59th Election Discussion

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

The mighty Kwisatz-Haderach of Elections, @Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB , does not want people chatting on the official thread. So here is a thread to discuss the election as it starts to unfold tomorrow morning.

Elections are always so special, and often get really weird in our funny little country. Small parties turn out to have surprising reach, or coalitions morph dramatically with the change of a few votes.

Another one is upon us! Zooks!

[Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB]

Well as of now, I've emailed the ballots, fixed the glitch that gave the wrong thread for voting on the emailed ballots, fixed the Fiova candidates glitch, and sent two political party campaign messages. You would think this being my 4th election as SoS I would remember that provincial candidates are hard-wired and only MPF can input them!

Ah well, it wouldn't be a Talossan General Election without at least one problem to fix! Fiovans who vote on the database will see the correct candidates, and I will resend the Fiova ballots in a few minutes.

[Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB]

Ok I re-emailed (is that a word?) the ballots to all Fiovans who haven't already voted!

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

It's a hard and complicated job, and you're stuck using a tool that's no longer quite suitable -- everyone understands, don't worry!

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

I got the two mailers, but my ballot went to spam, interestingly enough.

[Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB]

18 votes cast so far (14.06%). Not a bad turnout for the first 7 hours of the election. I was awake at 1:30 AM this morning fretting over all the stuff so I started the election super early this morning!!

[Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB]

I got the two mailers, but my ballot went to spam, interestingly enough.

It seems that emails from sos@talossa.ca sometimes end up in spam, but emails I send directly from Outlook don't. Everyone should always check their spam folders just in case!

Also, @Breneir Tzaracomprada can we post regular updates on social media for those non-Witt users who may be blissfully unaware that an election is underway?

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

Also, @Breneir Tzaracomprada can we post regular updates on social media for those non-Witt users who may be blissfully unaware that an election is underway?

That's smart and a good idea.

[Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB]

Also, @Breneir Tzaracomprada can we post regular updates on social media for those non-Witt users who may be blissfully unaware that an election is underway?

That's smart and a good idea.

I've been known to have a good idea every now and then!

[mximo]

The job I don't want SoS.

Good job.

Mximo

[Glüc da Dhi S.H.]

Ah yes, the election. Exciting stuff!
We have the strongest field in years imho. Hopefully we'll get a record high turnout too. That would be 13 voters I think, so definitely doable if some new people vote as well.

Is Gimme Shelter gonna win again? Is Bohemian Rhapsody returning to it's former glory. Maybe people are done with the incumbents and cause an upset by electing Enjoy the Silence instead? So many options...

I need some time to listen to all the candidates before voting by sending a private message to @Ian Plätschisch.







Oh... That election.
Eh, best vote there too

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

47% turnout so far.  Not bad, but hopefully we can get nearer to last election's huge 72.5% turnout.  The baseline has usually hovered around 50 to 60%.

[Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB]

I'll be sending out ballots to non-voters for a third and final time in the next day or two.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

A spike up to 57% turnout now -- 10% higher, which is a huge increase in just a day!  We're right about at the median for turnout, with five more days to go.  Assuming votes trickle in still, turnout is looking pretty good but not great.

[Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB]

The upticks seem to come directly after I re-send ballots. I may do it for a fourth time just prior to the close of the election, though I normally only send it out three times.

Sadly, there could be up to 6 citizens who lose their citizenship if they don't vote. I'll be double checking if those six citizens responded to the census, which will save them so fingers crossed.

We also have 56 citizens that have not yet voted, which is a number I dislike!