5th Presidential Elections of EMU
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The April 2021 5th European Micronational Union presidential elections were held on April 23, 2021.The Independent ticket of former Secretary of State Armen Nazarian and the former Vice-President Remi LePrince defeated the former Vice-President Remi LePrince and Junior Representative of the Council of the EMU Leopold Deuff and Former President Robin Brown and Former General Secretary of EMU Special Military Zone. The election took place against the backdrop of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The election saw the highest voter turnout by percentage since last election,with each of the three main tickets receiving more than 15 votes.
In competitive primary, Independent nominees Armen Nazarian and Remi LePrince announced their campaign to the Council with big speech in which both of the Candidates wanted to express their desire on how to improve the Union's both internal and external view. On April 19, 2021, just 4 days before elections Former President Robin Brown and General Secretary of EMU Special Military Zone announced their ticket, having secured the Democratic ticket, they both were met with big ovations. After 2nd Presidential debates Robin Brown took a big drop in rating, being surpassed by Remi LePrince. Although Remi LePrince became more and more popular in the polls, in the end only by one vote President Nazarian was elected the President of European Micronational Union.
The elections were held online. There were possibility of in-home voting with registration forms in PDF formats, but no member state requested it. The result was certified on April 23 by incumbent President Longobardo, alongside his resignation from the post of the President of European Micronational Union. President Nazarian became the 8th President of European Micronational Union on 12:00 EEST April 23, 2021.
Procedure
The Constitution of EMU says that President is elected by citizens of EMU. All member state citizens are officially the Citizens of European Micronational Union. Each European micronational Political party creates it's ticket alongside independent candidates. Chairman of Election is elected by the President of EMU, who then oversees the procedure of Elections. All candidates must register with the Chairman of Elections as Candidates for post of President not earlier than 3 days before election.
All candidates make a speech before Council and announce their presidency to officially solidify their candidacy. Many Presidents have not only published their speeches to the Council, but also in their social media, to attract the voters from all over EMU. After that candidates, usually, try to find someone who can endorse them, either the local politicians, such as Prime-Ministers of member states or Representatives in the Council, who then endorse them.
It has become one of the traditions to create 2 separate Presidential debates, in which Presidential Candidates try to persuade voters in voting for them and against the opponents. It's usually a media event in which media outlets can try to get their questions about presidential candidates.
Election process wearies from election to election, but for the main part it's held online for all the citizens of EMU. Voting is open for about 10 hours, in which all the registered voters should vote for their candidate. After that Chairman announces the results before Council and Acting President certifies the votes, by signing "The Certification of votes of [Official Election Name]". It's kind of a goodbye document, in which President also thanks the Cabinet and Council for the work. After that incumbent President gives speech to the Council and Elected President gives oath of office and is inaugurated to the post of President. Inauguration can be delayed, if the incumbent President or Elected president request it, up to 21 days, for preparation and peaceful transfer of power.
Nominations
Democratic Party
Robin Brown became the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party on April 19, 2021, when he secured his ticket with Former President and Chairman of the Democratic Party Tobias Gallagher.
Independent
Armen Nazarian
Armen Nazarian became the presumptive nominee on April 10, 2021, when he announced the Presidential Campaign before Council. He announced his Vice-President on April 19, 2021.
Remi LePrince
Remi LePrince became the presumptive nominee on April 12, 2021, when he announced the Presidential Campaign before Council and announced his Vice-President the same day.
Results
Results until the last minute were very close. These were the first elections in which the voters were registered, so each of the votes could be tracked. All the votes were digitally counted and certified, each vote was counted.
Results were certified by President Longobardo on the same day.
Exitpolls
The Chairman of Elections April 2021 Arthur Korney released the latest exitpolls, just 5 hours before elections, in which the estimates were similar to the results, or 43% for Armen Nazarian, 38% for Remi LePrince and 19% for Robin Brown.
| Recorded time | Armen Nazarian | Remi LePrince | Robin Brown |
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| April 15, 2021 | 87% | 13% | NaN |
| April 19, 2021 | 45% | 15% | 40% |
| April 20, 2021 | 39% | 28% | 33% |
| April 22, 2021 | 39% | 38% | 23% |
| April 23, 2021 | 43% | 38% | 19% |
President
President Nazarian was inaugurated on 23 April 2021. He ended his term on December 8th, 2021. He was one term president. His cabinet was one of the most stable in the history of EMU.
He ended the Presidency as one of the most stable Presidents in history. He decided not to run for Presidency, because of lack of personal time.