The Town of Odyssey

I know that on other forums, the administrators (if not also moderators) can view the votes of each person on each poll. Catspaw could easily check to make sure the people who PMed the votes did not also vote in the poll. That would be easy enough to check if it were possible to do so here.

xiao wrote:Actually, I have to say, I disagree with the absentee vote business. The poll should be the final result. I'm not trying to be sour here but anyone could garner two votes by saying they'll be absent and just voting anyways... didn't anyone think of that?

If you vote by absentee, your account is locked during the election.

And I think the citizins of this board would be honest enough not to cheat. The absentee ballot is a good way to include the members who will simply be unable to log on during the voting period.

xiao wrote:

Ruthie wrote:

If I hadn't forgotten about voting and then been out of town, it would've been a tie.

Thanks, Ruthie!

Actually, I have to say, I disagree with the absentee vote business. The poll should be the final result. I'm not trying to be sour here but anyone could garner two votes by saying they'll be absent and just voting anyways... didn't anyone think of that?

Absentee voting was started with Shadowpaw when people expressed an interest in voting but were unable to be present for the actual voting period. The database does not show who a member voted for, but it does show if they voted at all, and that has typically been checked to prevent this problem. Of course, usually it isn't this close of a vote! Nonetheless, the results are genuine.

Congrats guys!

can iz be a mod noww!!1!111111!111111!!1

Anyways, congrats to Lizzie and iTaq err Taq.

On the absentee thing - real elections in real life use absentee to and it generally works just fine....


Congrats italiq and great race to panda bear and regis/lord sess!

Tyler wrote:ONE VOTE!? :dies:


Ah well, congrats iTaliq

*Tries not to kill Tyler with this announcement: I missed the poll. *

*And I didn't know we could vote absentee, too bad*

I should demand a recount...we would've won.

Tyler wrote:I should demand a recount...we would've won.

If you start it, I'll demand along with you.

In real elections, people forgetting to vote during polling hours or to send in an absentee ballot on time is not a valid reason for a recount.

Laura Ingalls wrote:In real elections, people forgetting to vote during polling hours or send in an absentee ballot on time is not a valid reason for a recount.

Well, it should be. We should all try to accommodate the minority of slackers, so that they can be free to slack! Equality for all!

Pseudonym wrote:

Laura Ingalls wrote:In real elections, people forgetting to vote during polling hours or send in an absentee ballot on time is not a valid reason for a recount.

Well, it should be. We should all try to accommodate the minority of slackers, so that they can be free to slack! Equality for all!

If only slackers were the minority in this country.

I missed the poll...argh. Ek and Xiao, please run next election. I was so looking forward to your term.

silly, distracting, graduation parties...*grumbles away*

What kind of sick twist of fate is this? XD

Wow, all the Panda Bear voters where out of town when the vote happened.
IT MUST BE A SCHEME!

So far, if three of the Panda supporters hadn't forgotten to vote, they would have won!

Ziff wrote:So far, if three of the Panda supporters hadn't forgotten to vote, they would have won!

Wonderful

Umm.... recount?