06-21-2006, 03:17 AM
OOC: I'm bored of Cooper. Sorry guys. The absentee ballots can do some weird things occasionally. I know it's not realistic, but this is NationStates. I'll do what I please with my nation. *parental grunt* 
And we get to have Indigo be an ambassador!
IC: Each province certified their vote totals earlier today, and Tzatzing had the addition of a whole bunch of extra ballots. We have a clear winner, a close match for second and third, and then fourth and fifth kind of dropped off the edge.
Here's the tally:
Myra Peterson: 395,197,651 votes + 0 IDU votes = 312,197,651
Opal Kzeichnier: 396,957,124 votes + 0 IDU votes = 345,957,124
Horace Indigo: 397,235,241 votes + 1 IDU vote = 397,235,741
Bjorn Cooper, Jr.: 397,232,299 votes + 6 IDU votes = 397,235,799
James Lin: 401,384,493 + 2 IDU votes (1 from the Ceoranan Congress) = 401,385,493
The winner is James Lin of the Global Progressive Party!
However, in a strange turn of events, Lin apparently decided to do something known politically as "making peace with the opposition", known clearly as "appointing an opposing candidate to his department, and known even more clearly as "appointing Horace Indigo as ambassador-at-large". (And known OOCly as "a cop-out letting Ceo put a fun character in an ambassadorial position.) Strategists have concluded that this was probably to keep Indigo from running against Lin in 2050, due to the fact that their values are very close together.
Mr. Cooper also filed a press release, saying that he felt that the mail system must have been rigged somehow, and demanded a recount. The Office of Elections denied this request, saying that a margin of 4 million votes was too large for a recount under the election rules.
Mr. Lin was busy with reporters, but he appointed Mr. Indigo to explain the situation. He's coming into the office now. OK:
Yo, IDU! I am Horace Indigo, Ceorana's new Ambassador-at-Large, or A.A.L. for short. This means I get to represent Ceorana to places that don't have an ambassador yet, as well as whenever I'm needed. I also get to say "yo" when the whole world is watching, and that's probably the best benefit of this job. No, no, you don't have to take away my pension, that's a good benefit too. Now, Mr. Lin is busy moving his piano into the exec -- oh, I wasn't suppose to reveal that? Oh, OK. Give me a break, it's my first day on the job! Well, Mr. Lin is talking to reporters, so I'm here to talk to y'all about the election 'n' stuff. What? You don't me saying 'n' stuff? Why? Oh, well. See, Mr. Cooper was winning, but Congress didn't want Mr. Cooper, so they opened it up to the IDU. And then Cooper was still winning. So Congress decides to check the mail to kill time before they had to go sign the results. But then the realize there ain't no mail. So they go and they say "What happened to the mail?" And then Alex [Klaus] gives the postal service a call, and they're like, "Whoa, haven't ya heard? There's the biggest snowstorm you ever did see in Tzatzing, and the mail can't get through. There's probably a bazillion and a half ballots still out here." And Klaus is like "and a half?" And they're like, "Yeah, one of 'em got kinda ripped. We can still see the vote for Lin though." And Klaus is like "Send that one first!" So a few days ago in the morning they all came in, and Lin won. And then I was about to go back to my job as a person who gets people to sign petitions, and then I get this phone call from Lin. And Lin's like "Hey, I'm a shy kind of guy, and I think you'd be great to serve as an ambassador." And I'm like "Whoa! That sure beats getting people to sign petitions, I'd be honored to serve, yo!" And then Lin's like "Yeah, I figgered you'd say that. Plus I don't want to running against me in the next election, but don't tell anyone I said that," Oops. And I'm like, "OK, I'll work things out with you in a few minutes. I've got a hundred signatures to get!" And he laughs kinda and he's like, "OK. I'll be in touch."
In other news, he appointed some other people, but those are classified. He's trying to decide whether to appoint a drunkard to the UN post, or keep Bobson, or get someone else. Who knows.
- H.I., representing the C.R. of C., yo!
And we get to have Indigo be an ambassador!IC: Each province certified their vote totals earlier today, and Tzatzing had the addition of a whole bunch of extra ballots. We have a clear winner, a close match for second and third, and then fourth and fifth kind of dropped off the edge.
Here's the tally:
Myra Peterson: 395,197,651 votes + 0 IDU votes = 312,197,651
Opal Kzeichnier: 396,957,124 votes + 0 IDU votes = 345,957,124
Horace Indigo: 397,235,241 votes + 1 IDU vote = 397,235,741
Bjorn Cooper, Jr.: 397,232,299 votes + 6 IDU votes = 397,235,799
James Lin: 401,384,493 + 2 IDU votes (1 from the Ceoranan Congress) = 401,385,493
The winner is James Lin of the Global Progressive Party!
However, in a strange turn of events, Lin apparently decided to do something known politically as "making peace with the opposition", known clearly as "appointing an opposing candidate to his department, and known even more clearly as "appointing Horace Indigo as ambassador-at-large". (And known OOCly as "a cop-out letting Ceo put a fun character in an ambassadorial position.) Strategists have concluded that this was probably to keep Indigo from running against Lin in 2050, due to the fact that their values are very close together.
Mr. Cooper also filed a press release, saying that he felt that the mail system must have been rigged somehow, and demanded a recount. The Office of Elections denied this request, saying that a margin of 4 million votes was too large for a recount under the election rules.
Mr. Lin was busy with reporters, but he appointed Mr. Indigo to explain the situation. He's coming into the office now. OK:
Yo, IDU! I am Horace Indigo, Ceorana's new Ambassador-at-Large, or A.A.L. for short. This means I get to represent Ceorana to places that don't have an ambassador yet, as well as whenever I'm needed. I also get to say "yo" when the whole world is watching, and that's probably the best benefit of this job. No, no, you don't have to take away my pension, that's a good benefit too. Now, Mr. Lin is busy moving his piano into the exec -- oh, I wasn't suppose to reveal that? Oh, OK. Give me a break, it's my first day on the job! Well, Mr. Lin is talking to reporters, so I'm here to talk to y'all about the election 'n' stuff. What? You don't me saying 'n' stuff? Why? Oh, well. See, Mr. Cooper was winning, but Congress didn't want Mr. Cooper, so they opened it up to the IDU. And then Cooper was still winning. So Congress decides to check the mail to kill time before they had to go sign the results. But then the realize there ain't no mail. So they go and they say "What happened to the mail?" And then Alex [Klaus] gives the postal service a call, and they're like, "Whoa, haven't ya heard? There's the biggest snowstorm you ever did see in Tzatzing, and the mail can't get through. There's probably a bazillion and a half ballots still out here." And Klaus is like "and a half?" And they're like, "Yeah, one of 'em got kinda ripped. We can still see the vote for Lin though." And Klaus is like "Send that one first!" So a few days ago in the morning they all came in, and Lin won. And then I was about to go back to my job as a person who gets people to sign petitions, and then I get this phone call from Lin. And Lin's like "Hey, I'm a shy kind of guy, and I think you'd be great to serve as an ambassador." And I'm like "Whoa! That sure beats getting people to sign petitions, I'd be honored to serve, yo!" And then Lin's like "Yeah, I figgered you'd say that. Plus I don't want to running against me in the next election, but don't tell anyone I said that," Oops. And I'm like, "OK, I'll work things out with you in a few minutes. I've got a hundred signatures to get!" And he laughs kinda and he's like, "OK. I'll be in touch."
In other news, he appointed some other people, but those are classified. He's trying to decide whether to appoint a drunkard to the UN post, or keep Bobson, or get someone else. Who knows.
- H.I., representing the C.R. of C., yo!