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Congrats Gold Party on a 30% stake in Congress!!! Congrats to ERDWURM, Stagnation, Azreal, Robert Reid, Guss1972, and myself!

Congrats Switzerland on a 100% successful Anti-PTO operation!

Congrats to Thailand on getting 50% of Congress, meaning the PTOers have failed, and cannot enact any changes or take any gold or THB!!

While we have the luxury of having generally safe elections today, there are a few nations that do not.

If anyone is interested in helping stop a PTO, please feel free to contact me, and I'll do my best to get you to the right person in charge of the Anti-PTO operations.

Thailand is facing PTOers coming in to take advantage of the open citizenship, much like eSA did 2 months ago today.

In Thailand, the list of official candidates is:
August L. Isaan - Don't Vote
Gentyle - 10 votes
Pabblo_Escobar - Don't Vote
Thingol - 11 votes
Isotron - Don't Vote
tujul - 10 votes
Hans Tastad - Don't Vote
Jack Roberts - 11 votes
Jeff Hamilton - 10 votes
and Travis Byrd - 11 votes

*Updated off the spreadsheet*

They are currently looking to get at least a 50% majority only. Please vote for the bolded candidates above.

Thailand really needs a bit of help, I would suggest that if voters want to help, they go to Thailand. Some of these people came to eSA 2 elections ago to help stop our PTO, and we should do our best to return the favor. Please help Thailand.

All of these people are running under the "Official Thai Party", which believe it or not, is actually official.If you need tickets to vote in Thailand, please see this article. You can see how many votes each candidate has on the spreadsheet here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tUUgAUXqYwc3aw6GZrkj2rA&single=true&gid=0&output=html

At this time, it is asked here that votes go for the candidates I have placed in bold.

Vincent Garibaldi's Official ATO Information is here. You can find info there about getting tickets to move as well.

Switzerland is facing it's own PTO as well. The official list of candidates in Switzerland is-

JNArno - 19 votes (safe) *Please don't vote here, this person is secure now*
Renouille - 18 votes
Himgadril - 18 votes
Wazamaza - 33 votes (safe) *Please don't vote here, this person is secure now*
Trukork - 16 votes (borderline) *Vote Here*
Pascal Couchepin - 15 votes (not in) *Vote Here*
Danihellpt - 17 votes (borderline)
Ilestis - 16 votes (borderline) *Vote Here*
F4ucon - 16 votes (borderline) *Vote Here*
Biday - 15 votes (not in) *Vote Here*

*Updated from Arjay Phoenician's article here.*

*2nd Update straight from the spreadsheet*

President Eleriel has a spreadsheet here to help track the votes, please check it before voting
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkhsFI_CT_i8dHBQTUs5ODBFSWZUSEhQVVFXTm9waGc&hl=en

More info is available about the Swiss situation here.

I'll be updating the progress of the elections here so that voters can know where to votes if they want to help.

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For anyone not willing to leave the country to vote abroad, I'll be keeping an updated list of the Gold Party Candidates and how they are doing here.

In Limpopo, we have:

Myself - 15 votes
ERDWURM - 4 votes *Vote here*
Azreal - 8 votes
Ari Lumumba - 2 votes *Vote here*
(nick jones is also running under the Gold Party, but has not spoken a word to me about doing so, I do not endorse his candidacy in any way, please note)

ERDWURM needs some votes, please if you have a vote, send it ERDWURM's way

In Free State, we have:

Guss1972 - 5 votes
Robert Reid - 7 votes (Robert's seat is secure, please vote for Guss or Stagnation)
Stagnation - 4 votes *Vote here* unless Guss and Stagnation are tied, then vote for either of them.

I'll be updating this with directions on who needs vote throughout the day, so be sure to check back with the article.

If you need a ticket to move to vote for one of the Gold Party candidates listed above, just let me know and I'll send one your way.

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This is taken from Geno Garon's latest article, and it's a damn good article, so I'm pasting it in here. Please read, voters:

"1: ACTUALLY VOTE.

This is perhaps the most important one, because if you don't vote, you have no right to complain about the person or persons who does a crappy job. If you DID vote for them, you can complain that they lied to you. If you DIDN'T, you can complain that you knew it all along. If you didn't vote, you're SOL.

2: RESEARCH YOUR CANDIDATES.

There's nothing I like better than watching people vote along party lines just for the hell of it. Oh.... wait... scratch that, I DON'T like it. Party-line voting is probably the worst symptom of a stagnant political system. In every party, you will have both good and bad candidates. FIND THE GOOD ONES. They may not be in your party, but think of it this way; not only are you helping someone get into congress that will help Japan, but if they are not in your party, you may be saving your party some egg on your face when "your guy" does poorly. Go on the forums, read more than just their candidature proposal, really try to get to know who you are voting for as much as you can. You have all day to read up on them, so take at least SOME time to research before you vote.

3: DON'T BUY THE HYPE.

This one may seem like an extension of the last order, and it is to some extent, but it needs to be reiterated. DON'T just read the article a potential congressman has linked to next to the vote button. OF COURSE it's an article that's going to make them look good; no one would link you to a piece of crap article with negative comments. Read BACK in their newspaper, check the wiki to see if they have recorded history, check the forums for their posts on issues, but DON'T just take their word for it.

4: SHARE THE LOVE."

This next little section talks about Japan's regions, but it applies to Limpopo and Free State as well. It helps a lot to move to where your vote is needed most.

"Chances are, you live in one of the BIG THREE zones in Japan, Kyushu, Kanto, or Hokkaido. There will be dozens of voters in each of those regions, and they will likely produce one or two crazy front-runners per region. If you REALLY insist on voting party lines, OR you wanna get really crazy and try to get support for the GOOD congressmen that aren't winning, get yourself two moving tickets and hop over to one of the less populated areas. Not only will your vote count MORE over there (hence, you having greater control over your government), but it will give the moving tickets industry a little boost, and boosting the economy is always a good thing. Just make sure to monitor your health; each Q1 moving ticket drains 2 wellness points from you when used, and higher tickets are rather expensive.

5: GET VOCAL.

The very basic premise of this is to tell people to vote. This includes shouts, news articles, PMs, and comments on other articles. The more you tell people to vote, the more likely it is that more people will vote. On top of that, if you find a candidate you REALLY think needs to be in government (and not JUST because he or she is in your party), be sure to tell people who they should consider voting for, AND WHY! The more involved you get in politics NOW, the easier it will be to get INTO politics later, assuming you want to. Even if not, beginning to establish yourself as a vocal member of the community is always a good thing."

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So, Vote Smart everyone, vote for who you want to see get in. Don't be wasteful with your vote though. If you see someone is way, way ahead, then vote for the next best candidate you wanted. Vote where it will help most.

Good luck to all the candidates today.

-Enoch Root