Election Watch

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Of the eldest active 50 who became citizens on or before April 9, 2008  (which may include some not allowed to vote - edited to add "active")
18 have voted thus far (36%)

153 citizens are allowed to vote.  Overall 32% have voted thus far.

185 citizens are listed as "active" and if we take the next 135 splitting up the remaining 31 votes that is at a 23% rate thus far

[Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC]

10 points to KLüP for the lulziest election email this year  ;D

[anglatzara]

10 points to KLüP for the lulziest election email this year  ;D

I would have been sorely tempted to vote for them if it hadn't meant spoiling my vote, effectively.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

10 points to KLüP for the lulziest election email this year  ;D

I would have been sorely tempted to vote for them if it hadn't meant spoiling my vote, effectively.

Why?

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

Turnout seems way down this year, unless there's a sudden rush.  It was 61% last time (93 total votes), and now we're at 36% (56 total votes) if I'm reading the database right.

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Half the electorate have yet to register for these forums, and there have been some issues documented with ballots going to spam.

[Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC]

There seems to be an assumption here that the reason people aren't registered on this forum (or haven't voted yet in the election) is because they don't know about it. How about Occam's Razor: they don't care anymore?

The problem with ballots going to spam happened last election as well - a lot of people have short memories or weren't paying attention last time. This, I am reliably informed, is due to a problem with something called "SSL" in the database, which - for some reason - malforms the ballot emails so Gmail, in particular, identifies them as spam. This can only be fixed with the co-operation of MPF, who has been very busy outside Talossa recently. If I'm in the incoming Government, we'll prioritize fixing that, in the same way we dragged talossa.com into the present era.

I've noted the low turnout, but I've also noted that a lot of active Talossans haven't voted yet. One explanation could be that with 8 parties to choose from, people are thinking about it a bit longer.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

There seems to be an assumption here that the reason people aren't registered on this forum (or haven't voted yet in the election) is because they don't know about it. How about Occam's Razor: they don't care anymore?

The problem with ballots going to spam happened last election as well - a lot of people have short memories or weren't paying attention last time. This, I am reliably informed, is due to a problem with something called "SSL" in the database, which - for some reason - malforms the ballot emails so Gmail, in particular, identifies them as spam. This can only be fixed with the co-operation of MPF, who has been very busy outside Talossa recently. If I'm in the incoming Government, we'll prioritize fixing that, in the same way we dragged talossa.com into the present era.

I've noted the low turnout, but I've also noted that a lot of active Talossans haven't voted yet. One explanation could be that with 8 parties to choose from, people are thinking about it a bit longer.

Yes, I remember the problem happening last election, when turnout was 61%.  This year so far the turnout is 36%.

I hope that more people vote and that you are correct in guessing that they might just be taking their time.  That sounds plausible to me.

[anglatzara]

10 points to KLüP for the lulziest election email this year  ;D

I would have been sorely tempted to vote for them if it hadn't meant spoiling my vote, effectively.

Why?

Wrong choice of words. My goal is to get people into the Cosa, not to give them multiple seats under our peculiar system.

[Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC]

There is of course a 1-issue party running in this election precisely on the basis of electoral reform, which I sympathise with, and I hope we can get some kind of cross-party consensus on in the new Cosa.

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Up to 60 thus far - the Sumerians would approve

11 from Maricopa

10 from Fiova

9 from Atatûrk

7 from Cézembre & Florencià,

6 from Maritiimi-Maxhestic & Benito

4 from Vuode

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3 more votes to get to over half of the population taking part

Turnout so far:
Citizens allowed to vote: 153
Citizens who voted: 74 (48.37%)
Citizens who have not yet voted: 79 (51.63%)

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

Am I right in thinking that each MC will be able to hold 26 Cosa seats (unless there's a huge surge today)?  That would mean that DIEN and other one-person list parties could have a maximum of 51 seats, B and TNC could have a maximum of 77 seats, LCC could have 104, and the FDT could have all 200?  I find this sort of thing confusing, but I think that's all correct.

[King Txec]

Am I right in thinking that each MC will be able to hold 26 Cosa seats (unless there's a huge surge today)?  That would mean that DIEN and other one-person list parties could have a maximum of 51 seats, B and TNC could have a maximum of 77 seats, LCC could have 104, and the FDT could have all 200?  I find this sort of thing confusing, but I think that's all correct.

Your math seems correct to me but I'll be making the official determination once the election ends.

[King Txec]

3 more votes to get to over half of the population taking part

Turnout so far:
Citizens allowed to vote: 153
Citizens who voted: 74 (48.37%)
Citizens who have not yet voted: 79 (51.63%)

One more voter will put turnout at above 50%.