The Greatest Group Ever Created Admin Election, 2016

The Greatest Group Ever Created Admin Election of 2016 was the first ever Election held for Admin of The Greatest Group Ever Created. It was held from November 7 to November 13, 2016. Victoria Price of the Feline Party defeated both of her opponents; Matthew Howe, an Independent, and Adrian Castillo of the Democratic Party.
== Backround ==
When the second iteration of the group was created after Admingate, Sage Gaska and Bob Bobster were the only admins, with Sage being the Chief Admin. Father Grigori was later made an admin in 2016. People kept saying that they wanted another admin of the group. Bob and Father Grigori were not very active, and Sage could not be there all the time. Sage was hestiant to make anyone admin after Admingate, so he decided to hold an election. 
== The race begins ==
Sage Gaska, Chief Admin of TGGEC, announced he was holding an election for Admin on July 27, 2016. The first person to announce their candidacy was Adrian Castillo, of the Democratic Party. A few hours later, Victoria Price announced her campaign for admin. At the time, she said she was running as the Green Party's nominee. In October, she left the Green Party to join the recently founded Feline Party, and switched her affiliation to Feline. Matthew Howe was expected announce his candidacy for admin. He officially announced the start of his campaign in early August. He said that he would be running as an Independent.
== Campaign ==
Victoria Price launched her official website, victoriaforadmin.weebly.com, on July 29. She also released a campaign video, and the slogan Vote For Victory. On her website she shared several campaign posters, and shared her views on popular issues, such as the security of the group. Matthew Howe launched a similar website in August, but it was taken down for an unknown reason a few days later. Adrian never made any websites. To aid everyone during the election, Sage Gaska set up the 2016 Admin Election Hub on the official TGGEC website. It included basic info about the candidates, results of polls, and the text from the debates.
== Debates ==
The first debate was held on July 29, 2016 at 3:00 PM EDT. Victoria Price and Adrian Castillo were the only two participants, as Matthew Howe had not announced his candidacy yet. It was moderated by Sage Gaska, and held in the group chat. They mainly debated matters of group security, as an unknown person had joined the group days before and sent dirty things. The main message from both candidates is that they wanted a balance between security and freedom.
The second and final debate was held on September 9, 2016 at 3:15 PM EDT. This debate was moderated by Sage Gaska and held in the TGGEC chat. Along with Adrian Castillo and Victoria Price, Matthew Howe participated in his first admin debate. The largest point of discussion was the Sage-Queenie War, which had happened in mid-August. Matthew heavily criticized Victoria for her actions. He said that Victoria should not have acted the way she did, and she was "overreacting" by sending death threats to Sage. Victoria said that the death threats were not serious, and tried to say why she disliked Glenn Garcia. Later on, the question of activity in the group came up. Victoria was very active in the group, while Matthew was less active. Victoria said it was necessary for a good admin to be active in the group, while Matthew claimed he read the messages, but did not send any messages most of the time. Matthew also talked about how you can not trust someone based on how active they were. Adrian was mostly silent during the entire debate.
== Results ==
Sage Gaska shared the link to the form for voting on Monday, November 7 at 4:50 PM. Voting closed on Sunday, November 13 at 6:30 PM, when it was announced by Sage that Victoria Price had won. She was then sworn in and promoted to admin by Sage.
Results
Candidate 	Popular Vote	Percent
Victoria Price (F) 	7 	78%
Matthew Howe (I) 	1 	11%
Adrian Castillo (D)	1 	11%