Council election

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Council elections take place every 60 days in the bailiwick of the town. The purpose is to elect councillors who will manage the duchy under the leadership of the duke.

Voting system

The elections use a "party-list proportional representation", which means:

• You are voting for the entire list. You can not vote for a specific member. And you can only vote for one list.
• There are twelve seats in the council. A list that received 50% of the votes will get six seats.

Candidacies

Presenting a list

You can present a list:

• starting from 30 days before the end of the mandate of the current council
• if you have the "County Ambitions" skill
• if you have 200 pounds required to create a list (this amount is paid into the coffer of the duchy)

List composition

A list is made up of 12 people. The person who created it is the head of the list.

It is the head of the list who chooses which persons to be included. However, the persons on the list will have to confirm their registration.

A person can not be registered on two different lists in the same election.

List validation

A list is eligible to acquire votes if:

• all twelve members on the list have confirmed their registration
• the required fee of 1000 pounds is paid. Every person in the duchy can help paying for it. (This amount is also paid into the coffers of the duchy)

The vote

The duration of the vote is six days, starting from the seventh day before the end of the mandate of the current council.

It is only possible to vote once for each character for the entire list. However, those who are noble of the sword, even though they can only vote once, contribute two votes instead of one to the list of their choice.

It is not possible to vote in prison.

The results

At the end of this period, the votes are counted and the number of seats are given to each list proportionally: 50% of votes = 50% of the number of seats.

If a list acquires 5 seats, the first 5 characters on this list will be the councillors.

Example

1000 votes are cast among 3 lists:

• List "English wiki" received 550 votes (55% of the votes)
• List "Celsius Online" received 350 votes (35%)
• List "French wiki" received 100 votes (10%)
  
  

With 12 seats and a total of 1000 votes, a list will gain one seat for every 83 votes it receives (1000 / 12 = 83.33).

In the first round of calculation, the number of seats are distributed as follows:

• 550 / 83 = 6.6 = 6 seats for English wiki (52 votes remaining)
• 350 / 83 = 4.2 = 4 seats for Celsius Online (18 votes remaining)
• 100 / 83 = 1.2 = 1 seat for French wiki (17 votes remaining)
  
  

There is still one seat left (52+18+17 = 87 > 83). It goes to the list with the highest remaining votes, which is the English wiki.

In summary:

The following characters are elected to be on the council :

• The first 7 names on "English wiki"
• The first 4 names on "Celsius Online"
• the head of the "French wiki" list
  
  

English wiki will have the absolute majority.

Election of the count (or duke)

At the end of the council election, when the twelve members of the council are elected, they have two days to elect among themselves a duke that will take charge and will give them a fonction. After those two days, if there is an equality, a new vote takes place, for two days, until the council finally agree to elect a duke.

During the election of the new duke, councelors from the previous mandate still have access to their offices, and should handle gestion of the county. During this period, a counselor who is not elected again can not give his resignation. During this period, a counselor newly elected is able to give its resignation. If he had already voted, the counselor who will replace him would not be able to vote.

At the end of each turn of this election, each councilor receives the result of the vote, knowing exactly who voted or who.

Resignations

Every councel can put his resignation from the council. (Warning: there is no IG conformation after clicking)

When a counselor gives his resignation, he is replaced by the following one on his lis. If the twelth gives his resignation, he is not replaced.

Examples:

• Candidates 1, 2, 3 and 4 of a list are elected. If the fourth one resigns, the fifth one of that list enters the council.
• Candidates 1, 2, 3 and 4 of a list are elected. If the third one resigns, the fifth one of that list enters the council.
• Candidates 1, 2, 3,4 and 5 of a list are elected. If the third one resigns, the fifth one will enter the council. Then, if the second one resigns, the third one will enter the council, since he is the next on the list.
  
  

If the duke resigns durign his mandate, the following counselor of his list will enter the council, then new duke election will take place.

Deaths and eradications

A dead candidate, whatever the reason is, keeps his spot in an electoral list. He can be elected for the following mandate.

A dead counselor keeps his spot on the council. It is not possible to make him leave.

Note

• The list displayed first during an election is the one from which the head of the list has the more charisma.
  
  

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Summary

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