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We had two candidates!

Which is more than last time! But still not enough for an election.

Congratulations to SimDemocracy's newest Minecraft Legislative Assemblypeople!
- u/Popcorn_likker (Viad2121212121 in Minecraft) of the Solidarity Party
- u/jsjrjffjcj (Wellitsaname in Minecraft) of Senatus Populusque Romanum

Next, the main event, the Senatorial election! On that, we had 47 valid votes, which gives us eight Senate seats.

Congratulations to SimDemocracy's newest Senators!
- u/HellriserHellas of the Civil Liberties Party [threshold = 5]
- u/xtremepop45 of the Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality [threshold = 5]
- u/coLlll7 of the Civil Liberties Party [threshold = 5]
- u/Used-Plane-9555 of Revitalize! SimDem [threshold = 5]
- u/thespianburritos of the Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality [threshold = 4]
- u/Courious_Giuvi of Senatus Populusque Romanum [threshold = 2]
- Independent John Politics/crusadercrucifix (on Discord) [2nd phase, no threshold]
- u/lorduckfr of the Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality [2nd phase, no threshold]

Here's the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qHraGMJpHxXYEVRriCIxe5y3vhmx_hYHImT_tfQBK04/edit?usp=sharing

And here's the program output:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ra9hOPJEPnZi0wYsM5DWmJ73sD_nFZr_pdFmQ0haMaM/edit?usp=sharing

The results are in!

First up, the referendum, on which we had 16 valid votes.

On the VetoEd Amendment 2026, which would limit the President's veto power and require that bills be presented to the President for signing or vetoing, 25.00% voted Aye. This falls short of the 2/3 majority required for constitutional amendments, so this amendment is rejected.

Here's the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DK_PK_gdh8Ld-IMXx73IwFsT6pzbVLtan8yUFIYbrhY/edit?usp=sharing

Congratulations Senators.

Senators, we are electing our Speaker. Please cast your vote in the comments of this post for who you want to see in the role. Each Senator gets one(1) vote, so use it wisely!

Please send your votes in the format of "<who you are voting for> - <other statments>"

If you are running, prepend a statements stating such in your comment.

Then, we have a referendum, on one constitutional amendment!

I will note that I've been advised to stop giving summaries of the amendments on the ballot form. So I'm not doing that anymore. Which means you actually have to open up the amendment doc to figure out what it does. Fortunately, this one is short, and the author seems to have gone out of their way to make readers' lives easy. But you can't expect this to be the case every time, so be mindful of that. Anyway, go vote on this too.

Polls close in 24 hours.

Vote here: https://forms.gle/N37hBYV1S9Agy5uY7

It's time to vote!

First up, it's the Senatorial election! You know what to do there.

Polls close in 24 hours.

Vote here: https://forms.gle/XFaMQTwkSj6Fpmnw5

How are yall voting ? Whats the safest way right now to vote ?

We have a countback!

Congratulations to independent u/TherealPhobosGaming on taking the Senate seat vacated by u/Serious_Camera_7039!

And congratulations to qd1m (on Discord) on getting his wish without even having to resign for it.

Here's the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OL9p8M-kqedHvtRnh88WMaenlTbEs6Sm839VlRBnDpA/edit?usp=sharing

This is the Minecraft Legislative Assembly Call for Candidates. If you wish to run, please comment on this post with the following format:

Your Reddit username
Your Minecraft username
Your Discord username (either your username or a recognizable display/nickname)
Your political party/coalition
Description / Statement

Before you submit your candidacy, check that you satisfy the requirements below.

• Make sure you adhere to the format exactly. It makes it a lot easier for the Electoral Commission to sort through candidates if you do. Failure to do this may potentially result in mistakes on your ballot entry or in result tabulation, which can be difficult to fix.
• Ensure that your party affiliation is accurate. If you are not affiliated with a party, enter Independent as your affiliation. Otherwise, put your current party affiliation. If you are not a member of the party given or the party is not valid, the listed part affiliation on the ballot may be subject to change.
• Make sure to register to vote. Only users with a SimDem Unique Identification Token (SUIT) are able to vote. If you do not have a SUIT, be sure to fill out the Voter Registration Form or contact the Registration Officer.
• Ensure that you meet all of the candidacy requirements. Only users who have a SUIT, have previously played on the Minecraft server, and are not banned from or under disciplinary review on the Minecraft server are able to vote or run for Assembly.

This Call for Candidates will be open for 24 hours. Good luck!

This is the Senatorial Call for Candidates. If you wish to run, please comment on this post with the following format:

Your Reddit username (yourdiscordusername on Discord) | Your political party/coalition
Description / Statement

Before you submit your candidacy, check that you satisfy the requirements below.

• Make sure you adhere to the format exactly. It makes it a lot easier for the Electoral Commission to sort through candidates if you do. Failure to do this may potentially result in mistakes on your ballot entry or in result tabulation, which can be difficult to fix.
• Ensure that your party affiliation is accurate. If you are not affiliated with a party, enter Independent as your affiliation. Otherwise, put your current party affiliation. If you are not a member of the party given or the party is not valid, the listed part affiliation on the ballot may be subject to change.
• Make sure to register to vote. Only users with a SimDem Unique Identification Token (SUIT) are able to vote. If you do not have a SUIT, be sure to fill out the Voter Registration Form or contact the Registration Officer.

This Call for Candidates will be open for 24 hours. Good luck!

U/cowtastesgood who are you and when were you a judge on court of appeals?

WholockA113 (Appellant) v SD (Respondent) 2019 SDCA 2 - Simdemocracy Archives https://archive.simdemocracy.org/index.php?title=WholockA113_(Appellant)_v_SD_(Respondent)_2019_SDCA_2

SoS, SoEx, SoT in that order ben

Finally, it's time for the results for the presidential election. Live counts on the Discord.

We had 56 valid votes.

Here are the final results of the Score round:
- u/Courious_Giuvi [Independent] -- 23
- u/Defiant_Orchid_2046 [Solidarity Party] -- 176
- u/Fit-Breadfruit4801 [Independent] -- 12
- u/lorduckfr [Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality] -- 30
- u/JoesphStalinXDXDXDXD [Independent] -- 159
- qd1m (on Discord) [Revitalize! SimDem] -- 28
- u/TweakerKitten [Fucking Best Party] -- 35
- u/phonefucker69420 [Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality] -- 19
- u/TechSupport631 [Independent] -- 31

Congratulations to u/Defiant_Orchid_2046 of the Solidarity Party and to independent u/JoesphStalinXDXDXDXD on being our two highest scorers and continuing to the runoff!

Here are the final results of the Automatic Runoff round:
- u/Defiant_Orchid_2046 [Solidarity Party] -- 31
- u/JoesphStalinXDXDXDXD [Independent] -- 22

Congratulations to u/Defiant_Orchid_2046 of the Solidarity Party and to u/No_Development_7300 of the Revolutionary Organization for Social Equality on winning the election and becoming SimDemocracy's next President and Vice President!

Here's the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12zm8gzRJufG7nYO56WDzGJsNQN7QqU-1cHn-mCIS88E/edit?usp=sharing

Next, a referendum on two constitutional amendments.

On that, we had 22 valid votes.

On Presidential Headache Prevention (yes, that's the entire name of the amendment), which would strongly limit the powers of the President during the impeachment process, 31.82% voted Aye. This falls short of the 2/3 majority required for constitutional amendments, so this amendment is rejected.

On the Revised election times amendment, which would move forward the time window for the posting of regularly scheduled public votes by 24 hours, 42.86% voted Aye. This also falls short of the 2/3 majority required for constitutional amendments, so this amendment is rejected as well.

Here's the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N90inSMYQy6aJfEBG6zvaN01633xo75KgH2VPhW1yMU/edit?usp=sharing

That's right, folks, it's time for results!

We've got two referendums to get through first, so let's look at that.

First up, the referendum so nice that we had to run it twice! On it, we had 30 valid votes.

On the question of whether or not to remove u/EdJudgingYou from the office of President, 43.33% voted Aye. This falls short of the 2/3 majority required for presidential impeachments, so this removal attempt is rejected and u/EdJudgingYou shall continue serving in the office of President. For like, another 40 minutes or so.

Here's the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_rAu9aVvydhDrWue67G6Sg5pjhS78HiJGyLn9ixPEwM/edit?usp=sharing

As Motioned For By Senator Qd1m