Elections in Roskya
5 elections were held in Roskya during its lifespan. The first of these elections occurred in April 2020 in order to replace the provisional government; 4 more elections would be held during 2020 and 2021.
Constitution
Elections are defined in two different articles of the constitution of Roskya:
- Article 53, which sets the elections for Parliament to be on "the second Saturday of every odd numbered month";
- Article 68, which sets the elections for chancellor to be on "the second week of every third month", beginning in January.
The latter election was to occur using Single transferable vote.
Elections
April 2020 elections
On 12 April 2020, the first official elections in Roskya occurred in order to replace the provisional government with an elected body. Eight candidates decided to run for Parliament, whilst only one candidate each ran for Chancellor and Deputy Chancellor. Out of the eight people who ran for Parliament, 6 were elected into office, and the sole Chancellor and Deputy Chancellor candidates Christina Nowell and Nicholas Lokin respectively won the elections for the two positions.[1]
July 2020 elections
On 21 July 2020, the second elections in Roskyan history occurred. This time nine candidates decided to run for Parliament and two candidates, Brandon Mierzwa and Christina Nowell, for Chancellor.[2] Once again, six candidates won the election for parliament and Brandon Mierzwa won a landslide victory against Christina Nowell, with 72.7% of the total votes cast in favor of Brandon for Chancellor.[3]
October 2020 elections
On 2 October 2020, elections for the position of Chancellor and Parliament occurred, following the abdication of Kuningas Kris Hudson. Eight candidates ran for parliament, while 2 candidates ran for Chancellor and 1 for Deputy Chancellor. 6 candidates were elected into office, and Christina Nowell was elected Chancellor for a second term.[4]
October 2020 snap elections
Following the impeachment of Nicholas Lokin, a snap election was called for his seat. 2 candidates, from the Democratic Socialist Party and the Conservative Military Party respectively, ran for the seat. Following the ratification of the Constitution of Roskya, both candidates won.[5]
January 2021 elections
Signups for the Chancellor elections began on 15 December, with Parliament signups beginning on 20 December. One candidate ran for chancellor, while four candidates ran for re-election. Given the low amount of signups, on the 8th of January 2 incumbent Members of Parliament, in addition to all candidates, were declared to have won the elections.[6]
March 2021 elections
On 28 February, elections were declared to be open on 13 March. Nominations were open from then until 12 March, with 2 candidates running for Chancellor and 4 candidates running for Grand Parliament. Following the closing of nominations, all candidates for Parliament were declared to have won the election. A poll ran from 13–14 March to determine who would be Chancellor; Kris Hudson, along with their running mate Chris Ramsay, won with 90.9% of the vote.[7]
References
- ↑ @RoskyanEmpire, Elections have finished, and our new Chancellor is @CCycoldia, with her DC, @LokinNicholas. Our new MPs (that we know have Twitter) are @_micro_man and @PresidentMontan. The rest is contained in the attached screenshot.", Twitter.
- ↑ @RoskyanEmpire, "Elections are on 21 July, Chancellor sign-ups just ended with @mierzwa_brandon and @CCycoldia facing off in the Chancellor elections this coming Tuesday.",Twitter.
- ↑ @RoskyanEmpire, "July 2020 elections concluded, with @mierzwa_brandon winning the Chancellor election in a landslide victory, and the following winning Parliament:@machabutchai, @_micro_man, @johannthebagel, @LokinNicholas, @CCycoldia, and Matthew Xia.", Twitter.
- ↑ "Roskyan elections". The MicroJournal. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ↑ "Roskyan snap elections". The MicroJournal. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- ↑ @RoskyanKingdom, "9 January 2021 Election Results are as follows: @_Avery_Hudson and @CCycoldia win the Chancellorship and Deputy Chancellorship respectively. Isaiah Burdette, @_micro_man, Paris Wright, @revoisford, @_Avery_Hudson, @CCycoldia, and Matthew Xia win seats in Roskyan Parliament.", Twitter.
- ↑ @RoskyanKingdom, "The results of the March 2021 Chancellor elections as posted by HIM Johann Kümmel: @KrisButAlt/@_Avery_Hudson wins election to the Chancellorship with @_micro_man as his runningmate against @CCycoldia and @PlayerPiano6.", Twitter.