Mayor of the Forum: Vote Here

[Mister Moo]

The candidates are listed in no particular order - nobody got uppercase letters in their name so they can't look extra important (like IHT).

Winner gets an engraved tamper/gavel for six months. After that the Mayor selects the next mayor by whatever means he/she wishes - by vote, by fiat, by acclaim - whatever. Term of orifice is six months and then the tamper/gavel goes to the next Lord of the Manor.

I added kayakrat to the noms because he has been hanging around and doing good deeds for a long time, even if he is just a boy.

[Hendu3270]

Wait a minute....I don't see my name in the list. LOL

This is a good idea. Several of those guys have been extremely helpful to me.

[Mister Moo]

Voting goes on for a week.

There must be at least 40 votes cast or this forum isn't worthy of having its own Mayor.

[dmkerr]

I voted for Mr Moo.

Several reasons - he's a very knowledgable pipester, very helpful to his BOTL brethren, and he's a regular poster... been around a long time.

Plus (see original post on this subject) I'm a sucker for a redhead with humongous... um... lungs! Yeah, lungs... that's the ticket....

DON'T BE A SHREW,
DON'T ASK HOW,
VOTE FOR MOO,
SUPPORT YOUR COW!

Hey, I'd make a crappier mayor than even a PR person or poet!

[brianwalden]

Question: Is a majority required to win (50.01% or more) or does the winner just have to receive more votes than any other candidate?

[tzaddi]

Although I call many candidates my friend I must cast my vote for the man who in my heart has held the title for sometime now. Joe, rules with a gentle madness with hat in hand

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by brianwalden

Question: Is a majority required to win (50.01% or more) or does the winner just have to receive more votes than any other candidate?

Like Florida, I don't sweat election details. Maybe a majority, maybe a plurality, maybe we have a R-U-N-N-O-F-T. And if forty people don't read this forum and cast a vote then the whole scheme is academic.

The voting code? It's more like guidelines.

[fiddlegrin]

That is a difficult choice because all of you senior members are very valuable contributors to our Ocean ecosystem...

I think we should throw a celebration banquet to honor and enjoy our Statesman Puffer Fish.






That being said I will go ahead and cast my secret ballot....




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[VoteKinky06]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Like Florida, I don't sweat election details. Maybe a majority, maybe a plurality, maybe we have a R-U-N-N-O-F-T. And if forty people don't read this forum and cast a vote then the whole scheme is academic.

The voting code? It's more like guidelines.

So no electoral college then?

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by VoteKinky06

So no electoral college then?

No. None of that.

Note - If we can't get 40 total pipe-smoker votes (for Mayor of the Pipe Forum) we may have to settle for a second-tier less prestigious title than Mayor. Something like Pipe Magistrate or Commissioner of Pipes. Worst case, The Village Pipe Idiot. Granted, a gavel engraved with "Village Pipe Idiot" isn't quite the emblem of RESPECT I was aiming for but, times are tough and we'll have to get by with who we got.

[brianwalden]

Originally Posted by fiddlegrin

I think we should throw a celebration banquet to honor and enjoy our Statesman Puffer Fish.

I fully expect our first mayor to declare his inauguration day a pipe forum holiday with over-the-top festivities planned for the occasion.

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by tzaddi

Although I call many candidates my friend I must cast my vote for the man who in my heart has held the title for sometime now. Joe, rules with a gentle madness with hat in hand

I'm flattered stranger but it looks like the Moo man is handing out a spanking

Originally Posted by brianwalden

Question: Is a majority required to win (50.01% or more) or does the winner just have to receive more votes than any other candidate?

We'll have no coalition mayorships in the pipe forum , besides Moo's gonna spank the competition

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by Mad Hatter

... Moo's gonna spank the competition

Not to worry, Joe. This election lasts a whole week and, as we all know, things can change fast when it gets down to crunch time. Ask the folks in that one-senator state, Minnesota, about THAT. At only 20 votes, however, this is still just a Village Idiot election. But whatever. If elected, I look forward to building an Anti-Aromatic Pro-Mojito Cult of Personality that will last for 1,000 years.

[Kayak_Rat]

Moo started the idea, Moo got neople nomnated, Moo is winning.........sounds like an inside job. Someone along the way is getting hosed......and I aint talking womens leggings.

I prefer utter an unadulterated anarchy......the ends justify the means......never say die......I love the smell of napalm in the morning........INDEED!!

[fiddlegrin]

Now THAT'S a platform!

"quote" I look forward to building an Anti-Aromatic Pro-Mojito Cult of Personality that will last for 1,000 years.""quote"


What a Guy!