Doubt exists over the constitutionality of the princely election due to
a) the rulings of the President re the votes of Mssrs Melang, Ra-Alban and Erion; and
b) the precence of Mr Ra-Alban in the Senate and the barring of Mr Alexander in the Senate.
Court is thus request to rule on these incidents as well and issue an injunction against the declaration of a victor in the election.
1. President declares nominations for Prince.
2. Mssrs Einhornsson and Loki declare their candidacies.
3. Mr Alexander speaks in the Senate.
4. Mr Einhornsson protests to the presence of Mr Alexander who is subsequently removed from Senate security clearance by act of administration.
5. Mr Ra-Alban enters the Senate, protests to Mr Einhornsson's administrative decision.
6. The President answers the dispute.
7. Questioning of candidates begins.
8. Voting begins by order of President.
9. Mr Melang votes "Present", changes later vote to "Jacobus",
10. Mr Ra-Alban votes.
11. Mr Erion votes.
12. The President declares the votes of Mssrs Melang and Ra-Alban invalid (in the first instance because of the change of vote, in the second because of Mr Ra-Alban's lack of membership in the Senate), declares Mr Einhornsson elected Prince of Elwynn.
13. Mr Loki disputes the President's declaration, joined by Mr Erion.
In a conversation between Mr Erion and me, Mr Erion said "I've just received the offer of a small 100Erb bribe to vote for Tarjei" and continued with "From Sisera BE".
I replied to Mr Erion "you do realize this is serious stuff | we have to publish that kind of stuff | and persecute it | prosecute"
Mr Erion said: "Well of course, but of course an awful lot of people now know I might have accepted the bribe if I vote for Tarjei, so it makes Tarjei's campaign look a bit bad, doesn't it, especially as vested interests are officially involved."
Later, Mr Erion said: "In the meantime, I will see if they are prepared to increase their offer.
Final offer, 250Erb to vote for Tarjei or abstain & let Ardashir vote."
I asked: "is that what sisera said?"
Mr Erion replied: "Yes. Naturally I shall decline it disparagingly when I cast my vote."
If Mr Erion was indeed offered 100-250 erb for voting as Sisera bat Erasmus, Queen of Saksenland, directed, and the Jingdaoese agent on #micronations, "Erasmus", spoke openly of this (which I hope Mr Loki and other participants can confirm), then it would be an open fact that Queen Sisera tried to bribe Mr Erion. This is serious. It is not only possible, but probable, that Mr Erion's vote was influenced by Queen Sisera -- perhaps not as she desired (or perhaps as she did, calculating as she may be) by in effect barring Mr Erion to vote for Mr Einhornsson. The influence of Queen Sisera must be taken into account.
Mr Melang, a member of the Senate, changed his vote as indicated in the timeline to which the President disagreed. Precedents of the Senate, however, show, when the Senate was bound by a different constitution, that changing ov votes in princely elections were possible.
In the princely election after the assassination of Prince Daniel, two votes (the votes of Mssrs Osmani and Soleimân) were changed from for Mr Osmani to for Mr Dariolin.
The final results from that election show that Mr Dariolin was duly elected with 4 votes against 2 votes for Mr Erion, 0 votes for Mr Osmani and 0 votes against all and 0 abstaining votes. Had the votes of Mssrs Osmani and Soleimân not been changed, it would have thrown the Union in a nconstitutional crisis with two votes for each candidate.
1. The Court is requested to make an injunction against the results of the Election until rulings (see below) have been made. The effect would be to suspend the declaration of results of the election until such time that the Court has ruled.
1. The Court is requested to rule on the legality under the law of the Alexander/Ra-Alban dispute and its effect on the election.
2. The Court is requested to rule on Mr Melang's non-recognition of his vote due to it being changed.
3. The Court is requested to rule on the effect that the attempted bribery of Lord Erion has had on the election.
4. The Court is requested to rule on the combined effect of the rulings of 1-3 will have on the election, with particular concern to the legality of the election itself. Is, for example, the entire election spoilt?
In these determinations, I request that the proceedings will be held open and that representations from all interested parties shall be allowed, namely:
The President of the Senate (Aurangzeb al-Osman)
The Members of the Senate
Malachi Ra-Alban (if he is not already a senator)
Scott Alexander (if he is not already a senator)
Sisera bat Erasmus
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Elijah Ayreon
Senator.
