Trouble in Dariflo, Erimaca – Whose Job Is It, Anyway
Once, in a land called Dariflo, there was an election. It was a contentious election between a Medocratic incumbant and a Pubrelican challenger, both of which were highly qualified for the job of Elections Overseer. The major focus of the job that the Medocrat held and the Pubrelican wanted, as ruled by the House of Lawmakers, was to oversee elections that took place in the land of Dariflo. The Pubrelican challenger waged a mighty battle and, when all was said and done, the people of Dariflo told her that they trusted her best do the job, and they gave her their votes. The Pubrelican challenger unseated her Medocratic opponent and, by the will of the voters, took the position of Elections Overseer.
Some years later a new election divided the people of Dariflo. This time the election was to decide who would be leader of the all the lands of Erimaca. When all the votes from across the lands were in it was so close that a winner could not be declared. It fell to the votes cast by the people of Dariflo to decide who would be the leader of all the lands of Erimaca, but even here, in these sunny lands, the vote was close to a tie. When all the votes were cast and counted, however, the Pubrelican candidate was found to be ahead by a slim margin. “Woghash,” cried the Medocrats! “Recount,” they screamed! “Revote,” some bawled! All was in disarray.
The law of the land called for a recount of all the votes cast in the land of Dariflo, and all sides agreed that it should be done. Over the next day, overseen by the elected overseer of Darifloidian elections, the ballots were put into the counting machines and counted again. When all was counted, the Pubrelican candidate was still the leader, but the Medocratic candidate was not happy, so he requested that the ballots in just a few parts of Dariflo be counted by hand. “Sorry,” said the elected overseer of elections, “but you can only count the ballots by hand if the counting machines made errors.” The Medocrats were angry, and they went to a Circuit Hold Wise Man and asked him to overrule the Elections Overseer.
