currently, during appointing some lord, I found that all eligible candidates have the same claim strength. when i appointed one of them, locals protested "as they were other nobles with the same claim." i mean LOL 
is there any opportunity that appointment will not cause additional punishment?
Odd, the other day I saw a lord elected who had no claim on the region at all (and was a knight of a neighbouring duchy under the same realm).
There was also a knight of the region for which the lordship was open, who was therefore already a member of the region and the duchy, and also had a weak claim on the region.
Yet despite the claim of the local knight being ignored, and despite a slight reduction in estate coverage soon after as well, the stats appear to have either remained in mid 90s or risen from mid 90s to 100. There was certainly no protesting and no penalty that I can see.
