[DRAFT] - Rise Against The (Voting) Machines

[Nation of Quebec]

Name - Rise Against The (Voting) Machines

Description - Following a hotly contested local election that involved hacked, malfunctioning, and broken voting machines political activists of all stripes have called for the government to halt its plans to use the machines in the next national election.

Validity - Valid only for nations who elect their leaders and are technologically advanced

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[option]"This election was a complete fiasco!" exclaims defeated @@CAPITAL@@ mayoral candidate @@RANDOMNAME@@. "We still don't know who won that election! We have reports that the voting machines were hacked and broken and that completely changes the result. Whatever happened to good, old fashioned pencil and paper ballots? Sure, it might be tedious to count the ballots from @@NAME@@'s @@POPULATION@@ voters, but at least political candidates and their constituents can rest easy knowing the results haven't been tampered with."
[effect]@@NAME@@'s elections have become more expensive now that they have returned to the back to basics approach
[stats]corruption decreases, most scientifically advanced ranking decreases slightly, woodchipping industry increases, information technology decreases slightly

[option]"Nonsense! Voting machines are far more secure than paper ballots," rebuffs @@RANDOMNAME@@, president of Elections @@NAME@@. "Everybody knows that paper ballots can easily be lost or destroyed. Voting machines are simple and huge time savers. All it takes is a few simple presses of a button to vote. No more waiting in line for hours for some old woman to hand you a ballot. In fact, we should go a step further and allow for voting over the internet! Imagine the voter turnout when people don't even have to leave their homes to cast a ballot!"
[effect]voter turnout is at an all time high due to the prominence of voting machines and online voting
[stats]political freedoms increase, corruption increases slightly, most scientifically advanced ranking increases slightly, woodchipping industry decreases, information technology industry increases, apathy decreases

Constructive criticism welcome. I may add new options if I feel they're appropriate.

[Bunkeranlage]

Some of the less technologically advanced nations might not have voting machines. You might want to edit the eligibility.

[The Lendol Archipelago]

"political activists of all strips" might wanna add an "e" to "stripes"…

[Nation of Quebec]

Slight changes added.

[Federation of Trelatche]

What do you mean by all stripes? All spectrums?

[Nation of Quebec]

It means people across the political spectrum have come together to make this an issue.

[Reijekstan]

I like it. I really don't have any help to give you, but good job nonetheless.

[The Arctic Kingdom]

I like it. I really don't have any help to give you, but good job nonetheless.

My thoughts exactly! :3

[Sanctaria]

Just a general comment, NoQ, you write decent issues and obviously you have a few in the game, but one thing we've noticed when editing your issues is that you don't always bring the funny.

That's not to say every issue should be rib-crackingly hilarious, but this is an issue where some wit and humour would be good.

Something to bear in mind.

[The Lendol Archipelago]

You could also add in a new option, "your shady twin" could make his appearance once again and once again suggest the lack of voting.
It could say something along the lines of:
Out of the shadows steps <Random Name>, your shady twin. "All of this hullabaloo, all about voting, I say we do <Nation Name> a favour and do away with is all, everybody wins..." With this he leaves, chuckling sinisterly.

[Sanctaria]

You could also add in a new option, "your shady twin" could make his appearance once again and once again suggest the lack of voting.
It could say something along the lines of:
Out of the shadows steps <Random Name>, your shady twin. "All of this hullabaloo, all about voting, I say we do <Nation Name> a favour and do away with is all, everybody wins..." With this he leaves, chuckling sinisterly.

^ Don't do this. It's waaay too cliché now.

[The Lendol Archipelago]

You could also add in a new option, "your shady twin" could make his appearance once again and once again suggest the lack of voting.
It could say something along the lines of:
Out of the shadows steps <Random Name>, your shady twin. "All of this hullabaloo, all about voting, I say we do <Nation Name> a favour and do away with is all, everybody wins..." With this he leaves, chuckling sinisterly.

^ Don't do this. It's waaay too cliché now.

That was the point, I always get a laugh from the twin or cousin's ideas.

[Luna Amore]

^ Don't do this. It's waaay too cliché now.

That was the point, I always get a laugh from the twin or cousin's ideas.

Unfortunately it's a bit overdone in the issue base. Don't want to overplay that note.

[The Lendol Archipelago]

That was the point, I always get a laugh from the twin or cousin's ideas.

Unfortunately it's a bit overdone in the issue base. Don't want to overplay that note.

Alright then, I'll go back to my corner.