Result of the 31st Delegate Election

A total of 26 votes were cast from 30 Dec 2018 to 6 Jan 2019. Each candidate received 13 votes and are tied. The high number of votes is a recent record and probably due to the mass telegrams being sent. At the same time, there was a lot of invalid votes when all the votes were counted.

The counting and verifying of votes after polling is a long-standing practice in Yggdrasil. It's goal is to ensure only votes from WA nations are counted per election rules. Here are two examples:

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What are valid votes? As a general principle: Only Yggdrasil and Valhalla WA nations could vote, and they need to be in the region and in the WA prior to election starting. The latter is to prevent "electing piling" from external forces. I can explain in greater detail if anyone is interested to know what that means.

For transparency's sake, the table below lists the votes that have been discounted. Admins on the forum (South Titania, Wordy and I) can see who voted for whom, including time stamps and IP addresses.

Invalid votes	Why?
Garinto	Joined the WA after voting begun
5th Belkan	Not in the WA
Pookyvania	Emissary from Forest and not in the WA
Serjo	Has not been in the WA for more than a year. Unclear where it is and did not respond to telegram
Vinayak	New nation that joined the region and gained WA after election began
Onkar	New nation that joined the region and gained WA after election began

There are some borderline cases such as Brad's vote that was allowed and counted, even though his WA was not in Yggdrasil.

In the final analysis, invalid votes were found on both candidates. Here is the outcome:

Candidates	Tiku	Miporin
Total votes	13	13
Total valid	9	11

If anyone has any questions on the election results or on the counting of votes, please telegram me or South Titania.

~GRO~