October 2013 Elections

The October 2013 Elections were an astonishing, staggering and stunning triumph of democracy.
== Election rules ==
In order to ensure that the Elections run smoothly and everyone is satisfied, the Ministry of Abundant Democracy has introduced a sweeping reform which introduced a Senate and a House of Representativeshttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13632.
In order to be elected Leader, a candidate would have to get a simple majority in the House, unanimity in the Senate (which was later changed to a simple majority as well), and not be vetoed by the King.
==Proceedings in the Senate==
Originally, the states represented in the Senate were USA, Ireland, Bottom Korea, New Zealand, Netherlands and Poland. Each of these states were to select one senator, who would then vote for leader.
===Insurgencies===
Canadahttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13641, Amazonashttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13640, Holy Roman Empire and British Rajhttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13644 were all pissed that they don't have a representative and started insurgencies. The Canadian rebels have burned down the new FPH Senate building, and from that point on it had to assemble in the FPH Island Starbucks.
With the collapse of the Clan as a result of the shutdown, the rebels have enforced their demands. In the end, the elected candidates from each states were:
 For USA: none was electedhttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13631
 For Ireland: Lahmiahttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13633
 For Netherlands: Darkflamehttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13629
 For the Jews: Davehttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13630
 For Poland: Shuskyhttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13629
 For South Korea: Veggiehttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13629
 For New Zealand: Veggie http://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13629
 For State of Amazonas: Elpeahttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13648
 For Canada: Deff Blatterhttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13647
 For the Holy Roman Empire: Shuskyhttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13652
 For British Raj: Darkflamehttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13649
===Holy Roman - French war===
Due to the inability of the Holy Roman Empire to settle a simple procedural vote, they autodeclared war on France at one pointhttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13652. Fortunately, they seem to have been able to white peace out
==Government shutdown==
Because the elections didn't conclude at deadline, a 'Murica-style government shutdown took place. Everyone agreed that 'Murica-style things are horriblehttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13653.
==Results==
Dave won, and so did democracyhttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=13730
==References==
Category:Elections