ERA Voting Squads? Democracy in action or rigging elections?
Day 765, 22:06
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by Daenerys Stormborn Targaryen
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/era-members-voting-squad-required-1108429/1/20#comments
What the hell is going on in the eAus government... this would be classed as 'rigging the election...'
I understand why they need to do this (I am no n00b to rigging elections) but to openly broadcast about it is just being an amateur and spitting into the faces of the voting public...
Is it an amateur government that lead to our invasion?
I put forward that all ERA candidate be struck from the ballot and an official investigation be held into every ERA member who has gained a seat in office. This post alone casts a dark cloud over all of their members and laughs in the face of ordinary working epeople...
Vote smart eAus, have we not had enough of this garbage?
Larni
What the hell is going on in the eAus government... this would be classed as 'rigging the election...'
I understand why they need to do this (I am no n00b to rigging elections) but to openly broadcast about it is just being an amateur and spitting into the faces of the voting public...
Is it an amateur government that lead to our invasion?
I put forward that all ERA candidate be struck from the ballot and an official investigation be held into every ERA member who has gained a seat in office. This post alone casts a dark cloud over all of their members and laughs in the face of ordinary working epeople...
Vote smart eAus, have we not had enough of this garbage?
Larni
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Ummm Larni... most Parties have voting squads - ADSP, ANP, TBP - this is nothing new.
In fact the ANP voting squad was VERY EFFECTIVE last election. So if you are against them, then why not talk about the ANP Voting squad?
The ADSP had something very similar where members would be on their IRC and they would also discuss where to send votes.
This is nothing new at all.
ARTICLE FAIL.
gees according to your logic, we should vote noone, cos every party in Australia does it. Why should votes be wasted on Senators who are safe?
Um, don't all major and well-organised parties actively do this?
Sure it can be perceived as morally wrong but good luck getting senate seats without it 😒
Crowded dont talk to Larni like that mmk. You go sit down and make a podcast about why I should have any respect for you because l8ly you've been a stubborn prick to every1. I hope you dont have higher plans in a political career.
Unfortunately Larni, Voting squads have been in function for a bit now, and there is no way to convict them. As low and cowardly as it seems, we cant do anything about it and most parties will always be looking out for #1 usually.
They can prance about saying they have eAustralias interest at heart but all they really want is the ability to gloat and a nice shiny medal to go with it if possible.
In other news. Good job everyone on getting NT 😉
As the others have said, voting squads are used by everyone, but its not really rigging elections as everyone in a voting squad would be opting to do so, and would vote for their own party anyway.
Don't get so worked up over it, its hardly worth removing them from the ballot or investigating them, it's just organization.
Every party except the AI 🙂
"Keep the Bastards Honest"
*chuckles a little mildly amused*
Crowded House dear your comment "ARTICLE FAIL." amuses me greatly as do most of the other comments.
Isn't it a little pompous of you all to assume you know what this article is about? Are you really that blind? come on boys you can try a little harder than that I am only a girl and a n00b after all.
*pats the ERI boys on the head and smiles at all the other comments*
They can prance about saying they have eAustralias interest at heart but all they really want is the ability to gloat and a nice shiny medal to go with it if possible. <-- Broadside your comment was very nice. I thank you for your support but I do not need help dealing with little boys with delusions. 😉
I'll give the first person who solves the true meaning behind this post a cookie. 😉
Am I worked up? hahahaha no I am not running for any position and personally I don't care who wins. We are in a democracy... which is obviously flawed by boysclubs and underhanded techniques.
What are we when a vote means nothing?
To jump on the bandwagon - I dare say that every major party in every country has voting squads. It's such a common tactic that parties must use it in order to stay competitive. However, I don't think it was good form to be broadcasting it thru the public media
oh so that should read *pats the ERA boys on the head...*
However, I don't think it was good form to be broadcasting it thru the public media <--- half a cookie for you Wally 🙂 stuff like this should never be acknowledged openly.
Bad Form ERA bad form. And you want us to vote for you? You need to get a lot better at your trade, amateurs.
Our people are not blind and I will help them see beyond this nonsense.
Larni, in Erep we move states constantly. None of us have a real home 'state' and states actually mean very little when it comes to the congress. States can't have their own laws for example. This coupled with the fact that many of our citizens shuffled themselves throughout the country when we were under attack by Brazil really makes state lines a completely moot point unless we are talking about the war module.
That being said, moving voters to the states that need votes isn't really that big of a deal. In effect what we have is a giant pool of candidates and voting for the ones that need votes seems pretty logical to me. ANP managed to secure about half of the senate seats last month using the same tactics. Not only that but without Party sponsered voting squads it could be argued that an international PTO could come quite easily.
If all eAussies were urged to simply vote for the 1 person they thought was best, regardless of party affiliations it would mean that some 30 odd senators would be elected with 0-1 votes. All it would take would be a group of around 40 people to come into Aus and vote smart and we would be under their control.
Oh yeah, that wall of text was written by Spazicus 🙂