For those who missed the discord broadcast:

Welp, there go my good feelings about this leg of Season 5 for the Posse. It was nice while it lasted though.

Quote from: Sir Lüc on September 02, 2026, 11:40:42 AMThe 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.

I have made a $10 "donation" via the main website's donation function. 
Payment should appear in the Kingdom's PayPal from my English name on 2 Sep.

Stage 11   »   Cartagena  ›  Lorca

As predicted, today ended in a bunch sprint. Brennan (GHS/BDC/MAN) won his third stage. Van Aert (CHX/CJO) continued to 5th place after his leadout. Albanese (CJO/DED), Elosegui (VFL), Alleno (DED) and Porter (PTM) all finished much further back, scoring limited points. A fairly low scoring stage where BdC got the most points.

I don't know if we've ever seen a +0 on the board. If we did it would likely have been in some first week (team) time trial stage.

Standings after stage 11:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	4629	+308
2nd	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	3871	+278
3rd	(+1)		The Manilows (MAN)	3586	+280
4th	(+1)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	3573	+284
5th	(+1)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	3451	+178
6th	(-3)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	3425	+96
7th	(=)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	3303	+87
8th	(+1)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	2637	+94
9th	(-1)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	2546	+0
10th	(=)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	2455	+78
11th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	2370	+30

Tomorrow should be more interesting, as we get a mountain stage with an uphill finish that should suit climbers. It could be a good opportunity for a break, but I also expect to see some timegaps among the GC contenders.

One short additional remark: The number of present votes seems unusually high. I am wondering what can be gleaned from it. Besides the two royal abstentions per tradition does this mean higher than normal "none of the above" constituency.

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.)