Eva wrote:Uh, soz? <ahem> I thought you could count. Could've sworn it.
8+7+4+1=20......that beats your 14. Even if you only count my votes and Ticomaya's (he donated them to me, remember?) we still beat you.
That means that if no one steps forward to reveal Kicky's scam (someone else will have to do it, clearly the man has no conscience) and SCoates does, in fact, declare him the winner after this evening, he will have to deal with the Love & Beauty team as his V.P.
Eva wrote:And if you are declared the winner, the second-highest vote-getter will be your V.P., according to his rules. That, of course, means that you'll have to work with Love & Beauty. <snicker>
Snicker indeed. I mean, wow - Eva cannot count NOR read!
Good thing shes not gonna be President nor Veep, eh?
First, on counting ...
-> Love and Peace = 8+7+4+1 =
20
-> Sozobe/Farmerman ticket (having been deserted by Farmerman but joined by Dlowan) = 14 + 8 =
22
Then, on reading (emphasis added):
SCoates wrote:Conveniently there were exactly ten individuals who received ten or more votes. Remember, YOU ARE VOTING FOR THE INDIVIDUAL!!! All inferior appointments will be made by the president (the individual who received the highest number of votes).
Ergo - if it was a party race, you would have lost. But it isnt even a party race, it's one of individuals - which has you in about shared fourth place.
Kicky will be President, unless he's disqualified for fraud, and then Soz will be, with Frank as Veep. The Love and Beauty party, after a lurid campaign of braggadocio and bribes, is deservedly routed. Justice after all - the Atookaians show themselves to be a sensible lot.
BUT - you'll go down in history as the first candidate who claimed presidency after ending a shared fourth!