Talk:Mayor of Malton/2007

How about...

No? --Hubrid Nox ^{Sys WTF U! B!} 12:38, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

We of the M(A)F have taken the long overdue measure of nominating None of the Above, so as to make sure that Malton will resume its current state of mayoresslessness. For those of you who agree that it is either/both impracticeable and undesireable to have a mayor or any municipal government, there is now a candidate for you to support. --Luigi Galleani ^{M(A)C | M(A)F} 21:25, 11 April 2007 (BST)

LOL

Ha Whoo ha hack cough he he hee. --S.Wiers ^X:00_{x-mas tree dead pool} 15:01, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
murry you are a sick little man. lol--Sexualharrison ^{MR• ה •T} 15:06, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Voting

Where/When do we vote? --Ev933n / Talk _PPGC 12:24, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

The when is answered on the page: Primaries are on April 17th, the General Election is on May 1st. I'm still trying to figure out a good way to vote while ensuring that a handful of jack@$$es don't vote 200 times. It may not actually be secret ballot but open, signed voting, though that doesn't feel right at all. -- Murray Jay Suskind 06:43, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

How about having each "voter" switch their character's group name to their candidate for 24 hours? We'd just need to see which candidate became the biggest group- though you ideally need to check every hour as the stats were updated. Kevan might be willing to automate a log that the collects that info, he did it for the Christmas Tree Dead Pool. It would be vulnerable to "ballot box stuffing", but I having 2 characters in the same group is alt abuse, so at least it makes such shenanigans "against the rules". Plus, stuffing the ballot with actual CHARACTER voters is at least decent role-play- they are real voters in game terms, after all, even if they are "bussed in from out of town" just for that day. --S.Wiers^ctdp_NTmap^x:oo 11:09, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Nay! We need open and transparent voting! I suggest this, despite that I have no inherent interest in seeing who is voting for my opponents. Not at all.

Having said that, I think the "Group affiliation" is potentially horribly abuseable- it's never stopped the CDF, for example. --Karloth Vois ^RR 14:46, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

2 things, having it right here on the talk page helps newbs out. as well, the where was the big important thing. --Ev933n / Talk _PPGC 17:40, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Don't forget to put this up on the community announcement template on April 17th! --^T 21:09, 29 March 2007 (BST)

So, has some sort of voting system been figured out yet? I'm assuming we're going by Wiki voting, but Murray hasn't said anything, and technically he's the one running this... --Specialist290 ♠♥♣♦ 00:20, 4 April 2007 (BST)

Split Endorsement

The zambah side of the Gore Corps endorses the candidacy of Murray Jay Suskind. The harman side of the Gore Corps supports the candidacy of Sir Fred and the LEWD party. --Goolina _{Gore Corps} 05:56, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

legitimity

this whole thing is kind of senseless in legetimical questions. what's the sense of this Mayor if his power isn't recognised? in the real world all politics are based on power. armies in simple cases. what's the sense to elect mayor of malton that won't have support of any malton army--Duke Garland 20:38, 29 March 2007 (BST)

1. What's the point of having, say, a king or queen in a constitutional monarchy?

2. This is all largely hypothetical, but I'm guessing that the Mayor will have the "support," in a sense, of the voting block that stands behind him. Being able to rally a large number of voters who are confident in an individual's leadership might give him a measure of respect and authority above that which he could normally attain, thus allowing him to foster a sense of tighter coordination with the group that voted for him. In short, even if he doesn't have any explicitly stated powers, he can always claim that his word is "the word of the people."

3. The same reason we all play a browser-based text MMORPG that has minimal or no effect on our real lives--because it's fun! :D --Specialist290 ♠♥♣♦ 20:46, 29 March 2007 (BST)

->1 Monarches always had armies, so that's not an issue.

->3 i don't find this fun in state it is right now... well, at least this must be popularised better - broadcasted on all radio frequencies. i've actually found it quite accidently--Duke Garland 21:04, 29 March 2007 (BST)

You do bring up a valid point--very few people, apparently, really know about this election. My zombie alt's staff and I have been trying to stir up some activity by tagging areas, and Huey's going to try to tour as much of Malton as possible to deliver his speeches to crowds of (hopefully-attentive) ferals.

As for broadcasting via radio, that sounds like a really good idea. Not sure how many people use them anymore, but it can't hurt to try. --Specialist290 ♠♥♣♦ 21:12, 29 March 2007 (BST)

I just want to support opposition to this. Not because it isn't fun, because it is sort of is in the short term. Except that PKer or ZKer groups will murder whoever would be elected into oblivion, so it'll suck to be mayor. But honestly, what would we want with corruption, state violence, and someone who feels even more self-important than they did before? Vote None of the Above! --Luigi Galleani ^{M(A)C | M(A)F} 21:29, 11 April 2007 (BST)

Absentee Ballot

I'll be out of Malton on business at the time of the election. How would I go about registering to receive an absentee ballot?--Gorbatron 18:52 29 March 2007 (EST)

Can I do this?

Can I add a new minor party and run in it? It will be pro-pker of course.--Coil Snake 05:59, 30 March 2007 (BST)

I don't see why not--that's what all the others did. --Specialist290 ♠♥♣♦ 07:17, 30 March 2007 (BST)

An Idea

Instead of ": --~~~~" in votes, it would be easier if the colon was replaced with a #. This would allow for easy counting of votes. --Hubrid Nox ^{Sys WTF U! B!} 16:02, 5 April 2007 (BST)

Primary Voting

Primary voting is shut down! Karloth Vois is the Harmanitive Party candidate. Bullgod and Murray Jay Suskind have tied the Zombiecratic Party vote.

All votes must be stamped (just type "~~~~") and submitted by 11:59 PM UTC on Tuesday, April 17th. The principle we're working on is one person (in real life), one vote. I don't care how many alts or characters you have or if you were going to split your vote, you get only one. If you're caught all your votes get thrown out. The general election voting will not begin until the primary is over. As of this writing there are only two parties that have multiple candidates running, so they'll be the ones we'll be voting for. If anyone jumps on board with one of the minor parties, feel free to add them.

How to enter your vote...

1. Find your candidate and vote between the two lines.

2. Make a hard return beneath the previous vote.

3. Enter ": ~~~~" and NOTHING ELSE as your vote. Any editorial comments about why you voted that way will be deleted.