Jakovus
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Case Filing
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
CIVIL ACTION
Jakovus
Plaintiff
v.
Commonwealth of Redmont
Defendant
COMPLAINT
The Plaintiff complains against the Defendant as follows:
The Department of State improperly conducted Special House Election on 27th October. It acted outside of its constitutional powers, illegally prolonging the voting period, and gravely violating the electoral process. Instead of using the constitutional vehicle granted to them through the Electoral Act, the electoral emergency, DOS unilaterally prolonged the period of voting. Furthermore, on 16th October the DOS opened a Senate and House Special Elections, and House elections were improperly conducted, using a completely incorrect voting method, which is why they were redone on 23rd October. These improper displays of faulty election administration caused both candidates and voters harm, as voters were unnecessarily dragged to vote multiple times over, and candidates had to repeat whole campaigns and redeclare themselves, as if they had not already.
I. PARTIES
1. Jakovus, a concerned citizen and voter
2. Commonwealth of Redmont
II. FACTS
1. On 16th October, 2024, the Department of State opened declarations for House Special Election #1, #2, #3, and for Senate Special Election #1.
2. Eleven candidates declared for House Election #1, #2, and 3#, with three disqualified because of insufficient playtime. Successful declarations were: Yeet_Boy, Cashtron527, cheetahracer1, Twiscet, .McBrittle419, DimpledRobin, KatzenKatto, and AsexualDinosaur.
3. On 19th October, 2024, the Department of State opened the House Special Election #1, #2, #3, and Senate Special Election #1; the House Special Elections were conducted as a multi-member district with three winners using single transferrable vote method.
4. On 20th October, 2024, the Department of State announced valid results for Senate Special Election #1, and announced it will void the House Special Election #1, #2, and #3 due to their mistake when conducting the election in STV voting system.
5. On 20th October, 2024, the Department of State opened declarations for a repeat of House Special Election #1, #2, and #3. In these declarations, now split into three, following candidates declared:
#1: cheetahracer1, Yeet_Boy, .McBrittle419, Twiscet, AsexualDinosaur, TheMusica (all successful).
#2: cheetahracer1, Yeet_Boy, .McBrittle419, Twiscet, AsexualDinosaur, TheMusica (all successful).
#3: cheetahracer1, Cashtron527, .McBrittle419, Twiscet, AsexualDinosaur, TheMusica, KatzenKatto (KatzenKatto disqualified).
6. On 23rd October, 2024, the repeat of House Special Election #1, #2, and #3 was opened.
7. On 24th October, 2024, the results of the repeated Election showed that one candidate won two races; as such, it required a repeat, and declarations were opened the same day. In these declarations, following candidates declared: Yeet_Boy, Twiscet, cheetahracer1, TheMusica, Dodrio3, KatzenKatto (Dodrio3 disqualified).
8. On 27th October, 2024, the House Special Election #4 was opened for the vacant seat.
9. On 28th October, 2024, the Department of State issued a statement that the election plugin stopped working, and was down for at least 4 hours, probably more. The Department of State announced that the Staff resloved the issue, and unilaterally extended the voting period for 15 hours.
III. CLAIMS FOR RELIEF
1. The Department of State violated the Electoral Act, §10, Point 3 (and conversely Part I, §11, Line 1 of the Constitution) by holding an election using an invalid and inapplicable voting method (STV), for House Special Election #1, #2, #3 on 19th October. It was partially remedied by a repeat of the election, but it caused undue burden on voters and candidates, fault lying in the hands of the DOS.
2. Eight candidates and an unspecified number of voters (shall be determined in Discovery) in the House Special Election #1, #2, #3 were unnecessarily burdened by the behaviour of DOS; voters voted in an invalid election as a result of the official mistake, and candidates pointlessly declared themselves and ran campaigns for seats they could not win due to the election's illegality.
3. Because of the original mistake, the DOS had to redo the House Special Election #1, #2, #3. That mistake made seven separate candidates declare a combined 18 times (20th October), which should have all been concluded if the DOS worked properly (16th October), again dragging their resources and campaigns on unnecessarily. On 23rd October, a total of 47 votes were cast in #1, and #2, and an unspecified amount in the invalidated #3 - making voters go to the polls again because of a DOS mistake.
4. The House Special Election #4, for which five candidates declared and in which 25 votes were cast, was unconstitutionally prolonged. The DOS breached §10, Point 2 by extending the official voting period by 15 hours (39 hours in total). The DOS has a vehicle to remedy this type of situation, electoral emergency, but it was not activated.
5. The House Special Election #4 is illegal (explanation in previous point), which makes the five declarations and 25 votes, again, wasted, all because of the DOS.
IV. PRAYER FOR RELIEF
The Plaintiff seeks the following from the Defendant:
1. For eight wasted candidacies and at least 1 wasted vote from 19th October House Special Election #1, #2, #3, punitive damages of $1,000 per count (totalling $9,000)
2. For holding a completely preventable illegal election on 19th October, caused by outrageous ignorance of DOS, $10,000 in punitive damages.
3. As an extension of the illegal election of 19th October, for inducing 18 further declarations and at least 47 votes in the House Special Election #1, #2, #3 of 23rd October soley because of the DOS's outrageous behaviour (otherwise this election wouldn't have been necessary), $1,000 per count in punitive damages (totalling $65,000).
4. For illegally extending and thus invalidating the House Special Election #4 by 15 hours, when compunded with previous mistakes makes this even more outrageous, $10,000 in punitive damages.
5. For every declaration (5) and vote (25) in House Special Election #4, because the outrageous behaviour of DOS invalidated them, $1,000 in punitive damages per count (totalling $30,000).
6. Repeat of the House Special Election #4 that abides by constitutional election framework.
Evidence:
By making this submission, I agree I understand the penalties of lying in court and the fact that I am subject to perjury should I knowingly make a false statement in court.
DATED: This 2nd day of November, 2024
