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VOTING BOOTH
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DECEMBER 2021 CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY ELECTION
The election, as laid out in Articles 2 and 5 of the Elections Act, consists of a single round of voting held via Approval Voting and open to all legislators who gained their status prior to the start of the declarations period.
HOW TO VOTE
There are two ways of casting a vote. In both cases, the act of voting involves listing all candidates whom the legislator approves without regard to any order of preference or, instead, selecting the option to re-open nominations.- A public vote may be cast via the Public Voting Booth, which will print the vote as a reply to this thread.
- A private vote may be cast via the Private Voting Booth, which will send the vote as a message to an account accessible only by the Election Commissioner. Every private vote is assigned a reference code known only to each individual voter, so that they identify their vote once the tally is released.
Voting begins on December 23 at 1 PM (UTC) and ends on December 26 at 1 PM (UTC) (countdown).
INTERPRETATION OF VOTES
There are certain circumstances in which the Election Commissioner will exercise their discretion to determine whether a vote is valid. The following is a non-exhaustive list of cases where the Commissioner may exercise their discretion:- A vote where a candidate is mentioned more than once will be read as containing a single approval for said candidate.
- A vote where the option to re-open nominations is included alongside candidates listed on the official ballot will be considered invalid and will be excluded the tally.
- A vote that contains approvals for options not listed on the official ballot will have those approvals deemed invalid and excluded from the tally, but the vote itself will be deemed valid as long as it contains approvals for options listed on the official ballot.
- A vote that has been edited will be considered invalid and will excluded from the tally.
- A vote cast by an ineligible individual will be considered invalid and will be excluded from the tally.
- A vote cast after the voting period has ended will be considered invalid and will be excluded from the tally.
The Commissioner will only exercise discretion on the matter of the names of candidates in the event that candidate names are mentioned with improper punctuation, but not in cases where candidate names are mistyped or nicknames are used, unless the use of such nicknames is coordinated with, and accepted by, the Commissioner for inclusion in the ballot prior to the casting of the relevant vote.
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