Lord Warden September 2023 General Election Polling Station

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Article 8. The chancery is requested to conduct elections to l'Etats. Elections to l'Etats shall be conducted at the same time as elections to the Cosâ and in accordance with the national election laws and rules. The Sénéchal (or the Governor-General in case the Sénéchal has been absent for more than one week) may request the chancery not to conduct those elections in no less than one week before balloting day. If the Sénéchal (or Governor-General) makes such a request, the Sénéchal (or the Governor-General) shall conduct the elections in accordance with provincial election laws and rules.

As Sénéchal this request to the chancery not to conduct those elections was made July 13, 2023, 08:59:33 PM in the aforementioned discussion thread.

The candidate for Lord Warden is

@Glüc da Dhi S.H.

HOW TO VOTE

PUBLIC: Voters will be able to vote on Wittenberg publicly in a single vote thread (THIS THREAD) created for casting votes on Wittenberg.  Voters may vote for the candidate Glüc da Dhi S.H. or vote PRESENT on or before 1 October, 2023 19:30 TST (UTC-5) (This corresponds to 19:30 in Milwaukee (WI), USA and 2 October 2023 02:30 CÉST Cézembre Summer Time)

SECRET: Voters will receive by email a ballot from the Electionbuddy.com system by which they may cast their ballot either for the candidate Glüc da Dhi S.H. or vote PRESENT on or before 1 October, 2023 19:30 TST (UTC-5) (This corresponds to 19:30 in Milwaukee (WI), USA and 2 October 2023 02:30 CÉST Cézembre Summer Time)

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Electionbuddy.com email has been sent.  In order to use the free option on that system, there would not be an additional reminder email from that system - instead a general email from cezembrelandoffice@gmail.com will be sent.

[þerxh Sant-Enogat]

I vote for Glüc for Lord Warden !

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I vote for Glüc for Lord Warden !

With this vote being recorded, the balance of the election is moot, but will still serve the candidate to perceive the involvement of the constituency.  The election also serves as a test of the election process that will repeat beginning on October 9 for l'Etats and Sénéchal. 

[Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN]

Technically speaking the whole ballot is moot given we have only one candidate and CZA9, Section 15, could theoretically have been applied, namely: 

"15. If there is one sole candidate for the position of Lord Warden at the start of the election, no election will be held and the sole candidate will be considered elected to the position."  

However, as XPB has said, no harm in a test run! 

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Technically speaking the whole ballot is moot given we have only one candidate and CZA9, Section 15, could theoretically have been applied, namely:

"15. If there is one sole candidate for the position of Lord Warden at the start of the election, no election will be held and the sole candidate will be considered elected to the position." 

However, as XPB has said, no harm in a test run!

A9: The 51st Cosa Lord Warden Election Act
was for a specific election. 

A11: The 52nd Cosa Lord Warden Election Act was defeated

there have been no general amendments to the CAG, just these specific ones

[Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN]

Technically speaking the whole ballot is moot given we have only one candidate and CZA9, Section 15, could theoretically have been applied, namely:

"15. If there is one sole candidate for the position of Lord Warden at the start of the election, no election will be held and the sole candidate will be considered elected to the position." 

However, as XPB has said, no harm in a test run!

A9: The 51st Cosa Lord Warden Election Act
was for a specific election. 

A11: The 52nd Cosa Lord Warden Election Act was defeated

there have been no general amendments to the CAG, just these specific ones

That makes things slightly more complicated then...

If not any of the above, then what provincial statutes regarding the election of a Lord Warden is the current election being carried out under?

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Technically speaking the whole ballot is moot given we have only one candidate and CZA9, Section 15, could theoretically have been applied, namely:

"15. If there is one sole candidate for the position of Lord Warden at the start of the election, no election will be held and the sole candidate will be considered elected to the position." 

However, as XPB has said, no harm in a test run!

A9: The 51st Cosa Lord Warden Election Act
was for a specific election. 

A11: The 52nd Cosa Lord Warden Election Act was defeated

there have been no general amendments to the CAG, just these specific ones

That makes things slightly more complicated then...

If not any of the above, then what provincial statutes regarding the election of a Lord Warden is the current election being carried out under?

The current statues that apply are:

Chapter V- The Lord Warden

Article 17. Cézembre's delegate to the Senäts shall be known within the Province as the Lord Warden. He/she will be elected whenever this is required by the Organic Law, in an election conducted by the Sénéchal or his appointed agent, in accordance with provincial statutes. If no provincial statutes regarding the election of a Lord Warden exist, or if the provisions of provincial law regarding the election of a Lord Warden cannot be implemented for practical reasons,or if provincial statutes regarding the election of a Lord are in conflict with this Constitution or the Organic Law, the Sénéchal or his appointed agent will request the National Chancery in writing and in good time to conduct the election in accordance with National Law.

As Sénéchal I am conducting the election of the Lord Warden.  I have requested, at my option in that office, to not have the Chancery conduct the election.  There is are a variety of other chapters and amendments that apply to l'Etats, and to the Sénéchal, and to specific enumerated Lord Warden elections of the past.

l'Etats continues to be seated until one week after the general election, when the Cézembre election shall begin.  During that time period I expect that there will be various proposals to begin the process of better organization of the CAG and clarification the statutory laws of Cézembre, as part of the leadup to the election of Sénéchal and l'Etats.

Chapter III- Le Sénéchal
Article 11. Le Sénéchal shall be the elected leader of Cezembre. Le Sénéchal shall have the power to issue proclamations which have the force of law. These proclamations may be appealed or amended as regular laws. These proclamations may not act as acts of attainders or any activity prohibited by the Organic Law (with regards to Prime Dictats). These proclamations must be counter-signed by the Governor-General (or the King, in case of, by lack of appointment or by long-term absence, a Governor-General).
Article 12. The Sénéchal may appoint a deputy Sénéchal. The deputy may act in name of the Sénéchal when instructed by the Sénéchal to do so or whenever the Sénéchal is absent for a long period, in which case all duties of the Sénéchal will be temporarily taken over by the deputy.
Article 13. A Sénéchal shall be elected, by the citizens of Cezembre, in an election conducted by the Sénéchal or his appointed agent, in the event there is no incumbent Sénéchal or the Sénéchal is inactive for more than a week, the Governor-General or his appointed agent. All citizens of Cézembre have the right to vote and/or be a candidate in this election.
Article 14. Elections as described by article 10 will take, no less and no longer than 3 weeks. Cézembrians must announce their candidacy in the first week of the election and polls shall open on the first day of the 2nd week and close on the last day of the third week.
Article 15. Elections, as described in articles 10 and 11 will start no earlier than one week and no later than two weeks after the election deadline of Talossan general elections or after a resolution has been approved by a majority of the l'Etats de Cézembre removing the previous Sénéchal or should the Sénéchal, resign, die or be unable to fulfill his duties for any reason.

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With people not completely reading the instructions in the ,[Cantzelerïă/Chancery] September 2023 General Election Polling Station there has been at least one vote cast there. 

There will need to be instructions added to the CAG for this type of situation, and the point is moot this time.  As Sénéchal I would be inclined to transfer the vote to the proper thread, except it is not for a candidate listed in the election, which would in turn be ignored as invalid.

[Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB]

That is partly my fault as I did not notice the error in the voting thread. The ballots are, however, correct. My apologies.

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That is partly my fault as I did not notice the error in the voting thread. The ballots are, however, correct. My apologies.

Understood that you have needed to make thread header updates from time to time but there could be a glitch in procedures as some things that were corrected for awhile reverted somehow.

[Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN]

I vote for Glüc da Dhi S.H.

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From the secret ballots on Electionbuddy, there 2 ballots submitted of 16 eligible voters (4 opened) — 13%

There were 2 votes for Glüc da Dhi S.H.

There were 2 votes in this thread for Glüc da Dhi S.H.

As there is at least one vote in favor with no other candidates,  Glüc da Dhi S.H. is elected Lord Warden