Hello Janis,

 >>>> How do we know that the newly elected ZC1 has a proper mandate?
 >>> Why should we know?

 >> So that our ZC and the other ZCs can make an informed decision about the
 >> legitimacy of the nodelist segments they receive?

 JK> The election is not completed yet, or you would have heard about that :)

May 21 Final List of candidates posted
May 28 Voting begins
June 10 Voting ends
June 11 Results posted
June 25 Final results announced
June 29 New ZC appears in nodelist & begins work

This is all according to The Rules of your scam election.

It has already been revealed that of the first 16 votes
received, 2 of those votes were very questionable.

Imagine that.  Counting votes before the polls close.
Not really a novel idea, as tinhorn dictators have been
known to do this as a matter of course.

Count the votes you like as valid, dismiss those you find
as not valid.  All with the full blessing of the dictator-in-chief.

The beancounter of your scam election is going to make absolutely
sure the correct "winner" becomes the new ZC.  Who is watching the
beancounter count his beans?  Who is watching the watchers?  Oh.
That's right.  Trust the current ZC to keep everybody in line.

This scam election was never advertised to all sysops in Zone 1.
Even though it was supposedly open to all.  But since only a very
select few even knew about it, or where to go in order to vote,
whose fault was that?  Not that it matters, as the current Z1C
was never interested in fair play.  And neither is the incoming
new Z1C, whoever that may be.

--Lee

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I Take A Sheet In The Pool

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