August 2021 Cupertino Alliance Chair election

The Cupertino Alliance Chair election is an election within the Cupertino Alliance to elect the next Chair and Lieutenant Chair. It took place between 9–11 August, with the winner of the election to take office on 15 August, the final day of Chairman Reeve's term. The winner was Varuna Sriraya, who served as the chair until he resigned on 4 November.

Background

Procedure

Article 26 of the Charter of the Cupertino Alliance states that "The Chair of the Board shall be an elected position elected by the delegates of the Alliance. He/she shall serve an unlimited number of six (6) month terms." ^[1]

Electoral reform

With the goal of having a more fair election, the electoral process was reformed, with the Fair Voting Act ,^[2] authored by Tyler Mullins, an act similar to the proposed National Voting Act ^[3] by Daniel Hamilton, passing unanimously in the Cupertino Alliance Parliament, with the electoral system changed from delegate voting to national voting, in which a nation, regardless of how many delegates they have, gets only one vote. On 11 August 2021, the Campaign Behavior Act ,^[4] authored by Tyler Mullins, was passed. The act provides a set of expectations for how election candidates must act during campaign season, in addition to punishments for breaking these expectations.

Candidates

Registration for the elections were opened on 15 June 2020, a month before the official campaign period, with Daniel Hamilton and Liam Alexander registering their ticket a day after. Brennan Sullivan and Leon Montan registered their ticket 3 days after Hamilton and Alexander, and so did David Hawthorne and David Augustus. On 22 June Liam Alexander announced an indefinite break from micronationalism, voiding the Hamilton-Alexander ticket, and on the same day, Varuna Sriraya and Tyler Mullins registered their ticket. Alexander was replaced by James Bornstein 3 days after, with Hamilton re-registering the new ticket. On 27 June David Hawthorne ended the Hawthorne-Augustus campaign, and publicly endorsed the Sriraya-Mullins ticket. Registrations were closed on 15 July, with Brennan Sullivan suspending the Sullivan-Montan campaign minutes after the registration closed. The current candidates are:

Current candidates

Candidate (State)		Experience	Running mate (State)	Campaign announcement date (UTC)	Campaign logo
	Larry Martin (Waterside Park)	Monarch of Waterside Park (June 2015 – present) Chair of EAMS (July 2021 – present) Secretary for Technology of the League of Independent Nations (April 2021 – present)	Lord Mike Lewis (Imperial Grand Duchy Of Lundenwic)	25 July 2021 (Announced & Registered)
	Varuna Sriraya (Vishwamitra)	Rashtradhyaksh of Vishwamitra (August 2020 – present) National Leader of Vishwamitra (January 2010 – present) Deputy Minister of Asian and Oceanian Affairs for the Cupertino Alliance (April 2021 – present) Chairman of the Association of South Asian Micronations (August 2020 – present) Vice Secretary-General of the Asia-Pacific Alliance (September 2020 – present) Recruitment Secretary of the Grand Unified Micronational (July 2021 – present) Asia Secretary of the Grand Unified Micronational (January – July 2021)	Tyler Mullins (Free Nation of New Athens)	23 June 2021 (Announced & Registered)

Former candidates

Candidate (State)		Experience	Running mate (State)	Campaign announced (UTC)	Campaign ended (UTC)	Campaign logo
File:KingdomofHawthornecoatofarms.png	David Hawthorne (Kingdom of Hawthorne)	King of Hawthorne (December 2020 – present)	David Augustus (Monmarkian Empire)	19 June 2021 (Announced & Registered)	27 June 2021	None
	Daniel Hamilton (Unified Royal States of Australis)	Grand Duke of Australis (May 2020 – present) Minister of Asian and Oceanian Affairs for the Cupertino Alliance (October 2020 – present) Deputy Minister of Asian and Oceanian Affairs for the Cupertino Alliance (September – October 2021) Associate Judge for the Cupertino Alliance (February 2021 – present) Statistics Secretary of the Grand Unified Micronational (January – July 2021) Chairman of the Constantia Pact (October 2020 – February 2021) Vice-Chairman of the Constantia Pact (February 2021 – present)	None (de facto) James Bornstein (de jure) (Desert District)	2 May 2021 (Announced) 26 June 2021 (Registered)	28 July 2021
	Brennan Sullivan (People's Republic of Tesforia)	President of Tesforia Superior Judge for the Cupertino Alliance (February 2021 – present)	Leon Montan (Socialist Federal Union of Ponderosa Hills)	19 June 2021 (Announced & Registered)	15 July 2021	None

Declined to be candidates

The incumbent Chairman, Simon Reeve, stated that he would not be seeking re-election.

The following delegates are individuals who were the subject of speculation to be running, who have since stated that they will not be seeking election.

Opinion polling and timeline

Red indicates political scandal

Polling Firm	Date of Polling	Electorate	Daniel Hamilton	Brennan Sullivan	Varuna Sriraya	Larry Martin	Abstain	Polling Method	Lead
Polling Firm	Date of Polling	Electorate						Polling Method	Lead
3rd election	9 - 11 August 2021	30	-		56.66%	43.33%	-	Google Forms	13.33

Cupertino Electoral Supervisory Commission	4 - 6 August 2021	▲10			50%	50%	0%	Google Forms	0^[5]
Cupertino Electoral Supervisory Commission	30 - 2 August 2021	▼8			▼50%	▲50%	0%	Google Forms	▼0^[6]
Cupertino Electoral Supervisory Commission	14 - 17 July 2021	▼9		▲11.1%	▲66.7%	22.2%	▼0%	Google Forms	▲44.5^[7]
Decision Re inquiry respecting the campaign of Varuna Sriraya and Tyler Mullins released by Associate Justice Jayden Lycon.^[8] (15 July 2021)
Brennan Sullivan suspends campaign for Chair position (15 July 2021)
Cupertino Electoral Supervisory Commission	26 - 29 July 2021	23	39.1%	8.7%	43.5%		8.7%	Google Forms	4.4^[9]
Nominations for Chair close and campaigning opens (15 July 2021)

David Hawthorne suspends campaign for Chair position (27 June 2021)
Daniel Hamilton re-files for election with running mate James Bornstein (26 June 2021)
Varuna Sriraya files for election with running mate Tyler Mullins (23 June 2021)
Liam Alexander withdraws as Daniel Hamilton's running mate (22 June 2021)
Brennan Sullivan files for election with running mate Leon Montan (19 June 2021)
David Hawthorne files for election with running mate David Augustus (19 June 2021)
Daniel Hamilton files for election with running mate Liam Alexander (16 June 2021)
Registration for Chairmanship election opens (15 June 2021)
David Hawthorne intends to run for Chair position (10 May 2021)
Daniel Hamilton intends to run for Chair position (2 May 2021)

References

↑ Lycon, Jayden (30 May 2020). "Charter of the Cupertino Alliance Act, 2020". Cupertino Alliance. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
↑ Mullins, Tyler (7 July 2021). "Fair Voting Act". Cupertino Alliance. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
↑ Hamilton, Daniel (30 April 2021). "National Voting Act". Cupertino Alliance. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
↑ Mullins, Tyler (11 August 2021). "Campaign Behavior Act". Cupertino Alliance. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
↑ Lycon, Jayden (7 August 2021). "Chair election polling – 7 August 2021". Cupertino Electoral Supervisory Commission. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
↑ Lycon, Jayden (3 August 2021). "Chair election polling – 3 August 2021". Cupertino Electoral Supervisory Commission. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
↑ Lycon, Jayden (30 July 2021). "Chair election polling – 30 July 2021". Cupertino Electoral Supervisory Commission. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
↑ Lycon, Jayden (16 July 2021). "Re inquiry respecting the campaign of Varuna Sriraya and Tyler Mullins". Cupertino Alliance. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
↑ Lycon, Jayden (18 July 2021). "Chair election polling – 17 July 2021". Cupertino Electoral Supervisory Commission. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

[1] Lycon, Jayden (30 May 2020). "Charter of the Cupertino Alliance Act, 2020". Cupertino Alliance. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[2] Mullins, Tyler (7 July 2021). "Fair Voting Act". Cupertino Alliance. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

[3] Hamilton, Daniel (30 April 2021). "National Voting Act". Cupertino Alliance. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

[4] Mullins, Tyler (11 August 2021). "Campaign Behavior Act". Cupertino Alliance. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

[5] Lycon, Jayden (7 August 2021). "Chair election polling – 7 August 2021". Cupertino Electoral Supervisory Commission. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

[6] Lycon, Jayden (3 August 2021). "Chair election polling – 3 August 2021". Cupertino Electoral Supervisory Commission. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

[7] Lycon, Jayden (30 July 2021). "Chair election polling – 30 July 2021". Cupertino Electoral Supervisory Commission. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

[RMRe-Inquiry-8] Lycon, Jayden (16 July 2021). "Re inquiry respecting the campaign of Varuna Sriraya and Tyler Mullins". Cupertino Alliance. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

[9] Lycon, Jayden (18 July 2021). "Chair election polling – 17 July 2021". Cupertino Electoral Supervisory Commission. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

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