OAM election, September 2011

September 2011 OAM Election
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Secretary-General of the Organisation of Active Micronations September 2011
Candidate	Lord Clerregge	Milo Holland	Julius Manresa	~
Micronation	FRA1	Rathunis	United Victorian Confederation	~
Popular Vote (%)	46%	58%	eliminated through preferences	~
Count	12	15	eliminated through preferences	~
Vice Secretary-General of the Organisation of Active Micronations September 2011
Candidate	Richard Garrshire	Daniel Anderson	Barnaby Hands	King Quentin I
Micronation	Berin	Sirocco	Senya	Wyvern
Popular Vote (%)	26%	50%	eliminated through preferences	30%
Count	7	13	eliminated through preferences	8
Judges of the Intermicronational Court of Law September 2011
Candidate	Adam I of Überstadt	James Wilary	Zachary Smith	~
Micronation	Überstadt	FRA1	Agnorr	~
Popular Vote (%)	47%	44%	8%	~
Count	n/a	n/a	n/a	~
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Background

The elections are the third in the OAM's history to follow the 'normal' four month cycle of elections and are also the elections with the highest number of registered voters (80).

Voting System

Following the passing of Resolution 176 in June 2011, these elections are the first to be held using the Alternative Voting (AV) System of voting. This is designed to make the vote counts easier to read, as under the old 'ranked pairs' system, candidates were elected without appearing to achieve a numerical majority.

It was also the first election to use the vote 'count' as an actual reflection of the number of votes cast, rather than in the past, which used the automatically generated number, which tended to inflate ballot figures.

Results

Milo Holland was elected as Secretary-General, Daniel Anderson, King Quentin I and Richard Garrshire were elected as the three Vice Secretaries-General and all three candidates for the inaugural positions as Justices of the newly created Intermicronational Court of Law were successful, with Adam I of Überstadt becoming the first Chief Justice.