First Prime Minister Election

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The Candidates

There were four declared candidates in the April, 2019, Imperial Coalition Prime Minister race. They were:

  • ArmaggeddonElite, Mayor of NazTec
  • LukeisStuff, Mayor of Edago
  • Aris, Mayor of Riveria
  • Cheekus_Breekus, Resident Assistant in Okeogi

ArmaggeddonElite

16.png ArmaggeddonElite was the mayor of the industrial town of NazTec in Greater Okeogi. He gave the following speech in the campaign discord channel: ‎

LukeisStuff

16.png LukeIsStuff was the mayor of Edago, a town in Greater Okeogi. Here is his speech: ‎

Aris

16.png ItIsAris was the mayor of the Holy Riverian Domain, the second largest town in the Imperial Coalition at the time. His speech is below: ‎

Cheekus_Breekus

16.png Cheekus_Breekus, a resident assistant in Okeogi, said this:

Discord Debates

On the campaigns channel, candidates were allowed to debate the issues. Here are two examples:
What should the powers of the new Prime Minister be?

When should the Prime Minister should step down?

The Fall of LukeIsStuff's Campaign

16.png LukeIsStuff's campaign began to suffer and he was losing supporters. He addressed one of the possible causes having to do with Edago's history with 16.png steve02 and Notchism:

Endorsements

On March 31st, MrLevi, the mayor of Leviathan announced that he was going to support Riverian mayor Aris. At 4:39pm after 16.png LukeIsStuff addressed his history with Notchism, Cliffside resident 16.png Felbourn announced his support for Aris too. Then, 16.png LukeIsStuff committed a claimgate and his support tanked.

Aris Becomes the Prime Minister

With 35% voter turnout, Riveria mayor Aris easily wins the election with a supermajority of the vote. Invitations are posted in the Imperial Coalition discord and the RetroMC discord. At the flag walk in the Imperial Coalition capital of Okeogi, Aris gives a speech and puts on the Imperial Crown, starting an important tradition in the empire.

Invitation sample
Aris on stage