Re: [DL] Votin'

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On Thursday, May 9, 2002, at 09:44  AM, Evil Robot Shane From Another 
Dimension wrote:
>  It's October 1876 in my campaign at the moment, and what with the 
> general
>  elections being geared up to round my way in real life at the moment, 
> the
>  topic of the elections in Deadlands has come up.  So, how does that 
> work
>  in the West, then?

I assumed that, like a lot of legal wrangling in the west, there's a lot 
of fudging involved. I ran an election scenario (a small border county 
in Kansas was voted into the Confederacy, which likely won't last long.

>  Where are the polling stations?  Schools?  The marshal's office?  The 
> church?
>  The saloon or theatre?

The main voting booth took place in the single building that holds all 
the local government for this town in my scenario.

>  Do you have to register beforehand?  What kind of I.D. do folks have?  
> Can
>  you vote in one place, then catch a train to another town and vote 
> there as
>  well?  What kind of controls are in place?  It'd be tough to do in the 
> West,
>  but in a city Back East I can see people voting in one district, then 
> putting
>  on an amusing false moustache and voting again in another.

At least in the west, I'd assume the town sherrif would oversee things 
and it'd be difficult to vote in someplace where you weren't known.

>  Anybody think of any interesting things that might transpire during 
> voting
>  day?

Oh, tons. In my case, the mayor was not in immediate danger of losing 
his job, but of course he got killed the night of the election. 
Prompting the next plot line...

Also, I run in a game store and at the time, it was the store's 
(currently on hiatus due to the store not having a location) midnight 
madness event so we had all sorts of gamers playing miniatures games, 
card games, etc.

I let everyone in the store vote, plus a few votes determined by various 
posse actions. I.E. defeating a minor threat and saving townsfolk earned 
a few votes.

It was a great time for all...

>  It may all be elementary, because my posse are mostly Northerners 
> currently in
>  the Confederacy (well, except one guy, who's not really real anyway), 
> but
>  I'm certainly interested to know how all this was handled in a... less
>  well-organised place and time.  :>)
>  Wishkah

Insert obligatory hanging chad/Florida counting skill reference here.
--
Brett

LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER 
MAN? (Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett)