"Given that the winner takes over leadership of a virtual government in a virtual city in a virtual world, one might wonder whether there's anything to take seriously here."

That's the funny part, it's not even a real government inside a virtual environment.. more like a virtual welcome wagon. No power to enforce any laws besides using the same tactics as the thugs they're trying to protect against.

Hmmm... sounds like someone wants to lead the alphaville revolution to me.

Can I get into an Alphaville underworld of sex, drugs, and violence????

There are thugs, mafia, brothels... dunno about mind-altering substances though.

Well, there is a certain amount of power that you get as the President of the Alphaville Government.. 100+ sims working for you.

It's not about that though. It's about helping others and improving gameplay. The 'President' will be the leader of this organization (government).. If not me, then Ashley. (Vote for me,lol)

- Mr-President.

Hello! This is Laura McKnight and I play the Sims Online as Ashley Richardson. My age is not 16, but 14 :) Thanks!

Laura McKnight
aka Ashley Richardson!! :)

_+~*^ Vote for Ashley Richardson for President of AV April 10th (This Saturday) at avgov.com 10am-10pm!!

Mr-President wins election - it is suspicious that some people could not vote for Ashley:
By Laura McKnight

During the April 10th election, Mr-President took the lead - But the question is, did he really win? During the election about a hundred of Richardson supporters were unable to get a vote. It simply said, "You have already voted. Vote not counted," while this was the first time for all of them voting. For those who were able to vote - when they voted and Ashley's numbers went up Mr-President would quickly start to get more votes, coming in front of her at a rapid rate. There were 880 votes submitted throughout the day, and Mr-President took 53.3%, while Ashley took 46.7% when polls closed at 10pm EST. This is very strange, when just a little before 10am the hits at avgov.com were about 14,000.. and now are at an alarming 15,412.

As a candidate in the election and the fact that Mr-President was paying for the voting website, I kept close track on what the total number of hits to the website were as well as the percentage and number of votes totaled at the votes page. In order to vote you had to go to avgov.com and click a link called "Cast Your Vote" and every voter should have entered the website to do this, and a hit for the website should have been added as well. The Alphaville Herald has recently posted an article about the irregularities in casting votes during the election today. Mr-President as well as other members of Alphaville Government stated that it is a problem with cookies on your browser, and that you cannot vote from AOL because your vote will not be counted. It was not said before today that you would not be able to vote on America Online, and I feel that it is truly unfair that this foul play has occurred. We shall see what comes of this corruption, and if Mr-President is honestly deserving of another term as President of Alphaville Government.