Term 6 Election - Designated Players

[Sigma]

Term 6 Election for the Designated Players

The Designated Player plays the save according to instructions that were posted by officials. The Designated Player must post an Instruction Thread in which officials will post their instructions, and then play the save following the instructions to the best of his/her ability. The Designated Player may choose whether to hold his/her turnchat online or offline. Following the turnchat, the Designated Player should post as much information as he can, including a summary, log, screenshots, and the save. The Designated Player should do all of this in a timely manner so as not to delay the game.

Link to Nomination Thread: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=172039

Please vote for every citizen who you feel should serve as a Designated Player for the next term. This is a multiple-choice poll, so vote for as many candidates as you like!

Options:

• Sigma
• Vind2
• DaveShack
• GeorgeOP
• CivGeneral
• Oldbus
• ice2k4
• Abstain

This poll has been marked private because it is an election poll.
Elections will be open for 3 days, and will close on May 30th at approximately 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC).

Should they choose to write them, the candidates' platforms will appear below.

Good luck to all of the candidates!

 

[dutchfire]

how many votes do they need?

 

[Sigma]

I'm sorry, I should have specified. A candidate needs to receive more than 50% of the non-abstain votes to be elected DP.

Edit: should be more than 50%, not just 50%

 

[Black_Hole]

I'm sorry, I should have specified. A candidate needs to receive at least 50% of the non-abstain votes to be elected DP.

sorry to point out a technicality Mr. Censor, but they actually need more than 50%, so getting 50% would not elect them

 

[Sigma]

Whoops, I guess that's what "over 50.00%" means. I guess with our CoL I got used to looking for 50.01% for "over 50%". Interestingly enough, I don't think we've ever had a situation where a DP received only half of the votes.

 

[Vind2]

Looks like i'm at excactly 50%

 

[Swissempire]

Up to 60%
If i recall correctly, we have only ever had 1 person not be elected...

 

[BCLG100]

57.14% now, not sure why your down though

 

[Sigma]

The abstain votes bring it down, but technically we throw those out for the calculuation of 50%.

 

[Vind2]

yay 60%

 

[ice2k4]

When you make polls, I wish the forum had a null vote option, where you wouldn't have to make an abstain vote, and null votes aren't counted. Would make it a lot easier =/

 

[Vind2]

It's gone down to 59.09% but no one else has voted

 

[DaveShack]

This is a first, at present there are no ties in the vote. If this holds up, we won't have to use the rather silly but necessary tie breaker mechanism of 1st accepted nomination goes first.

 

[GenMarshall]

I am glad to see the citizens are going to give me another shot at being the DP .

 

[Chieftess]

Up to 60%
If i recall correctly, we have only ever had 1 person not be elected...

2 actually, IIRC. Back in term 2 I believe.

 

[Swissempire]

2 actually, IIRC. Back in term 2 I believe.

I'm thinking of Blackbrd, who are you talking about

 

[BCLG100]

CG didnt make it one time, i wouldnt worry though vind back upto 60%

 

[robboo]

looks like you are all going to make it....yipppeee

 

[Donovan Zoi]

The abstain votes bring it down, but technically we throw those out for the calculuation of 50%.

Why make it any easier than it already is? The DP vote is pretty much just a virtual love-in right now anyway.

I still contend that we should just allow anyone who signs up in the nomination thread to be a DP, as watching these silly DP elections go forward is a waste of time. Why should we put any weight behind this constitutionally unaccountable position anyway? Let anyone who wants to play do their worst to our great nation and yet live to tell the tale to their grandkids!

You screw up; doesn't matter because it's not an elected position. You screw up a few terms ago? No matter, the people will always forgive (or forget)!

Either hoist some accountability onto this position or stop these elections. There is no excitement in watching them unfold whatsoever, as this game has veered away from its political origin. Just like second grade, everyone's a winner now.

 

[greekguy]

Well, I only voted for 5 of the 7 candidates, and now that i think about it, i probably should've only voted for 4.