Election General Election (April 2020)

[Roavin]

Shareholders of Lazarus,

the standing period has concluded, and voting has now begun. In this thread, eligible shareholders may submit their ballots. As per Lazarene Elections Act 2.1.c and 5.1.a, the voting period lasts 5 full days starting at the point this thread was posted; therefore, voting will close on May 1, 2020 @ 14:48 UTC.

The eligible candidates are, in alphabetical order:

• @"Chanku" (Campaign thread)
• @"Domais" (Campaign thread)
• @"joWhatup" (Campaign thread)
• @"McChimp" (Campaign thread)

On their ballots, shareholders shall list up to five options in order of preference. These five options comprise the four eligible candidates (listed below), as well as "Abstain" (colloquially called "Re-Open Nominations"); if the virtual candidate "Abstain" wins the vote, a new election shall begin. Shareholders shall use only the forum names of the candidates; minor spelling errors are accepted if and only if ballot entries are obviously referring to one specific candidate as per my judgement. Ballots that include extraneous information or formatting are considered invalid.

A sample ballot that includes the candidates listed in alphabetical order followed by the Abstain option is listed below for your convenience:

Chanku
Domais
joWhatup
McChimp
Abstain

-- Roavin, Chairperson of the Shareholders

 

[Domais]

Abstain

 

[Wymondham]

joWhatup
McChimp
Domais
Chanku
Abstain

 

[Ryccia]

McChimp
joWhatup
Chanku
Domais
Abstain

 

[Deleted1]

joWhatup
McChimp
Domais
Chanku
Abstain

 

[treadwellia]

joWhatup
McChimp
Chanku
Domais
Abstain

 

[Imaginary]

Domais

 

[Atlantica]

mcChimp
Chanku
Domais
joWhatup
Abstain

 

[Killer Kitty]

joWhatup
Abstain
McChimp
Domais
Chanku

 

[Killer Kitty]

joWhatup
Abstain
McChimp
Domais
Chanku

 

[whatermelons]

joWhatup
Chanku
McChimp
Domais

 

[Eldarion]

McChimp
Domais
joWhatup 
Chanku

 

[Leonism]

McChimp
JoWhatup
Chanku
Domais

 

[Roavin]

McChimp
JoWhatup
Chanku
Abstain
Domais

 

[Domais]

joWhatUp
McChimp

 

[Chanku]

McChimp
Chanku
Abstain

 

[Mzeusia]

joWhatup
McChimp
Domais
Chanku
Abstain

 

[McChimp]

Chanku

 

[Wymondham]

JoWhatUp
McChimp

 

[Roavin]

Shareholders of Lazarus,

Lazarene Elections Act Section 6 specifies Instant-Runoff Voting for this election. Following is the detailed breakdown of each round of counting. For the first round, all cast ballots were tallied except that the fifth preference on a ballet, if present, was removed for ease of counting as it does not affect the process. In successive rounds, the ballots were tallied again but with any eliminated preferences removed. Any ballots that become empty due to the elimination is counted as Abstain. With 15 ballots cast, 8 votes are required to reach a majority.

Round 1

The ballots are:


[table=100]
[tr][th]Count[/th][th]Ballot[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]2[/td][td]joWhatup, McChimp[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2[/td][td]joWhatup, McChimp, Domais, Chanku[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1[/td][td]joWhatup, McChimp, Chanku, Domais[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1[/td][td]joWhatup, Chanku, McChimp, Domais[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1[/td][td]joWhatup, Abstain, McChimp, Domais[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2[/td][td]McChimp, joWhatup, Chanku, Domais[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1[/td][td]McChimp, joWhatup, Chanku, Abstain[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1[/td][td]McChimp, Domais, joWhatup, Chanku[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1[/td][td]McChimp, Chanku, Domais, joWhatup[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1[/td][td]McChimp, Chanku, Abstain[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1[/td][td]Domais[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1[/td][td]Chanku[/td][/tr]
[/table]

The totals are:
[table=100]
[tr][th]Name[/th][th]Votes[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]joWhatup[/td][td]7[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]McChimp[/td][td]6[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Domais[/td][td]1[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Chanku[/td][td]1[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Abstain[/td][td]0[/td][/tr]
[/table]

No candidate cleared the majority. Domais and Chanku are eliminated, as they share the lowest vote count.

Round 2

The ballots are:

[table=100]
[tr][th]Count[/th][th]Ballot[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]6[/td][td]joWhatup, McChimp[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1[/td][td]joWhatup, Abstain, McChimp[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4[/td][td]McChimp, joWhatup[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1[/td][td]McChimp, joWhatup, Abstain[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]1[/td][td]McChimp, Abstain[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2[/td][td]Abstain[/td][/tr]
[/table]

The totals are:
[table=100]
[tr][th]Name[/th][th]Votes[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]joWhatup[/td][td]7[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]McChimp[/td][td]6[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Abstain[/td][td]2[/td][/tr]
[/table]

No candidate cleared the majority. McChimp is eliminated.

Round 3

The ballots are:

[table=100]
[tr][th]Count[/th][th]Ballot[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]10[/td][td]joWhatup[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2[/td][td]joWhatup, Abstain[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]3[/td][td]Abstain[/td][/tr]
[/table]

The totals are:
[table=100]
[tr][th]Name[/th][th]Votes[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]joWhatup[/td][td]12[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Abstain[/td][td]2[/td][/tr]
[/table]

joWhatup cleared the threshold of 8 votes.

Result

joWhatup is the winner of the General Election (April 2020).

-- Roavin, Chairperson of the Shareholders