The law seems really clear.  You have to wait, and then appeal to the Cort.  They can set aside your vote, although I don't think you get to vote then?  I don't know, though, since this has never happened before.  If a vote wasn't counted or was cast by someone ineligible, the Electoral Commission could invalidate it.  But the law's only provision for someone asking for a redo is the Cort, I think.

You should retain a lawyer, I'd suggest.

I won't comment further on any criminal investigation at this time.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Yesterday at 11:31:24 PMThe Government will also look into if a crime has been committed.

I think my husband can confirm I was actually taking a mid-day nap when the email vote confirmation came in, if necessary. I am skeptical this was an accident as (maybe the SoS can confirm) my name would be visible on the ballot when the other person was voting. I will cooperate with whatever measures the Government proposes to hold whoever did this to account.

Yeah, that was clearly an accident on my part to include that personal link. I just copied the guide from the Chancery email as it seemed it would be helpful for others without noticing that it was personalized. As one can imagine I would not be voting present or abstaining from all of the referendums. Although I am interested in who accidentally voted using the link when it probably showed my name for the ballot.

Anyway @Sir Lüc as the Secretary of State I seek your guidance concerning how, if possible, to rectify this issue. If the only option available is to fix it after the count then how does my actual vote get reflected within the democratic process?

Whoa!  That's really unfortunate.  Breneir, you should not have sent out your personal link.  I don't even know what the law is about this, and if the Chancery can even undo this.  Let me look into it.

EDIT: "Lexh.B.4. All votes cast are be presumed to be valid. The validity of any vote may be challenged by any Talossan citizen after it is counted, by presenting the challenge as a case to the Uppermost Cort[120], with all available evidence. Should the Cort choose to hear the case, and subsequently find that a ballot has been cast or counted illegally, the final vote tally shall be adjusted to disregard the invalid vote. Special attention shall be paid to non-citizens who might attempt to forge ballots in order to interfere with or embarrass Talossa's democratic electoral process."

You can appeal to the Cort to have your vote disregarded.

The Government will also look into if a crime has been committed.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on Yesterday at 07:52:39 PM@Sir Lüc

Luc, I tried to message privately but the message was blocked. About two hours ago, I received an automated confirmation of vote message from the Database. But I have not actually voted yet so am trying to find out what happened. Luc could you please look into this? I will forward the email to the Talossa Chancery gmail.

I'll tell you what happened - because Lüc is probably asleep.

In your mailer, you included a link to a ballot paper. But you included the link with your personal identification number attached.

So, it seems that someone clicked that link to vote, and their was just registered as your own vote. This was extremely foolish on your part, given that valid links to vote were already included in Chancery mails.

You have Dien Tresplet to thank for alerting me to this (so I could alert Lüc to it).

@Sir Lüc

Luc, I tried to message privately but the message was blocked. About two hours ago, I received an automated confirmation of vote message from the Database. But I have not actually voted yet so am trying to find out what happened. Luc could you please look into this? I will forward the email to the Talossa Chancery gmail.

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

Only 6 voters this time. With this round deciding which songs will be in the final I had hoped for a somewhat higher turnout.

GROUP 1
1. Under Pressure - 13
2. Street Spirit (Fade Out) - 12
3. Baba O'Riley - 11
4. Wish You Were Here - 10 _{(1 voter giving 6 points)}
5. A Forest - 10 _{(0 voters giving 6 points)}
6. Fix You - 9 _{(1 voter giving 6 points)}
7. Uprising - 9 _{(0 voters giving 6 points, 2 voters giving 4 points)}
8. Message in a Bottle - 9 _{(0 voters giving 6 points, 0 voters giving 4 points)}
9. Everlong - 7
10. Private Idaho - 6


GROUP 2
1. Sympathy for the Devil - 19
2. Have You Ever Seen the Rain - 12 _{(1 voter giving 6 points)}
3. The Sound of Silence - 12 _{(0 voters giving 6 points)}
4. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - 11
5. Taxman - 10 _{(1 voter giving 6 points, 1 voter giving 3 points)}
6. Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement - 10 _{(1 voter giving 6 points, 0 voters giving 3 points)}
7. The Universal - 10 _{(0 voters giving 6 points)}
8. On Melancholy Hill - 8
9. Legal Tender - 2 (4th in round 2)
10. Such a Shame - 2 (5th in round 2)


GROUP 3
1. The Chain - 15
2. You Can't Always Get What You Want - 13
3. Paranoid Android - 12
4. Child in Time - 11 _{(2 voters giving 4 points)}
5. Down Under - 11 _{(1 voter giving 4 points)}
6. Voyage, Voyage - 10 _{(Round 2 ppv: 1.429)}
7. Nýfallið regn - 10 _{(Round 2 ppv: 0.833)}
8. Enjoy the Silence - 7
9. Haifisch - 4
10. Solsbury Hill - 3

Last years winner did not make it to the final directly and has a long way to go to repeating last years performance.

Message in a Bottle is the fifth song from last years top 20 to be eliminated.

Have You Ever Seen the Rain is a new nomination and immediately enters the top 20 as the highest scoring new nomination this year.

Child in Time and Taxman would also be debuting in the top 20 if they survive the semifinal.

For Street Spirit this is the first final, although it has made the top 20 before.

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