Senate for the 53rd Cosa

The Senate for the 53rd Cosa consists of eight members. Five were returned from the previous Senate; two rejoined the Senate after a period elsewhere; and one was elected to the Senate for the first time.

Measures voted on by the Senate

The full Senate voted on one motion and one nomination in addition to the ordinary Clark business.

Nomination of Senator Lüc da Schir of Benito to be Lord President / Mençei

Submitted by: Viteu Marcianüs (VD), concurred by Plätschisch (MM), Deyaert (CZ), Pinátsch (KA), Válcadác’h (FV), Ventrutx (FL)

Vote summary

Question: On the Nomination Vote Number: 1 Vote Date: April 15 to 16, 2019 Vote Result: Nomination approved

A roll call vote was not taken as per Rule 2, as a majority of senators endorsed the nomination in debate.

Sense of the Senate - In the Matter of Robert Ben Madison

That it is the Sense of the Senate that Robert Madison's citizenship petition should be blocked until such time as the Ziu directs the issuance of a grant.
Submitted by: Viteu Marcianüs (VD)

Vote summary

Question: On the Motion Vote Number: 18 Vote Date: June 25 to July 8, 2019 Required For Passage: 1/2 Vote Result: Motion agreed to Vote Counts: PËRs: 4 CONs: 1
Pinatsch (KA), Con da Schir (BE), Për Deyaert (CZ), Not voting Ventrutx (FL), Not voting	Valcadac’h (FV), Not voting Siervicül (MA), Për Plästchisch (MM), Për Marcianüs (VD), Për

Resolution of the Senate in regards to Tomás Gariçeir

WHEREAS Tomás Gariçéir, a Talossan of nearly twenty-five years, has been a stalwart part of our community both as an active citizen and as one whose facility with the Talossan language is second only to Ben Madison himself,
WHEREAS he has always been much-loved, and
WHEREAS he has in the past few days skirted death by way of a rare heart condition and currently rests comfortably in hospital,
The SENÄTS of the Kingdom of Talossa, THEREFORE, OFFERS its INVINCIBLE MORAL SUPPORT to Tomás Gariçéir and his family as well as prayers for his healing and prayers to him and his entire family for peace and comfort as he adjusts to what his wife terms his "new normal".
Submitted by: Gödafrïeu Válcadác'h (FV)

Vote summary

Question: On the Resolution Vote Number: 32 Vote Date: October 1 to 21, 2019 Required For Passage: 1/2 Vote Result: Resolution passed Vote Counts: PËRs: 5 CONs: 0
Pinatsch (KA), Not voting da Schir (BE), Për Deyaert (CZ), Not voting Ventrutx (FL), Not voting	Valcadac’h (FV), Për Siervicül (MA), Për Plästchisch (MM), Për Marcianüs (VD), Për

Elections

Partisan changes in the 53rd Senate by province.
Light green: RUMP hold; Red: FreeDem gain; Gray: Independent gain; Light gray: Independent win; Dark gray not up

After a record six seats were up for reelection in the previous election, four senatorial elections were held concurrently to the April 2019 General Election: the normally scheduled races in Atatürk, Cézembre and Vuode, and the special election in Florencia.

Prior to the elections, the dissolution of the Moderate Radicals, who held half of the seats in the Senate, resulted in a change in partisan alignment: Senators da Schir and Pinátsch would now sit as independents, Senator Plätschisch was now the party leader of Awakening and Magnifying Passion, and Senator Soleiglhfred retired.

Atatürk

Incumbent Sevastáin Pinátsch was elected to a third term without declared opposition, with 64.28% of the votes. Following the dissolution of the MRPT, he announced he would sit as an independent. After the vote, he joined the Schivâ Cabinet as Minister of STUFF.

Atatürk Senate Election
	Sevastáin Pinátsch	9
	Bradley C. Holmes (write-in)	2
	Óïn D. Ursüm (write-in)	1
	Çelis del Þeracour (write-in)	1
	Koray Yucel (write-in)	1
IND win

Cézembre

Thor Deyaert, the incumbent Sénéchal of Cézembre, was elected to a first term with 46.15% of the first round votes. This will be his first stint in the Ziu.

Cézembre Senate Election IRV/RCV Multiple rounds.		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
	Thor Deyaert	6	6	6	6	7
	Ián da Bitoûr (write-in)	2	2	2	3	3
	Ián Anglatzarâ (write-in)	2	2	3	3	-
	Litz Cjantscheir (write-in)	1	1	1	-	-
	Glüc da Dhi (write-in)	1	1	-	-	-
	Tamás Ónodi (write-in)	1	-	-	-	-
IND gain

Florencia (special)

Ieremiac'h Ventrutx was elected to succeed Ma la Mha as Senator. No public campaigning was done, and no one announced their candidacy beforehand.

Florencia Special Senate Election IRV/RCV Multiple rounds.		R1	R2	R3
	Ieremiac'h Ventrutx (write-in)	3	3	3
	Ma la Mha (write-in)	2	2	-
	Mximo Carbonel (write-in)	2	2	-
	Patrick Woolley (write-in)	1	-	-
RUMP hold

Vuode

Viteu Marcianüs was elected, uncontested.

Vuode Senate Election
	Viteu Marcianüs	uncontested
FreeDem gain

Membership

Partisan control of the 53rd Senate by province.

The members of the Senate for the 53rd Cosa, listed in the order of the scheduled expiration of their terms, are:

Province	Senator							Senate Seat Contested
	1	2	3	4	5	6
Florencia	Ieremiac'h Ventrutx							for 54th Cosa
Maricopa	Cresti Siervicül							for 54th Cosa
Fiovă	Gödafrïeu Válcadác'h							for 54th Cosa
Maritiimi-Maxhestic	Ian Plätschisch							for 55th Cosa
Benito	Lüc da Schir							for 55th Cosa
Vuode	Viteu Marcianüs							for 55th Cosa
Atatürk	Sevastáin Pinátsch							for 56th Cosa
Cézembre	Thor Deyaert							for 56th Cosa