April 2010 Elections

The April 2010 Leader Elections were a landmark election in the spring of 2010. They are recognized as a symbolic point in clan history for several reasons, most notably as being the last sincere example of Heroic politics well into the Mythic Age, and also as the last FPH leader elections with a turnout of 20 or more.
==The Elections==
The elections started very old-timeyly in nature, with an earnest discussion about forum jokes, pitting Canadians and allies against Europeans against each other. Shusky blatantly bribed his way into the processhttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=11961.
Possibly the last genuine, if somewhat half-assed, elections drama ensued during the voting. As admins were too lazy to detemplarize inactive templars, the Theias campaign effort messaged them to vote for him in droveshttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=12004. This, combined with IRV, has lead to a clusterfuck, which Elpea eventually resolved by calling an additional round of votinghttp://www.flyingpurplehippos.org/index.php?showtopic=12020.
Like, holy shit, Elpea resolved the shit out of that clusterfuck.
Like there's a clusterfuck and then Elpea comes and is all "what up motherfucker" and BAM there is no clusterfuck left.
So anyway the additional round was a draw, leading, in a truly Mythic fashion, to the Shusky/Theias term.
==References==
Category:Elections