The real count now, at a nominal 22 candidates, for non-insane people looking for a democratic means to express their will, the choice is now anywhere between ten and thirteen viable candidates (given the entirely predictable late trend for last minute semi-reluctant candidacies), and a token women, for eleven vacant seats.
To show my working, here are now the latest entrants are classified....
The Rambling Man - the Trump candidate, so tired of winning he is up for becoming a loser a second time. Although this time around, he seems to be more accepting of his status as a joke candidate.
Kudpung - in the Laser Brain group
SoWhy - in the Rich wales group
Maxim, NewYorkBrad*, David Fuchs*, Beeblebrox*, Llywrch - in the Cas Liber group.
* - could easily be placed in the Xeno group.
People aren't stupid, they can see how fucked up this election is. The announcement of the NewYorkBrad candidacy, is the clearest sign yet of absolute desperation. He said so himself.....
This is pathetic.As many of you know, I've served several prior terms on the ArbCom. I was a member from 2008 to 2014, and again in 2017 and 2018, making me one of the two longest-serving arbitrators in the Committee's history. I voluntarily retired as an arb in 2014 and again in 2018. Both times, I thought I had made my contributions, and that it was time to move on and allow others to serve. For the same reasons, I was not planning to run again this year. However, within the past few weeks, several editors I respect have suggested that I should consider becoming a candidate this year, in light of the unusually high number of seats to be filled in this election and the events of the past few months. After much thought, I've decided to give the community the choice.
Now I'm thinking about it, the very specific problem that arises now, with seemingly enough for it to seem like a choice to dimwits, but not enough for discerning voters to pick eleven using philosophies and records as a guide, we could see at least one, perhaps more, absolutely ridiculous outcomes. I think even you can figure out the embarrassing possibilities.