[WTP]~ What really happened in the Primaries.

Day 2,021, 18:25 • Published in USA USA • by Hale26
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

~Martin Luther King, Jr. 



Today I had a WTP newsletter-article in mind. Talk about Operation Rainbow Doc, FTW, Debate club...etc. Seeing as my article count has been lacking, that would've been a welcome thing. But, there's something that I must be cleared up.

Over the course of today, there has been a shadow cast over WTP's Primary. Some say I rigged the times, others that I've rigged the whole election in Ten's favor. Their point is that they think I've cast a shadow over this election; That the results were not legit.

My point is that those people are wrong. Before we get into anything serious, I will openly admit that I did mess up the election times. But to say this election was a sham is wrong.

Today is not a day for rambling paragraphs, so I've broken down exactly what happen over the past few days into a 12 point explanation. This is so far the most accurate way to get what happened across, so I'm urging all of you to read it.

1. Paul was under the impression that the voting was for 48 hours. I don't explicitly remember stating that, but that's what he knew, and what I most likely told him.

2. The party was told that the vote would go on from the 30th-2nd. Using Cali time, it would end at 9pm. Our time (EST), 12:01 AM.

3. All times were in Erep time, PST.

4. We forgot about the 31st.

5. I shrugged this off when the 31st rolled in. It frankly did not matter to me. I just wanted to get the votes in. Time duration didn't matter; The party knew how long we had

6. Cromstar PMed me. We talked, and I told him we were closing our election at 21:01 Erep time. He told me that that means myself, Bigc and Othere only had 3 hours to get our noms in.

7. I have school tomorrow, and we've already had awhile to vote. So, I said I'll close the vote early. Not to mention that fact that the logistics of getting all 3 of us to do our noms in 3 hours would be difficult.

8. Paul comes to me in the morning asking about why the poll is still open. I told him, then realized that he thought they ended last night.

9. I send a Newsletter out to the party saying they have till 15:00 Erep time to vote. I gave my reasons, got some well deserved flak, but that was about it.

10. The additional time from when the message was sent and when the polls closed was a grace period, to clarify. It's unfair to just go around closing polls without telling anyone.

11. Paul and a few other people in Fed party chat start getting asking questions, apparently say I closed and reopened the polls, asking me fair questions, not so fair questions...etc.

12. I apologize that I misinformed everyone outside of WTP.

As you can see, this was miscommunication between WTP Leadership and...well...everyone else. That, I apologize for. While the other parties did not elect me, and I do not represent them, it's a courtesy to let them know what is going on. Not letting them know wasn't cool.

It is undoubtable that reforms to Unity are needed. Over the past few days, the T4 PPs have been talking about populizing the system of Unity. I personally welcome this discussion, because really, this is about votes; Not Parties.

However, Unity stands as it stands. While I do apologize for my mistake, Tenshibo still won 1 more vote than Paul Proteus. Tenshibo is the Unity Candidate. And while it may seem tempting to deviate from the path Unity has given us at this time, breaking Unity is not something we should do.

WTP's first PP, John Jay, went through a scenario much like this. He felt lied, cheated and betrayed by Unity. Hell, he almost went full on rogue, risked the party's name and his own to prove a point about Unity. As some of you still remember, he threatened to do this with an unfliching resolve.

Despite all of this, when Jay found his point was unprovable, he stayed in Unity. That is because, at the end of the day, John Jay was about Nation>Self. It would be childish to say that anyone is going to go rogue over this, but I just thought this is something some of whom I've offended should mull over. I've done something wrong, but two wrongs don't make a right.


In short, I apologize for all that transpired wrongly and hope my account of what happened makes sense to everyone. If anyone has any question, feel free to ask in the comments. Likewise, if anyone has any anger towards me, feel free to voice that in the comments too.

Just try to remember what's important, eAmerica.



G'night