Breaking: Stephen Byerley announced Regional Co-ordinater for the Northern Region

In a surprising landslide election, Stephen Byerley has been declared winner of Regional Co-ordinater for the Northern Region, encompassing North America, Greenland, England, and the Eastern Pacific Outlying Islands. While all of the polls are not in, sub-regional Multivac computers are predicting a .9736 probability of Mr. Byerley becoming Co-ordinater.

Mr. Byerley's platform was largely based on furthering the Northern Region's economic goals, and continuing resistance to the Eastern Region's claims to Arctic mining rights. Byerley has also said he wishes to combat certain major city's reluctance to allow robots on the streets between sunset and sunrise, a direct response to New York's recent decision to ignore appeals against robot rights during the night. Mr. Byerley, who also ran in 2033, has said that "becoming Regional Co-ordinater is a goal I'd always had as an aspiring lawyer. Now that I'm [almost] here, it's a whole different world."

Byerley ran a close race against two other competitors for the title, Joan Hitches and Brad Mink, both of which had held the title of Mayor of New York, which Byerley also held between 2032 and 2034. Both Hitches and Mink advocated tighter robot control policies, with Hitches going as far as saying, "Robots have taken the humanity out of humans. It's time we go back to a simpler time, where industry did not interfere with creativity." According to sub-regional Multivac computers, Hitches received 13 percent of the vote and Mink 34 percent.

While U.S. Robots is a staunchly apolitical organization, we are delighted to hear of a pro-robot candidate being elected to the Northern Region as Co-ordinater.

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