December 2020 Grand Unified Micronational election

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GUM Chair election, December 2020
Turnout95.8% ▲
 
Candidate Jack Dean Adam I
Party Royalist Party of Essexia Liberal-Moderate Party
Home state Commonwealth of Essexia Adammia
Running mate Aenopia Amelie Bjork Nicolás Millán
States carried 28 16
Percentage 63.6% 36.4%
GUM Election graph provided by 'The Essexian Post', c.1st December 2020
Chair before election

Newton von Uberquie

 Elected Chair

Jack Dean

An election to select the 32nd Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational took place in December of 2020. Jack Dean was elected Chair and took office on the 1st January 2021.[1] The election had the highest turnout in the organisation's history at 95.8%. Jack Dean also won the most votes ever, with Adam I winning the most votes of a losing candidate. The election was notable for its high levels of engagement, multiple different candidates dropping out, and unprecedented early endorsements for Jack Dean. Dean's running mate, Amelie Bjork, was not elected to the position of Vice-Chair after being rejected by the Quorum, and instead Matthew continued to serve as the incumbent Vice-Chair.

Background

Procedure

The Charter of the GUM provides that "The Chair shall be elected every six months".[2] Pursuant to this, the Chair is, by norm rather than specific policy, required to announce the opening of nominations within a reasonable time before the six-month period is up.

Any delegate to the GUM from a full member state may nominate themselves to run for the Chairmanship, provided they are not "already running for another post within the organization, such as the Supreme Court or another bureaucratic agency within the GUM". They may, however, "if they have been nominated to one of these offices... decline and be considered eligible to run for the post of Chair".

Candidates

Individuals in this section have formally announced their campaign for Chairman of the Grand Unified Micronational.

Candidate Experience State Party (if applicable) Running mate Campaign announcement date
(UTC) 		Campaign Logo

Jack Dean 		Premier of Poplar Nerva (2019–present)
First Minister of Essexia (2020)
Minister of Defence in Essexia (2018-2019)
Minister of Foreign Affairs in Essexia (2017-2019)
Commonwealth of Essexia 		Royalist Party of Essexia Amelie Bjork 7 November

Adam I 		Emperor of Adammia (2013–present)
20th, 22nd & 28th Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational (2014, 2015, 2018–19)
Adammia 		Liberal-Moderate Party Nicolás Millán 17 December

Former candidates

Name Experience State Party (if applicable) Running mate Announcement date Dropped out Campaign Logo
Zabëlle Skye Prince of New Eiffel (2018–2020)
GUM Secretary for Micronational Development (2020)
Ad-Interim GUM Press Secretary (2020)
Aenopia 		No known party affiliation N/A 1 December 1 December
Vera Hewitt President of New Virginia (2020–present)
Prime Minister of Austenasia (2015-2020)
19th Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational (2014)
New Virginia 		Independent Otto Gillespie Birch 7 November 13 December

Abrams I 		King of Ikonia (2018–present)
Ikonia 		Monarchist Party of Ikonia Jonathan Augustus 13 December 17 December

Results

Jack Dean Adam I None of the above
28 16 2

References

  1. ↑ Chief, Editor (26 December 2020) Jack Dean beats Adam Belcher in historic win to become the next Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational. The Essexian Post. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. ↑ Chapter IV: The Chair. Charter of the Grand Unified Micronational at MicroWiki. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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