darn my post was somehow not made, tried a couple days ago

Quote from: Sir Lüc on August 12, 2026, 04:30:38 PM

Quote from: Garth Spencer on August 12, 2026, 03:59:25 PMDear Burgermeister,

I wish to re-register the following political party in the Cosa. Is it permissible for me to send you the registration fee by an e-transfer to this email? Is it permissible for me to send it on Friday, August 14th, which is one day after the stated deadline?

Particulars:

Full party name: The Independent Green Anarcho-Surrealist Party

Party leader:  Garth Spencer

General aims and views:  The Independent Green Anarcho-Surrealist Party aims to fight gravity and boredom in Talossan affairs by introducing levity, interest, and strange resolutions to the Cosa. We encourage all Talossans, especially elected representatives, to do something funny or at least surreal every day. Get surreal!

List of candidates: Garth Spencer

Yours,

Garþ Açafat

Azul Garth, I have moved your registration to the appropriate thread. (And took notice of it, and will be adding you to the ballot ASAP)

Tagging @xpb for how to pay the fee, but just wanted to point out the deadline for the fee is September 30 if you don't intend to send campaign mailers; if you pay earlier, you can send those as soon as you do, but you don't need to pay by August 13/14/15 to appear on the ballot.

Most direct will be via PayPal to burgermeister@talossa.com
I also have Zelle or Venmo alternatives

VIRTUAL TOP 20 (R2 PPV)
1. You Can't Always Get What You Want - 2.714
2. Black hole Sun - 2.500
3. Paranoid Android - 2.333
4. Telegraph Road - 2.000
5. Mondscheinsonate, 3rd movement - 1.857
5. Message in a Bottle - 1.857
7. Street Spirit (Fade Out) - 1.750
8. The Sound of Silence - 1.714
8. Taxman - 1.714
10. Baba O'Riley - 1.667
11. Take Me Out - 1.625
11. Take Five - 1.625
11. Roam - 1.625
11. Paranoid - 1.625
11. Starman - 1.625
16. Everlong - 1.571
16. Uprising - 1.571
16. The Chain - 1.571
16. A Forest - 1.571
16. Sympathy for the Devil - 1.571

4 songs from last years top 20 have been eliminated:

The Devil Went Down to Georgia (6), More Than a Feeling (7), September (19) and Kashmir (20)

In addition, two semifinalists have been eliminated: Once in a Lifetime and Roxanne

1 song remains from this years TMT special winners: Nýfallið regn

Out of the 15 remaining new nominations after round 1, 5 made it to round 3.

Eeh, I have just spotted a bug in the code that meant the "Enable preview ballot" admin toggle functioned the wrong way around. Apologies for that. Because of it, the code checking for permission to actually use the preview ballot would boot users out if the option was enabled, rather than disabled, unless they were administrators, which is why I didn't spot this earlier.

This is now fixed and the preview function should work as expected.

What do you call someone who:

- first, bullies someone out of active participation in Talossa;
- and then, runs a political party whose name and branding is a direct parody of that which their bullying victim used to run?

You'd call him a sex pest unanimously condemned by the Ziu.

One of the difference of opinion between me and the Progressive Alliance is that, while we agree that what this character did to @Sir Lüc was beyond the pale, I think exactly the same of what he did to @Munditenens Tresplet and @Bråneu Excelsio, UrN .

Compare and contrast, with emphasis added:

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on August 03, 2026, 11:56:36 AMStatement on 62RZ26 - The Democracy Act and Amendment
In Favor: This bill was crafted together by the Progressive Alliance.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on June 02, 2026Okay, so this is legal text from myself, Miestra, and Mic'haglh.

This is not the first time we have gone through the cycle:

1. Talossan reformists agitate for a reform.
2. Baron Davinescu opposes that reform for a long while.
3. Eventually, Baron Davinescu comes around to supporting the reform.
4. Baron Davinescu takes it upon himself - quite assertively - to write the draft of the reform himself.
5. He then takes credit for the reform.

The Union of Free Reformists is the party of team government and we are also the party of giving credit where it is due.

Quote from: Garth Spencer on August 12, 2026, 03:59:25 PMDear Burgermeister,

I wish to re-register the following political party in the Cosa. Is it permissible for me to send you the registration fee by an e-transfer to this email? Is it permissible for me to send it on Friday, August 14th, which is one day after the stated deadline?

Particulars:

Full party name: The Independent Green Anarcho-Surrealist Party

Party leader:  Garth Spencer

General aims and views:  The Independent Green Anarcho-Surrealist Party aims to fight gravity and boredom in Talossan affairs by introducing levity, interest, and strange resolutions to the Cosa. We encourage all Talossans, especially elected representatives, to do something funny or at least surreal every day. Get surreal!

List of candidates: Garth Spencer

Yours,

Garþ Açafat

Azul Garth, I have moved your registration to the appropriate thread. (And took notice of it, and will be adding you to the ballot ASAP)

Tagging @xpb for how to pay the fee, but just wanted to point out the deadline for the fee is September 30 if you don't intend to send campaign mailers; if you pay earlier, you can send those as soon as you do, but you don't need to pay by August 13/14/15 to appear on the ballot.

Yeah, only Fiovans get to stand in these elections

Dear Burgermeister,

I wish to re-register the following political party in the Cosa. Is it permissible for me to send you the registration fee by an e-transfer to this email? Is it permissible for me to send it on Friday, August 14th, which is one day after the stated deadline?

Particulars:

Full party name: The Independent Green Anarcho-Surrealist Party

Party leader:  Garth Spencer

General aims and views:  The Independent Green Anarcho-Surrealist Party aims to fight gravity and boredom in Talossan affairs by introducing levity, interest, and strange resolutions to the Cosa. We encourage all Talossans, especially elected representatives, to do something funny or at least surreal every day. Get surreal!

List of candidates: Garth Spencer

Yours,

Garþ Açafat