Pitifull

[iswa]

may I just say that the voter turnouts are pitifull, or am I expecting too much, see here.

10000islands.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=oldelectionresults&action=display&thread=7946

[Enigmatic]

Compared to our WA population, they should be a lot higher, but voter turnout has always been a fraction of the base.

[Ananke II]

Actually, compared to most regions our voter turnout have been pretty decent the last year. Just go and look through the feeders sometime. They'd love to have our kind of numbers. 70+ people voted in the last delegate election.

But yeah, no matter where you go there will always be less active people on the regional forum than the number of nations a region has got ingame. That's just how it is in nationstates.

[Walabamba]

I've always thought more people should vote but I guess that's just the way things happen.

[Enigmatic]

Yeah, I neglected to say what Ananke did. While we do see only a fraction of the potential vote, that fraction is rather high comparatively speaking. It's actually one of the ways that NS politics mirrors real-life politics. Voter turnout in actual elections is far lower than it could or should be, but plenty of people still show up and plenty of things still get done.

[Guy]

First of all, you should not have posted it here. Can't you see this a board for archived threads?

Secondly, I'm pretty sure there are very few regions—actually, make that none—who have our voter turnout. Maybe one of the other big user-created regions, but only if they permit non-WA votes.

[Jusyr]

May 31, 2010 1:43:15 GMT -5 Guy said:

First of all, you should not have posted it here. Can't you see this a board for archived threads?

Secondly, I'm pretty sure there are very few regions—actually, make that none—who have our voter turnout. Maybe one of the other big user-created regions, but only if they permit non-WA votes.

Dude. Chill out, the guy's a newbie.

[Cerb]

I'm not that interested, my WA activities do not focus on voting. Everyone has the right to abstain.

[Unodosdos]

I think you'd have a better turnout if non-WA nations could vote too.

[Jusyr]

May 31, 2010 21:32:17 GMT -5 Unodosdos said:

I think you'd have a better turnout if non-WA nations could vote too.

Uno, you win.

[Unodosdos]

;D

[Enigmatic]

[iswa]

Hey, the thread WA+Citizenship exists, hello!

[Guy]

May 31, 2010 14:07:53 GMT -5 Cerb said:

I'm not that interested, my WA activities do not focus on voting. Everyone has the right to abstain.

But but but but... How can you not vote for me?

[Ananke II]

Maybe I should be more aggressive in my attempts at bribing people into voting in exchange for muffins?

[Enigmatic]

Yes! More muffins!

[Takaram]

*Begins work on Muffin Cannon Mark I*
We'll have you campaigning like mad in no time, Ananke!

[Silvermain]

Hmm... that would definitely get me to vote, Ananke!

By the way... I read that the senate elections are every two months, but I'm not sure when each month. I'm sure I missed them this month because I only joined recently, but I'd like to know ahead of time for the next one.

[Guy]

Odd months (January, March etc.)
A term is four months, so the seats up for election alternate

[Silvermain]

*clarification* What time of each odd month? The 15th? The 1st? The 31st?

[Guy]

Declaration period is first Tuesday of the month to the second Tuesday, after which voting begins immediately.

[Cerb]

Jun 1, 2010 7:09:55 GMT -5 Guy said:

May 31, 2010 14:07:53 GMT -5 Cerb said:

I'm not that interested, my WA activities do not focus on voting. Everyone has the right to abstain.

But but but but... How can you not vote for me?

Maybe I should rephrase. I don't much care about voting on the WA resolutions. I will happily vote in regional elections.

Though, sometimes I find the people running for office just a little... worrying.

[Enigmatic]

You should have seen the field in May 07. This really weird, crazy guy got elected. For the life of me, I don't know why they voted for him. And to top it all off, the following January they made him Minister of Immigration.

[Walabamba]

Hmmmm... I wonder who that might have been........ ;D

[Takaram]

Was it that nut-job Enigmatic?

[Walabamba]

Huh, I guess it might have been

[Enigmatic]

Who told you that?! No information is safe! The walls have noses!

[Takaram]

And tongues.

[Walabamba]

and freckles

[Takaram]

XKI has some really screwed up walls alright.