Chief Registration Officer

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A. Registration for election

In order to participate in an election, parties and alliances need to formally apply, through their leader or deputy leader, for registration; applications must be submitted during the nomination period determined by the CRO.

Applications must provide proof of the following:

(a) the party/alliance has a clear party/alliance programme;
(b) the party/alliance has a leader and deputy leader; and
(c) the party/alliance has at least three members.

By way of proof, party/alliance leaders (or deputy leaders) need to submit the following:

(a) links to the post in the party/alliance HQ containing the party/alliance programme;
(b) links to the post in the party/alliance HQ containing the names of party officers; and
(c) a list of current party/alliance members, complete with links to their posts in the citizen registry *and* their posts applying for party membership or another post in the party HQ stating explicitly that they are party members.


B. Candidate nominations

Parties and alliances, through their leader or deputy leader, should submit their candidate nominations during the nomination period determined by the CRO, preferably at the same time as they apply for registration. Individuals wishing to run as independent candidates for the Presidency must likewise declare their candidacy within said timeframe.

In order to be valid, nominations must be accompanied by proof that they meet the following conditions:

(a) all candidates must be citizens;
(b) candidates for the National Assembly must be members of the party or alliance that nominates them;
(c) candidates for the Presidency must be members of the party or alliance that nominates them (independent candidates need not belong to a party or alliance);
(d) party/alliance candidates for the Presidency must have accepted their nomination; and
(e) all candidates for the Vice-Presidency must have accepted their nomination.

In addition, candidates for the National Assembly must be listed in a clear rank order, and candidates running for the Presidency as individual candidates must not belong to any party (the same applies to their Vice-Presidential running mates).

Proof for (a) through (e) should be provided by way of links (see Section A.).


C. Withdrawing candidates and changing lists

Once a party/alliance has submitted its candidates, it may not withdraw them or change its Assembly list until after the end of the elections. It may, however, nominate a replacement if its presidential candidate drops out of the race within the nomination period determined by the CRO. Candidates themselves may withdraw their candidacy at any time.

Presidential replacements and changes to an Assembly list must meet the same conditions as outlined in section B., and must be accompanied by the same proof.


D. Confirming leader/deputy leader status

When posting in this thread for any of the purposes outlined in Sections A. through C., party/alliance leaders or deputy leaders must provide proof of their status by providing a link to the post in the party/alliance HQ containing the names of party officers.

 

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First Eutopian Elections

Official Results


I. Turnout

Overall, 40 individuals cast votes in the presidential or parliamentary election, or in both. Two of those had to be disregarded (one was not registered in the citizen registry, one was banned). The 38 citizens who cast votes represent a 73.1% turnout.


II. Presidential election

Valid votes
Murmurandus: 17
jacob-Lundgren: 18
Total votes cast: 35
(Abstentions: 3)

Result
jacob-Lundgren was elected President.


III. Parliamentary election

Valid votes
Rally for Democracy (RD): 14
Free Republicans (FR): 17
Liberal Democracy (LD): 4
Total votes cast: 35
(Abstentions: 3 - disregarded for calculating seat distribution)

Results (seat distribution)
RD: 5 seats
FR: 6 seats
LD: 1 seat

Please note: parliamentary seats are distributed according to the Hare/Niemeyer method; see here for a description).

Edit 1: typo
Edit 2: found a better link describing the Hare/Niemeyer method - the site is in German, but Babelfish produces an acceptable translation. Just keep in mind that "ratio" should be quota, "voices" should be votes, "Sitzzahl" = number of seats, "Nachkommateile" = decimals, and you're good to go.

 

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Second Eutopian Elections

Official Results


I. Turnout

Overall, 42 citizens cast votes in the presidential or parliamentary election, or in both. This represent a 53.9% turnout. One of the ballots was invalid (voting for an ineligible candidate), leaving 41 valid ballots.


II. Presidential election

Valid votes
Murmurandus: 21
Hajji Giray I: 16
(Abstentions: 4)

Result
Murmurandus was elected President.


III. Parliamentary election

Valid votes
Eutopian Socialist Reform Party (ESRP): 6
Rally for Democracy (RD): 12
Centralistic Royalistic Party of Eutopia (CRE): 8
Conservative Coalition (CC): 14
Total votes cast: 40
(Abstentions: 1 - disregarded for calculating seat distribution)

Results (seat distribution)
ESRP: 2
RD: 4
CRE: 2
CC: 4

Please note: parliamentary seats are distributed according to the Hare/Niemeyer method; see here for a description (the site is in German, but Babelfish produces an acceptable translation; just keep in mind that "ratio" should be quota, "voices" should be votes, "Sitzzahl" = number of seats, "Nachkommateile" = decimals).

 

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Party member roll-call

The March/ April 03 roll-call process is now complete. The following parties have fulfilled all roll-call requirements:

Centralistic Royalistic Party of Eutopia (CRE)
Rally for Democracy (RD)
Moderate Party (MP)
Eutopian Socialist Reform Party (ESRP)

The following parties did not comply with roll-call requirements and are hereby dissolved in accordance with Eutopian law:

Conservative Coalition (CC)
Libertarian Party (LP)
Liberal Democracy (LD)
United Alliance (UA)
Nationalist Eutopian Workers Party (NEW)
Environmental Liberal Socialist Party (ELSP)

 

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Third Eutopian Elections

Official Results


I. Turnout

Overall, 36 citizens cast a ballot in the presidential or parliamentary election, or in both. This represents a 35.6% turnout. Two of the ballots were invalid, leaving 34 valid ballots.


II. Presidential election

Valid votes
Phalanx: 25
J. Banér: 7
Total votes: 32
(Abstentions/ Blanks: 2)

Result
Phalanx was elected President.


III. Parliamentary election

Valid votes
Eutopian Socialist Reform Party (ESRP): 5
Rally for Democracy (RD): 7
Moderate Party (MP): 8
Conservative Coalition (CC): 6
Centralistic Royalistic Party of Eutopia (CRE): 8
Total votes: 34
(Abstentions/ Blanks: 0)

Results (seat distribution)
ESRP: 2
RD: 2
MP: 3
CC: 2
CRE: 3

Please note: parliamentary seats are distributed according to the Hare/Niemeyer method; see here for a description (the site is in German, but Babelfish produces an acceptable translation; just keep in mind that "ratio" should be quota, "voices" should be votes, "Sitzzahl" = number of seats, "Nachkommateile" = decimals).

 

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Party member roll-call

The May/ June 03 roll-call process is now complete. The following parties have fulfilled all roll-call requirements:

Conservative Coalition (CC)
Rally for Democracy (RD)
Moderate Party (MP)
Eutopian Socialist Reform Party (ESRP)

The following party did not comply with roll-call requirements:

Centre Royal Party of Eutopia (CRE)

Since the CRE's infraction is a comparatively minor one, that party will be granted a two-day extension to fulfill all roll-call requirements. In particular, the CRE is hereby requested to ensure that party members who failed to roll-call themselves [OOC: Txini] are struck from the membership list at the party's HQ. Said members are free to re-apply for party membership at a later date.

The CRE leadership should notify this office once the CRE has met this requirement. If this office does not receive such notification by Tuesday, June 17, 11:59 pm (= 23:59 h) GMT, the CRE will be dissolved.

 

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Fourth Eutopian Elections

Official Results


I. Presidential election

Valid votes
Phalanx: 24 (68.6%)
Gathenhielm: 11 (31.4%)
Total votes cast: 36
(Abstentions/Blanks: 1)

Result
Phalanx was elected President.


II. Parliamentary election

Valid votes*
Eutopian Socialist Reform Party (ESRP): 75,000
Rally for Democracy (RD): 91,000
Moderate Party (MP): 104,000
Conservative Coalition (CC): 84,000
Centre Royal Party of Eutopia (CRE): 130,000
Total vote: 484,000

Results (seat distribution)
ESRP: 2 seats
RD: 2 seats
MP: 3 seats
CC: 2 seats
CRE: 3 seats

Please note: parliamentary seats are distributed according to the Hare/Niemeyer method; see here for a description).


* [OOC: adjusted for modifying factor. For those who are wondering: the mod factor did not result in changes to seat distribution.]

 

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In response to recent submissions, the CRO-office is issuing a general notice:

• Nominations by an alliance must be officially approved by all parties involved in order to be valid.
  
• If a party or alliance has already submitted a list of nominations, it cannot submit a second list unless (a) the earlier list is withdrawn first or (b) the second list is an explicit revision of the first.
  
• Alliance nominations should indicate the party membership of each nominated individual.
  
• In order to be valid, nominations have to be submitted by a party's leader or deputy leader.
  
• The VP is not an elected position, and the CRO office does therefore not accept nominations for that position.

-- César García Montalbán, CRO

 

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Fifth Eutopian Elections

Official Results​

Number of eligible voters: 20,900,035
Votes cast: 15,902,201 (76.09%)


I. Presidential election

Invalid votes: 2,726,092
Valid votes: 13,176,109
-- Abstentions: 454,348
-- Votes cast for candidates: 12,721,761

Round 1
Josephus I: 2,726,092
Jake Langley: 5,452,183
P.G. Talbott: 4,543,486

Round 2
Jake Langley: 7,723,926
P.G. Talbott: 4,997,835

Result
Jake Langley was elected President.

Please note: presidential elections are conducted using the alternative vote system.


II. National Assembly election

Invalid votes: 294,485
Valid votes: 15,607,716
-- Abstentions: 3,523
-- Votes cast for NA-lists: 15,604,193

Votes per NA-list
ESRP: 2,944,187 (18.87%)
RD: 3,827,444 (24.53%)
ELP: 588,837 (3.77%)
EPP: 2,649,769 (16.98%)
CC/CRE: 5,593,956 (35.85%)

The ELP gained an insufficient number of votes to qualify for seats in the National Assembly; the votes they received will be disregarded in the distribution of seats.

Seats per NA-list
ESRP: 2
RD: 3
EPP: 2
CC/CRE: 5

Please note: National Assembly seats are distributed according to the Hare/Niemeyer method.

-- César García Montalbán, CRO

 

[Erc]

Technically, he doesn't. From the PREBA:

"I. Each party or coalition running one of its members for the office of President must submit to the office of the Chief Registration Officer its candidate for Vice-President before the appropriate deadline set by the CRO."

Since Mr. Morgan is an independent candidate, this doesn't apply.

-- César García Montalbán, CRO

Mr. Montalbán, I was the author of this amendment, and I don't think I need to be told what it says! Mr. Montalbán, you...you...I apologize for my outburst. Hrrmgh...

In any event, Mr. Morgan, I would highly suggest adding a Vice-Presidential Candidate to your ticket to avoid a messy battle in the National Assembly to approve the choice you will eventually have to make in the event you are elected.

 

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Mr. Montalbán, I was the author of this amendment, and I don't think I need to be told what it says! Mr. Montalbán, you...you...I apologize for my outburst. Hrrmgh...

Mr. Talbott, there is no need to get riled up. I was simply pointing out the facts of the law.

Legally, it is up to Mr. Morgan to decide whether he wishes to nominate a Vice-Presidential candidate. Whether or not it would be wise for him to do so is an entirely different matter, and one that the CRO is not competent to comment on; nor should it be discussed in the CRO office.

-- César García Montalbán, CRO

 

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Sixth Eutopian Elections

Official Results​

Number of eligible voters: 20,900,502
Votes cast: 13,809,260 (66.07%)


I. Presidential election

Abstentions: 373,224
Votes cast for a candidate: 13,436,036
- Invalid votes: 1,866,116
- Valid votes: 11,569,920

Round 1
P.G. Talbott: 5,598,349
C.S. Morgan: 1,866,115
Vasco IKK: 4,105,456

Round 2
P.G. Talbott: 6,718,018
Vasco IKK: 4,851,902

Result
P.G. Talbott was elected President.

Please note: presidential elections are conducted using the alternative vote system.


II. National Assembly election

Abstentions: 15,633
Votes cast for NA-lists: 13,793,627
- Invalid votes: 238,091
- Valid votes: 13,555,536

Votes per NA-list
ESRP: 2,570,878 (18.97%)
CP: 470,736 (3.47%)
DA/CRP: 3,973,174 (29.31%)
LPE: 464,128 (3.42%)
ENP: 1,636,013 (12.07%)
CC: 3,272,026 (24.14%)
ETE: 1,168,581 (8.62%)

The CP and LPE gained an insufficient number of votes to qualify for seats in the National Assembly; the votes they received will be disregarded in the distribution of seats.

Seats per NA-list
ESRP: 2
DA/CRP: 4
ENP: 2
CC: 3
ETE: 1

Please note: National Assembly seats are distributed according to the Hare/Niemeyer method.


III. Comments and Recommendations

The exceptionally high number of invalid votes in the presidential election (amounting to 13.89% of votes cast for a candidate) materially affected the election outcome and raises some questions about the integrity of the electoral process. It is recommended that voters ensure they follow the voting guidelines laid out by the CRO-office at the time polls open in order to prevent the invalidation of their ballot.

-- César García Montalbán, CRO

 

[Craig Ashley]

Eutopian Tribune here:

There were a large number of invalid ballots cast for the Presidency. Were these even spread between the three canidates' supporters? Or was one (or two) camps more dramaticlly affected?

Specifically, how many votes for IKK were invalid? How many for Morgan? And how many for Talbott?

Also, will the high number of spoiled ballots lead the CRO to consider simplifying the ballot for the next election?

 

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The number of invalid votes is PRECISELY one more than the total number of Morgan votes. Coincidence?

 

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There were a large number of invalid ballots cast for the Presidency. Were these even spread between the three canidates' supporters? Or was one (or two) camps more dramaticlly affected?

It is difficult to give you precise estimates [OOC: not really, but hej ], but based on currently available numbers, the only candidate dramatically affected was Mr. IKK. Assuming that all ballots had been valid, the most likely (if improbable) outcome would have been a tie between Mr. IKK and Mr. Talbott.

Also, will the high number of spoiled ballots lead the CRO to consider simplifying the ballot for the next election?

That is something we will be looking into.

-- César García Montalbán, CRO

 

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The number of invalid votes is PRECISELY one more than the total number of Morgan votes. Coincidence?

[OOC: Nope, conspiracy. Obviously. ]

 

[phelbas]

was the main probelm with ballots for IKK that Charles Morgan was not listed by the voters?

 

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was the main probelm with ballots for IKK that Charles Morgan was not listed by the voters?

The problem was that a number of voters did not list all candidates on their ballot.

-- César García Montalbán, CRO

 

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General notice

Please be advised that the maintenance of NA-membership lists is handled by the Speaker's Office. The CRO-office is in charge only of overseeing party lists.

-- César García Montalbán, CRO

 

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Announcement

The CRO-office has set up an independent commission chaired by Prof. Simon Signoret, University of Nouvelle Aquitaine, to determine whether there were any irregularities during the last election. In order to ensure the integrity of the commission's inquiries, Mr. Montalbán has decided to step down from the post of CRO effective immediately. Mr. Montalbán will be succeeded in office by Ms. Yvette Montand, the current PRO of Nouvelle Anjou.


[OOC: PRO = Provincial Registration Officer. ]