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.

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