 10:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	4321	+88
2nd	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	3593	+66
3rd	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	3329	+80
4th	(=)		The Manilows (MAN)	3306	+58
5th	(+2)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	3289	+294
6th	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	3273	+196
7th	(-2)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	3216	+75
8th	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	2546	+8
9th	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	2543	+126
10th	(+1)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	2377	+112
11th	(-1)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	2340	+48

Today a pretty straightforward sprint stage. Unfortunately Mads Pedersen, who has been ill for the past few days, has withdrawn from TCAT and will not start. He leaves REX, MMM and CFA - all quite delayed - one more man down, with Cjovani the only team still sporting a full roster (though among their own, Almeida has shown very little so far for how expensive he was).

You should have been getting email reminders from the Chancery as well? Sorry, I didn't want to pester you via email as well

Doggone it, I know I logged in more recently than two weeks ago, to at least check for DM's, yet somehow the DM's reminding me about the election (dating from the 15th onward) and asking for my vote never appeared until today!  Weird glitch.  Oh well.