How John McGarry nearly messed up our provinces!

[kri]

Azul!

Contact has been re-established with retired Prime Minister John McGarry (Talossa's last PM of the pre-internet era!) and, it turns out, he has moved from Delaware to New Hampshire. His contact info will be on the official voter list being prepared (and which, we expect, will be completed later today).

Interestingly, his move to New Hampshire takes him (and his two children) out of the Vuode Province assignment area into the Atatürk Province assignment area. But, Atatürk is "closed" to migration because it's already more than 20% of the total population. So, McGarry and his family drop to the next province on the list, which is... Vuode. So absolutely nothing happens.

Same thing with my sister, who has just moved from Vuode Province itself into Glendale, Wisconsin, so she too should be assigned to Atatürk. But no, Atatürk is full, so she drops to... Vuode. No changes there either.

SO: Here is the current list of provinces with their assigned Cosâ seats. I am including Jason Buchholtz as a citizen because, presumably, he will have all his materials completed by the time elections roll around. I am not including two other prospectives, who are in the early stages of application. One is a professor at Marquette University (!), the other, Nasüncín Lorentzüt, is registered on Wittenberg but has yet to post and we're still waiting to see if he is a real applicant or if he is a Partholon.*

CÉZEMBRE PROVINCE: 3 citizens (F. Maugey, B. Maugey**, Felici); 16 seats.

FLORENCIA PROVINCE: 4 citizens (Pànetâ, K. Velméir; R. Velméir**, Castiglhâ); 21 seats.

ATATÜRK PROVINCE: 9 citizens (Erni, Toumayan, Cantaloûr, Franklin, Gariçéir, Stolfi, Kesler, Foctéir, Moisan); 47 seats.

VUODE PROVINCE: 8 citizens (B. Madison, H. Madison, J. Madison, J. McGarry, P. McGarry**, M. McGarry**, Cone, Durnford); 42 seats.

MARITIIMI-MAXHESTIC PROVINCE: 5 citizens (Lorentz, Metáiriâ, Smith, F. Buchholtz, J. Buchholtz); 26 seats.

MARICOPA PROVINCE: 6 citizens (Schwichtenberg, Hottelet, Cleri, Bertagnon, Asmoûr, Cheléir); 32 seats.

MUSSOLINI PROVINCE: 3 citizens (Williams, Buffone, Manassero); 16 seats.

This list is still subject to change based on the status of prospectives, etc., throughout the election.

Thanks!

R. Ben Madison
Acting Secretary of State

* A "Partholon" (a term soon to be included in the Lexicon of Talossan English) is a fake applicant for citizenship. Perpetrators of "the Republic" have deluged the Immigration Ministry with such bogus applications since June, to give us false hopes and harass the Immigration Minister. The term comes from one of the fake names used by these "applicants."

** Denotes non-voting Dandelions under 14 years of age.

[seahobbit]

KRI said:

Interestingly, his move to New Hampshire takes him (and his two children) out of the Vuode Province assignment area into the Atatürk Province assignment area. But, Atatürk is "closed" to migration because it's already more than 20% of the total population. So, McGarry and his family drop to the next province on the list, which is... Vuode. So absolutely nothing happens.

Same thing with my sister, who has just moved from Vuode Province itself into Glendale, Wisconsin, so she too should be assigned to Atatürk. But no, Atatürk is full, so she drops to... Vuode. No changes there either.

While I fully concur that Mr. McGarry is suppose to be reassign to Atatürk but that the province is closed and Vuode would be the next one. I have to disagree regarding your sister, resident of Talossa proper belong to the province they actually live in regardless.

[kri]

> While I fully concur that Mr. McGarry is suppose to be reassign to Atatürk but that the province is closed and Vuode would be the next one. I have to disagree regarding your sister, resident of Talossa proper belong to the province they actually live in regardless.

Azul,

I talk about this more on the other thread, but this is a good example of the ambiguity. John McGarry is not, by definition, a "Cybercit." He was a Milwaukee-area resident when he joined Talossa around 1994 and lived here for several years before moving to Delaware and then, ultimately, to New Hampshire. He has never, to my knowledge, participated in Talossa through the medium of the internet -- just by mail and phone.

Technically, there should be no legal distinction between McGarry and my sister. They're both current or former Milwaukee-area residents who now live outside Talossa.

Ben

[seahobbit]

You are absolutely right...

There is no distinction, however as I explained on the other thread, I thought there was, I thought your sister still lived in Talossa proper.

Sorry for the confusion.

[kri]

The odd part is, I don't think we've ever had a single case of a Talossan moving from one province in Talossa to another province in Talossa. All the moving has been from Talossa to the surrounding area, vice versa, or from Talossa (or the surrounding area) to far, far away.

But we must be prepared for all contingencies.

Ben

[inksplash]

I don't remember if this was asked or answered previously -- did my recent move have any impact on my Provincial assignment?

I vaguely recall that all non-GTA Milwaukee locations fall into Vuode, which is my current assignment. Although Lytheria was right on the border betwee Vuode and M-M.

[kri]

Azul Gary,

You're absolutely right. You were in Vuode before, and you're in Vuode now, for different reasons which you gave.

Ben