Voting has Opened
The election has truly begun in earnest now as voting opened in the small hours of the morning (GMT) and many citizen-legislators of the South Pacific have already placed their vote for each of the six positions.
At the time of writing, the visible count (bearing in mind that legislators may choose to PM the Vote Collector, instead) looks as follows:
Prime Minister:
Drugged Monkeys - 3
Farengeto - 8
Abstentions - 0
Minister of Regional Affairs:
Roavin - 11
Sam111 - 1
Zak6858 - 1
Abstentions - 0
Minister of Foreign Affairs:
Punchwood - 2
Sandaoguo - 11
Abstentions - 0
Minister of Military Affairs:
Imkihca - 11
Abstentions - 2
Chair of the Assembly:
Awe - 7
Belschaft - 6
Abstentions - 0
Craziest Person in TSP:
Gordon Freeman - 2
Qvait - 3
Resentine - 2
Abstentions - 1
Other - 2
As the above results show, there are some interesting trends. Roavin, Sandaoguo and (unsurprisingly) Imkihca all have clear leads in their respective elections. Farengeto also has a strong lead in the vote for Prime Minister, but the gap is much narrower here than with the other three. The closest races so far are for Chair of the Assembly, with Awe in the lead by only one point, and for Craziest Person, with Qvait in the lead by one point and a range of only three points in total.
Currently, only thirteen legislators have voted publicly: less than half of the usual number of active participants in any TSP election, so it's much too early to call any of these. There really is everything to play for and, as voting does not close until 20:00 (EDT) on 14th June, there is plenty of time for candidates to make one last push in their campaigns to secure the pivotal votes they need.
