Last night the government voted on a 5/8 majority to keep the government open while we investigate how the voting system was tampered with again. After a full review, we came to and are still coming to some conclusions. Below is a report on how this happened, what we are doing about it now, and how will we prevent it in the future.
After the election ballot came out the Runnerboro government has found clear evidence that an active player with a motive to affect the outcome of the election, went around Runnerboro and took the names of inactive plot owners and used them to vote to advance their political beliefs and to boost the number of votes for people they wanted to win. The person who did this used these usernames so they could not be tracked in any way and thought they left no evidence trail. However, this person who did this left incriminating evidence with the government some just specs of information that we have used to pinpoint this person's motives and we are closing in on who this was. Over the past two elections, the government has been using the information to track trends in voter fraud and this person who did this failed to realize that what they were doing was being monitored and watched.
The next thing in this report is how we will respond to individuals who we find out have tampered with votes. The government has many options including banning them from using their account to vote meaning their vote will be excluded, stopping them from using any communication with the government including using the public discord channel, stopping them from buying items or plots from the government, not allowing them to run in upcoming elections, limiting them from being able to attend events held in the future by the government, and finally if anyone in the government is found out to be involved in this then there will be a process of impeachment and the above methods of action we have.
The last thing in this report is how we are going to prevent this from happening again. Firstly we will continue to monitor these trends of voter fraud by using confidential methods. Secondly, we are looking at not allowing anyone that hasn't been /seen in the last 15 days to vote, finding more ways to report voter fraud and new targeting methods. With this being said the Runnerboro government is now starting a new surveillance program that will monitor the island in periods of elections including for people taking plot names. I as the president will now form the election investigation committee being lead by the President and the national guard to investigate what happened.
Candidates who won in this election standby as you will take office very soon.
If you know anyone who did commit voter fraud please use this form you do not have to put your username. There is a 25k reward for the person who delivers us more information on this.
Form: https://goo.gl/forms/kUTtkd2aQkgOUW4v1