[ELECTIONS] November-December 2025 General Election Feedback Thread

[Sir Lüc]

Right, but it says Central Standard Time.  Which is not incorrect, since that's the same as TST.  I just thought it would be neat if it referred to TST instead.

If it's a hassle or it doesn't look right, then don't worry about it.  It's truly not at all a big deal, but just something I thought might be cool.

Ah gotcha. I vaguely recall I did write some code to replace CST with TST, not sure why it wouldn't work anymore. Gonna investigate and fix later today.

I see the issue now - the script looks for "CT" instead of "CST". It's been fixed now.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

Nifty!  Thanks!

[Hüseyin Çiftçi]

I am a candidate for president

[Danihel Txechescu]

I am a candidate for president

Best of luck!

[King Txec]

I am a candidate for president

President of what? Talossa? We have a king (me) but not a president.

-Txec R

[Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP]

I am a candidate for president

Talossa is a kingdom, we don't have a president. And it's already too late to announce your candidacy for this election since it's currently ongoing (plus you need to be a citizen to be a candidate for anything).

[Hüseyin Çiftçi]

I applied for citizenship. What am I waiting for to be accepted?

[Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC]

I applied for citizenship. What am I waiting for to be accepted?

Two existing citizens have to petition for your citizenship. The earliest date this can happen is tomorrow.

[Hüseyin Çiftçi]

Tankyou

[Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC]

Feedback from a less-active voter: They couldn't tell what was party mailers and what was their actual ballot because everything started with "November 2025 Elections" or similar. Mailers should be clearly distinguishable by subject line from the ballot even if you're blind and not paying attention

[Sir Lüc]

That is a fair point. Bit late now but I will switch to putting the important bit at the start.

(To be fair, the absolutely unprecedented amount of mailers probably doesn't help either)

[Sir Lüc]

A round of reminders is getting sent out as I type this. (With much clearer subject line, as suggested)

Roughly 4 days and a half left to vote; turnout is 53.33% (72/135). 23 further voters needed to match the absolute turnout from last election, 26 to match the relative turnout, 28 to get triple digits.

We're roughly 73% of the way into the election. Last time, vote #72 was cast about 60% of the way into the election, and at the 73% point there were 76 votes in the ballot box, so we seem to be four or five votes short.

However I had not sent any reminders prior to now on account of the many mailers that were submitted, and additionally:

- 14 nonvoters have voted in all four national polls within the last two years,
- 11 further have voted in three of four,
- 10 others voted in 2/4, but voted in both previous General Elections,
- and this still leaves almost 30 further citizens

so I'm hoping it's just a matter of voters voting later than usual this time around, and that most of them will show up.

[anglatzara]

That is a fair point. Bit late now but I will switch to putting the important bit at the start.

(To be fair, the absolutely unprecedented amount of mailers probably doesn't help either)

I've appreciated each and every single email I've received from the political parties. It's great to see the reachout!

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

@Sir Lüc Have opportunities for additional election mailers been exhausted for all the parties? I was hoping to time it for one final message but may have messed up.

[Sir Lüc]

That is a fair point. Bit late now but I will switch to putting the important bit at the start.

(To be fair, the absolutely unprecedented amount of mailers probably doesn't help either)

I've appreciated each and every single email I've received from the political parties. It's great to see the reachout!

That is very nice feedback to hear. I was worried people would feel overwhelmed and/or start disregarding any and all Chancery emails.

[Sir Lüc]

@Sir Lüc Have opportunities for additional election mailers been exhausted for all the parties? I was hoping to time it for one final message but may have messed up.

So the mailer situation for all parties in order of when they can next send out a mailer is:

- IDT @Max Maltezos  and IG/AS @Garth Spencer : can send one anytime
- Prog @Baron Alexandreu Davinescu : next up anytime after Saturday 29th at 10 am TST
- URL @Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be : next up anytime after approx. midnight between Saturday-Sunday
- Green @Breneir Tzaracomprada : next up anytime after Sunday 30th at 11 am TST

So all parties can get a mailer in before the deadline, on Monday 1st at 5:30 PM TST. Also remember you can provide a mailer in advance and I can schedule it whenever you want, from the earliest possible time onwards of course (in your own interest - otherwise you are at the mercy of my unpredictable weekend schedule, which has lately been largely not up to me.)

[Sir Lüc]

As per usual, a single postal ballot has been just received and entered into the Database.

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

@Sir Lüc Have opportunities for additional election mailers been exhausted for all the parties? I was hoping to time it for one final message but may have messed up.

So the mailer situation for all parties in order of when they can next send out a mailer is:

- IDT @Max Maltezos  and IG/AS @Garth Spencer : can send one anytime
- Prog @Baron Alexandreu Davinescu : next up anytime after Saturday 29th at 10 am TST
- URL @Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be : next up anytime after approx. midnight between Saturday-Sunday
- Green @Breneir Tzaracomprada : next up anytime after Sunday 30th at 11 am TST

So all parties can get a mailer in before the deadline, on Monday 1st at 5:30 PM TST. Also remember you can provide a mailer in advance and I can schedule it whenever you want, from the earliest possible time onwards of course (in your own interest - otherwise you are at the mercy of my unpredictable weekend schedule, which has lately been largely not up to me.)

This is extremely helpful, thanks Luc.