Re: [conculture] ILL BETHISAD: Election Disputes Continue

On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, John Cowan wrote:

>Extracted from the New Castreleon Daily Times:
>
>PHILADELPHIA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Amid increasing turmoil, bipartisan charges
>of election fraud, and the threat of civic unrest, ballot recounts continue
>in Oregon province and the southern ridings of Jacobia province, where 25
>Convention seats -- and the General Moderatorship -- are still undecided
>two days after the general election.
I take it this is an uncommon situation?

>[lots of grotty details snipped here]
>
>The Progressive Conservative Party, which have served as Their Majesties'
>Loyal Opposition for the past ten years, need to capture all 25 seats
>to unseat the governing coalition of the Whig Party with the small
>Adullamite Republican Party and the Democratic Socialist Party.
Do you have a quick sketch of who/what these parties are? Are these
parties in any drawn along cultural/national lines? In other words,
are there parties that are majority English, Scottish, Kemruis, etc?

>As a change of party was not expected in this election, which has had
>a very large turnout of voters, the P.C. have not as yet publicly named
>their candidate for G.M.
>
>If the disputed seats are awarded to the Whigs, they have pledged to elect
>Albert Gore Jr., a little-known member from Tenisi province.
:)

>Jaime Bush, the Supreme Commander of Florida-Caribbea, took the unusual
>step of issuing a joint communique with his brother and usual rival Jorge Bush,
>the Governor of Tejas.  The Bush brothers "observed with interest the present
>election process in the North American League, and hoped that "the outcome
>would be both peaceful and of a favorable nature."
I _love_ this! Is Tejas *there* a kind of oil based potentate? Only
Spanish speaking in stead of Arabic?

>It is supposed here that Florida-Caribbea, at least, may wish to take advantage
>of any sustained unrest to attempt renewed territorial aggrandizement.
Is border skirmishing common in this area? Do I guess right that there
is no Diznee World *there*, or am I hoping for too much?

What is Fla-Car like? Is it a confederation of some kind or some kind
of agglomeration of left over Spanish colonies? Cuba, I presume, is
one of the larger portions of this country.

>The outgoing General Moderator, W. J. Clinton, stated that "ten years is
>enough for anyone" and urged calm until the disputed elections are settled,
>"probably in the courts".
Is the deal one term of 10 years with no repeats or something else?

>The last such disputed election was in 1875, when an Electoral Commission
>awarded the seats to the Whigs, allowing Rutherford Fogg to finally be
>elected G.M. by one vote after six months of near-civil war.
:D Would that be Rutherford "Rudy" B. Fogg?

Have California or Mexico expressed any concerns over this quandry?
What about those parts of the country north of the St. Lawrence? Any
ideas on borders for the countries and provinces involved? A map will
have to be worked out.

Padraic.