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Referendum on Membership of EDEN Alliance CLOSED: PLEASE STOP VOTING!

Day 1,840, 06:30 • Published in Ireland Ireland

• by John Gormley

*VOTE NOW CLOSED! PLEASE STOP VOTING*

I've been asked by President Winston Hope Smith to start this referendum.

I will keep the introductions to the minimum as the majority of people will already know what this is all about.
However, I have been asked to make one specific point very clear: that this is a consultative vote and it is still up to the President to decide whether or not to accept the results.

This referendum is on our membership of EDEN. You have 3 quite self-explanatory options:
STAY
LEAVE
ABSTAIN

A simple majority (50%+1) is needed to pass this referendum.
Please vote by PMing my account, and leaving a simple STAY, LEAVE or ABSTAIN will suffice.

This vote will remain open for 24 hours.

Comments

Winston Hope Smith Day 1,840, 06:33

Everyone please vote

John Gormley Day 1,840, 06:34

Normal joke service will resume tonight! 🙂

gyika Day 1,840, 06:37

now this is a terrible joke

galenaandrea Day 1,840, 06:40

Hail Ireland!
I will respect you desicion whatever it is, but I will be very happy if your flag is on CoT logo : )

incr3ase Day 1,840, 06:42

galenaandrea Day 1,840, 06:40

Hail Ireland!
I will respect you desicion whatever it is, but I will be very happy if your flag is on CoT logo : )

+1

Shadss Day 1,840, 06:42

I like Jameson : )

Sean MacDiarmata Day 1,840, 06:49

Shouted and voted, also song for the vote

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqH21LEmfbQ

Kapetan Markos Vafeiadis Day 1,840, 06:50

save your selves and leave!!!

Nikolcho Day 1,840, 07:06

o//

Bhane Day 1,840, 07:06

Pushing this EDEN v COT thing is only going to make life easy for TWO to roll over everyone.

Sean MacDiarmata Day 1,840, 07:09

Sure ive said it CoT is allied with TWO, MMPs are proof

Bhane Day 1,840, 07:14

Join TWO

Non-aggression pact (no declarations of war, or daily orders against)...
Canada, USA, Croatia, Greece, and others of our oldest and best friends.

That would certainly shake things up. = P

Emergy Maxfell Day 1,840, 07:19

I'd be nice to see Ireland in CoT, if only because you know Canada isn't going to do anything interesting and I'd MUCH rather fight for Ireland anyway.

Ian E CoIeman Day 1,840, 07:26

Is voting to abstain the same as voting to stay? Or do we need >50% L|S+L?

Bhane Day 1,840, 07:32

Voting to abstain is saying you are okay with either option. Personally, I abstained because I will always fight for eireland, no matter what it's alliance affiliation is.

The percentages should just compare stay vs leave, and the abstentions should only be there to count total participation in the poll.

Uljanov Day 1,840, 07:34

Ian E CoIeman good question..do we have to have 50%+1 of:
1. All of the Irelands population
2. All voters
3. Just Stay votes

?

Bhane Day 1,840, 07:38

I think I answered that, Ulj.

The percentage should just count stay vs leave.
The abstains count toward total participation, but should carry no weight in the poll percent. Think of the abstentions as half a vote for stay and half a vote for leave. It's a 50/50 vote, so it will not change the outcome.

Death and Taxes Day 1,840, 07:38

If you don't vote, don't bitch

Winston Hope Smith Day 1,840, 07:50

Guys

The same as any RL referendum

Abstains count towards turnout only exactly as Bhane sayes

Brian Boru Day 1,840, 08:13

" that this is a consultative vote and it is still up to the President to decide whether or not to accept the results."

So much for democracy

Ronan Donovan Day 1,840, 08:26

This isn't a terrible joke...

LitoII Day 1,840, 08:26

Finally : )))
I have been waiting for this moment for more than half a year now!

Ronan Donovan Day 1,840, 08:27

or is it??

Liam Tatlock Day 1,840, 08:54

50%+1 to pass? Wouldn't a clearer majority give a more authoritative signal?

MrConway Day 1,840, 09:08

Voted abstain.

Seanan Day 1,840, 09:21

So this isn't a referendum, this is an opinion poll for the CP.

Because alliance membership is a decision by Population, Dail and CP.

Nataliia from Galicia Day 1,840, 09:40

@that this is a consultative vote and it is still up to the President to decide whether or not to accept the results@

dafuq. call it a survey! people are to choose to change alliance or not. not the president!

Nataliia from Galicia Day 1,840, 09:41

this referendum is not legit at all

Nicu Maels Day 1,840, 09:42

o7 Ireland...u know better what to do

binksy Day 1,840, 09:56

are you havin a laugh dude ?
either the vote counts or it dosent and if it dosent whats the point ?

get it together dude

Winston Hope Smith Day 1,840, 11:06

It is to inform the next CP on what the population wants as I set out here

http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-whs-cp-eden-other-options-2157987/1/20

I suggest you get the candidates to say whether they will accept the result.

Sleep is for the weak Day 1,840, 11:17

Voted to leave EDEN

The Death of Rats Day 1,840, 11:27

For the SHORT term I would like to see us remain in EDEN.

Brian Boru Day 1,840, 12:09

Hundreds of votes... From who? CoT?

Liam Tatlock Day 1,840, 12:17

I_R_R

Sean MacDiarmata Day 1,840, 12:22

Yeah Brian,

TBH this should be a command to the next CP not to inform them but tell them what the public wants and its the CP's duty to carry out that desire. The people running for CP should know that and if they are unwilling to carry out the publics desire then withdraw from the race.

Its the same as when we voted to join EDEN, public voted and said to join so we did, it wasn't a consultation its a referendum not a survery.

MR. PADRAIG PEARSE Day 1,840, 12:24

wut?

Liam Tatlock Day 1,840, 12:25

It'd be good before election day if all the candidates let us know whether they would be willing to abide by the result of this, whether it's stay or go.

Liam Tatlock Day 1,840, 12:26

`"wut? "

Voter's Club order with your name at the top.

MR. PADRAIG PEARSE Day 1,840, 12:28

Ive been framed ;_;

Sleep is for the weak Day 1,840, 12:31

@Liam read my candidacy article ;😉)

Liam Tatlock Day 1,840, 12:34

"Ive been framed ;_; "

Bloody hell, does Jeremy Beadle play this game?!

MUFC : Yep, I have, I'd just like to see all the candidates state their position.

Sleep is for the weak Day 1,840, 12:37

I don't think other candidates are even serious tbh.

Also, after this thing called "survey" I'll have to organise a real referendum first day in office if I win. All this could have been already done now, we'll look like idi*ts with two "referendums" in three days.