June 2024 Mayoral Election

The June 2024 Mayoral Election was an election held in San Andreas from June 17th to July 1st, 2024
==General Information==
An election for the position of Mayor of the City of Los Santos was held from June 17th to July 1st, 2024. As part of the election, a Mayoral Debate was held on June 10th, alongside various other smaller debates afterwards until the first round of voting was over.
The then-incumbent Sean Deane was succeeded by Krzysztof Kryszalowicz after the overall voting period ended, with Krzysztof winning by only 16 votes. Krzysztof didn't officially enter office until July 8th, 2024 where Sean Deane stepped down from the office to join the Governor's Office as the Lt. Governor.
==Candidacy==
===Nomination===
Citizens of San Andreas were able to nominate for candidacy via a form on the MDW from 7:29pm EST on May 20th up until applications closed on the 7th of June, 2024, having been extended from the 3rd. The current mayor first teased the election a day prior to releasing the nomination form, encouraging citizens to start thinking about campaigning and their goals as a potential mayor. 
The nomination form asks candidates 4 questions:
# What are the biggest changes you would make if elected mayor?
# Do you understand the duties of being the mayor and the responsibilities this will bring?
# Are you willing to take advice / guidance from those above you and that have come before?
# Are you eligible to run for mayor?
After the nomination period closed, eligible candidates were then listed on the ballot.
Excluded from eligibility for candidacy are any citizens who had been charged with a felony. Additionally, some candidates who had expressed interest in the position of Mayor, or who had campaigned in the leadup to the election, were not successfully included on the ballot for various reasons.
===Candidates===
==Voting==
This election introduced a new voting system in which voting was held in two rounds. The first round each voter had to vote for two candidates each and the top 4 of these candidates would go on to the second round of voting, this round was held from July 17th to July 22nd, 2024. During the second round of voting while each voter only had 4 candidates to choose from, they also only could select one candidate with the candidate with the most votes at the end of the voting period winning Mayor.
==Results==
The results of the election were announced at approximately 9pm EST on July 1st, 2024.
===Vote Counts===
Krzysztof Kryszalowicz: 125 votes
Gerrin Lupo: 109 votes
Mervin Maggot: 91 votes
Oscar Pepper: 88 votes
The successful candidate, as voted by the citizens of San Andreas, was Krzysztof Kryszalowicz, who officially took up his position in the Mayor's Office on July 8th.
==Gallery==