June 2020 Grand Unified Micronational election

GUM Chair election, June 2020
Turnout	75.6% ▼
Chair before election; Thomas Bainbridge;	Elected Chair ; Newton von Uberquie;

An election to select the 31st Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational which took place from 24 June to 1 July 2020.

Background

Procedure

The Charter of the GUM provides that "The Chair shall be elected every six months".^[1] 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. The election was announced by the Chair Thomas I of Hrafnarfjall on 6 June, with the election timetable.

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.

Name	Experience	State	Party (if applicable)	Running mate	Campaign announcement date (UTC)
File:Newtonvonuberquie 1.jpg Newton von Uberquie	Palatine-Viceroy of Uberquiesenberg (2016–present) 19th Vorsitzender of Abelden (2017) Emperor of Abelden (2018–2020) Palatine of Uber-Esse (2020–present) 20th and 26th Vice Chair of the GUM (2014-2015, 2017)	Uber-Essian Union	Emo Rights Party	Karl Friedrich	10 June
File:Screenshot 54.jpg Jayden Lycon	6th President of Aenderia (2018) 11th President of Aenderia (2019–2020) Alongside Chau Khang (2020) Chief Justice of Iustus (2019–present) Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iustus (2019–present) Chair of the Cupertino Alliance (2020–present)	Iustus	Democracy Party	Zabëlle Skye	11 June

Former candidates

Name	Experience	State	Party (if applicable)	Campaign announcement date (UTC)	Dropped out (UTC)
Thomas I	President of the Republic of Orbis (2005–2008) President of the Democratic Republic of Longarnia (2010-2015) King of the Kingdom of Hrafnarfjall (2016–present) Hereditary President of the Confederation of the Raven (2018–present) 30th Chair of the GUM (2020)	Hrafnarfjall	No known party affiliation	10 June	18 June^[2]

Results

Newton von Uberquie	Jayden Lycon	None of the above
Wyvern Austenasia Essexia Adammia Misberia Hrafnarfjall Gymnasium State Posaf Iustus Lytera Ikonia Millania New Rizalia Sonderan Uskor New Virginia Vlasynia SBR Abelden Paravia Mercia Nolland Theodia Jusin Ledilia Ashukovo	New Eiffel Aenopia Wegmat Uber-Esse	Atovia
26	4	1