1 May 2020 Presidential Election

The 1 May 2020 Presidential Election was the 26th semimonthly presidential election since the fall of Romulan Krameria, which occurred on Friday, May 1, 2020. The Conservative candidate, Dominicus Victor, and running mate DeWitt, narrowly defeated Liberal candidate, Hughes Burande, and running mate, E Pluribus Unum. The Libertarian and Salt Party candidates, Blake and Cosmical, both trailed in a distant last. This election saw Victor elected for a third presidency. This was also the most controversial election in a long time.

The election initially resulted in a tie, creating a pause of an entire day before the final results came out. A major point of controversy was the deletion of Locke's vote, which sparked the Stanley Jones v. Krameria case, in which it was formally affirmed that voters must vote in their own states. This case broke the tie and other votes were deleted as well, ending the tie and seeing Dominicus Victor narrowly winning the election.

Initial Results

The election began at 15:01 UTC 1 May 2020 and lasted until 15:00 UTC 2 May 2020. The election initially ended in a 17-17 tie between Dominicus Victor and Hughes Burande, the Conservative and Liberal candidates, respectively. This tie created the pause that lasted the entire day of 2 May before results came out. The Libertarian Party came in a distant third with just one vote, and the Salt Party came in last with no votes.

The Candidates

Four parties ran in this election; the Conservatives, Liberals, Libertarians, and the Salt Party all ran a candidate. The Conservatives ran two-time President Dominicus Victor, with Former President DeWitt as his running mate. The Liberals ran Hughes Burande with E Pluribus Unum as his running mate to run in this election. The Libertarian Party ran Former President (Big) Blake to run in this election, there was no decided running mate. Finally, the Salt Party ran Former President Cosmical with no decided running mate to run in this election.

Positions

The Conservative nominee, Dominicus Victor, ran on a platform of continuing the prosperity of the previous administration and attacking the "New Liberals" on their inexperience. He also ran on a platform of unity in Krameria, as his running mate, DeWitt, was a Liberal.

The Liberal nominee, Hughes Burade, ran on a platform of change in Krameria.

The Libertarian nominee, Big Blake, ran on a Libertarian platform but did not campaign much.

Finally, the Salt Party nominee, Cosmical, also did not campaign much

Stanley Jones v. The Republic and Election Controversy

At 16:15 UTC, it had first become known that one voter, Locke's, vote had been deleted. The reason for its deletion is that he had voted in the wrong state, as a Dovanian voting in a Latomé election. Jones saw it as a violation of his right to vote and began the Stanley Jones v. Freland case at 18:17 UTC, when the discovery period began. The primary defense used by Freland was that, in the Constitution, it states "The Congress of the Republic of Krameria shall consist of Congressmen elected by the states", indicating that voting from another state was illegal as that wouldn't be by the states. Jones' prosecution followed on the pretense that there was no law that stated interstate voting was illegal and that it was a violation of Locke's right to vote. The trial came to an end at 21:39 UTC that day. The final ruling of the case was that the deletion of Locke's vote was lawful. A notable point was when Jones mentioned a person by the name of Username who had not included their discriminator in the username section of the ballot. That vote, and all others like it, were to be discounted as well.This led to the deletion of an astonishing 10 votes, leading to much controversy in the server to the legitimacy of the results. At 15:17 UTC 3 May 2020, the final results of the election were released and Dominicus Victor became the President-elect of Krameria, and at 16:00 UTC, Victor was inaugurated.