LIVE COVERAGE: Senate By-Election October 2019



LIVE COVERAGE: Senate By-Election October 2019
In rare live coverage, the EBC comes to you with the newest about the Senate by-election in October of 2019. Four candidates are asking Europeians for their vote as the region determines who will get to fill the Senate seat of Snowball. Already, 35 citizens have come out and voted: Three more than in the uncontested First Minister election, but also still eight less than in the last Senate election. And these eight could really matter: While Bowzin will likely not lose this round, voters could force a runoff. Lloenflys and Pichtonia will keep you up to date on latest developments.

Throughout the remaining 19 hours of election, we'll be bringing you the latest from the candidates, citizens, voters and more. Stay tuned!
 
Good morning, Europeia! We have been waiting for the numbers to change ever so slightly, but for about ten hours, they have remained the same. These are the current numbers:

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This would suggest that Bowzin and Olde Delaware will go into a runoff.

Our last runoff occured over five months ago, when Isaris and UPC actually tied 20 to 20. It was then for the Senate who decide, who chose none of them. The Senate back then voted for Re-Open Elections and Senator Rand narrowly won his return to the Senate against Astrellan.

We will continue to monitor the ballot box, but unless there is an influx of votes in the last hour, this seems like a set game.
 
Nail Biting Time in Europeia as Voters Await the End of Polling

Voters in Europeia are intensely watching the results of today's Senate election as it heads into its final hour. Ratcheting up the tension: the only vote cast in the last 10 hours or so was for Bowzin, pegging him right on 50% and providing an opportunity for a single vote to sway the election in his favor. We will know in the next 45 minutes whether or not Bowzin will be seated to the Senate, or whether he and OD will battle it out for the seat in a runoff.

Meanwhile, representatives from the cuddles and Isaris campaigns have been huddled together in party headquarters. Rumors abound that they are contemplating summoning the Dread Pirate Roberts to engage in some strategic kidnapping, but alternatively there are rumblings they the campaigns may endorse one or the other runoff candidates. Certain forces within the campaigns are attempting to get them to band together to increase their clout, but other forces are counseling silence as the wisest course of action. It remains to be seen which path the two campaigns will take should a runoff materialize.
 
And this is it! The vote has ended, Bowzin and Olde Delaware will find themselves in a runoff for the vacant Senate seat.And we have a first rection from lead candidate Bowzin right here:

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Bowzin might come into the runoff with a bit of an edge: As Minister of Radio and someone who narrowly lost in the last Senate election, he has certainly gotten the sympathy and attention of the electorate thus far. On EBC Radio, discussing the next First Minister election, Calvin, HEM and Sopo found that Bowzin currently had a hype and might be carried into first a Senate office and later the office of First Minister. Bowzin later said he would not run for First Minister. Also mentioned in that broadcast was Olde Delaware, who Bowzin will now fight in a runoff and who has already declared his intention to run for First Minister. While not a Minister, Olde Delaware has enjoyed popularity and fame for his instrumental role in the return of Weekend Games. As elected Steward of the City Council and last Citizens Assembly Chair, he holds a role often seen as stepping stone for Senate.

Will Bowzin continue to lead? Or will Olde Delaware, bolstered by the voters of cuddles and Isaris, emerge victorious? Here at the EBC, we look forward to covering the runoff for you and we hope you continue to discuss the election with us.
 
BREAKING NEWS: Runoff Election in the Offing with Bowzin a Clear Front-Runner

If Steward Olde Delaware is to make his way into the Senate during this term, he's going to need to do it running from behind. With polls closing a minute ago in a Senate by-election to fill the seat of Snowball in the massive 9-seat Senate, Minister of Radio Bowzin finished with 21 votes out of 42 cast - right at the 50% mark. To win in a multi-candidate field, a candidate must win more than half of all votes case and so, by the narrowest of possible margins, this race will head to a runoff.

Some last minute drama made it seem as if a final voter was running to the polls, as a man in a hoodie came barreling at the Arnhelm Civic Center, where the poll is being held. Reporters and candidates held their breath, expecting him to cast a ballot. It turns out the man was just delivering a tuna melt to the shouty guy on the 17th floor and didn't want to get another wallopping.

We now await statements from the candidates to see if any coalitions form. What is clear is that we head to the runoff with OD facing a headwind, and Bowzin pushing gently through a breeze.
 
As the runoff vote takes off, we are reminded that a victory for Olde Delaware would be a breathtaking and historic electoral upset. Assuming turnout stays the same, Olde Delaware would need to win over everyone who didn't vote for Bowzin AND one of those who did vote for Bowzin.
 
As the runoff vote takes off, we are reminded that a victory for Olde Delaware would be a breathtaking and historic electoral upset. Assuming turnout stays the same, Olde Delaware would need to win over everyone who didn't vote for Bowzin AND one of those who did vote for Bowzin.
Or theoretically someone who didn't vote in the original election --

Missed that bit, yeah, and in the runoff between Rand and Izzy for FM, there was one more voter than in the original election, so it's possible.
 
BREAKING NEWS: Early Returns Suggesting Anti-Bowzin Support?

Barely 15 minutes into the runoff for Snowball's vacant Senate seat, a surprising result is emerging, with Olde Delaware taking an 8-3 lead after the first quarter hour. OD received just 9 votes in the previous round of the election, suggesting early on that he may be consolidating the anti-Bowzin votes effectively here in the runoff. As First Minister Picthonia mentioned, if he could succesfully reverse the result from the first round it would be a truly historic result. The early returns suggest that it is at least a possibility.
 
I wonder how far back we need to go to find an example of this kind of shift in support from the first round to the second? A very interesting shakeup.
 
I can niether confirm nor deny that my party has been consulting for demons. But news of suffering seems to be highly influential in my nations choice. Though touches of nostalgia hit a warm spot in their hearts, the choice has not been decided yet for our vote.
 
I wonder how far back we need to go to find an example of this kind of shift in support from the first round to the second? A very interesting shakeup.
Not far. See me vs UPC.
That shift was notable, yes, but really just because of the tie. The numbers didn't really shift that much, since UPC only gained 6 votes, and you gained 1. OD has gained 15, and Bowzin has *lost* 6 with many hours still to go. That represents a slight shift away from Bowzin, along with a dramatic shift towards OD, in a way that I don't think we've really seen before. Or at least not recently.
 
It has definitely been a notable shift in the votes; the reasons are unclear although there are a few easy explanations.
 
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