Duckpond Elections

This page is to chronicle every Duckpond Election that isn't eventful enough to warrant an entire page.
== First Presidential Election (January 2021) ==
The first presidential election was held after Mr. Z fell from power. It established the three predominant political parties. Feelixicans, Goombicrats, and the Gene Party. Gene won the election and became the first president of the Duckpond on January 21st, 2021. 
== Second Presidential Election (April 2021) ==
Gene's term ended in March however, the members of the Duckpond did not notice the term had passed. Instead of having the election in March the Stardew Crusaders decided to postpone the election until April. It was planned to be held on the 20th however, the debate was postponed so the election was held on the 25th instead. 
The candidates were Bepno with his vice president of TrueMasterB, Orca with their vice president of Sans Undertale, Beetlesushi with his cat being his vice president choice. Each candidate ran under the Goombicrat party. Despite being in the same political party Beetlesushi and Orca purely ran to try and beat the other. On April 26th Bepno won the election and became the Duckpond's second president.
Bepno's presidency would be filled with unexpected changes for the Duckpond. Rebranding the server to The Raccpond, creating many new channels and rebrands for the server. The members reactions to Bepno's presidency would be mixed because of these changes. 
== Third Presidential Election (July 2021) ==
The third election would see one of the largest candidate and voter turn out yet. Six total candidates entered the race: Lm1xb, Allie, Porky II, Almic, Bizmo, and Fluffy Duffy all entered the race. An approval poll was held with Lm1xb winning by one vote ahead of Allie. Lm1xb would run under the Gene Party, as he wanted to return to The Duckpond and clean up the server after Bepno's presidency. It's unclear which party the other members ran under however, their policies aligned most with the Goombicrat party. 
On May 20th, the election poll was held with an unprecedented turn out of voters, a total of 37 votes were cast. Although the legitimacy of some of the votes could not be verified. Ultimately Allie would win with 14 votes. One vote ahead of the runner up, Lm1xb.
Following Allie's term, the failure to hold another election resulted in a state of anarchy that would last for months. After being resolved the Stardew Crusaders would return to power. As of September, 2022, no elections are planned to be held.
== Fourth Presidential Election (October 2023) ==
Following the Lame Duck period and H.H. Gregg's short run as leader another election was planned in October of 2023. For this election many more rigid guidelines were put in place, such as voter registration, candidate interviews, campaign posters, and a thorough debate. 
The following candidates had their interviews recorded by Zigzem:
# Arnold/Gundham Tanaka/Fluffy Duffy (Hope Party) 
# Lm1xb/Jeremy Elbertson (The Gene Party)
# Orcinus Orca (AWESOME Party)
# Allie/Cirno Fumo (Trans-Individualism Party
File:Hopeparty.png|Arnold's campaign poster "Make The Duckpond hopeful again :)"
File:Lome poster.png|Lm1xb's campaign poster "It could always be worse"
File:Orca poster.png|Orca's campaign poster "this is how i see myself on discord: just the chill lowkey guy who does his own thing and doesn't give a fuck about what anyone thinks"
Allie was elected President, being the first candidate to hold office for two terms. She won by only one vote ahead of the runner up Lm1xb, similarly to the previous election. For a short time after the election Lm1xb hired a lawyer, Nitroslave, in an attempt to contest the election results, however, this ultimately led nowhere.