January 2022 Federation of the Internet Elections

The January 2022 Federation of the Internet Elections took place on January 1, 2022. This was the first election of the year of 2022. And the first election of President, Sherbet Sherwin's term. All 10 Parliamentary Seats and all 3 governorships where up for elections, as well as for the first time ever, ballot measures. The next Election was in February.

## Parliamentary Elections

*See Also: January 2022 Parliamentary Election*

The January 2022 Parliamentary Elections were the first elections after the passage of the TICKET Act, which fundementally changed the way elections operated for Parliament. The New Moderates, who where in a governing majority with the Liberal party, ran one ticket while the Patriots and Capitalist-Conservatives ran together on another. It was the fewest number of potential choices for voters ever, a marked decline from the May 1st, 2021 elections, when all 7 seats had at least two candidates contesting and one having three contesting. The campaign followed the most active parliament ever, with dozens of laws, a Constitutional amendment, and a resolution being passed into law. The Patriots had a five point lead in polling going into the elections and look poised to retake control of Parliament for the first time since Spring 2021, and could be the third time ever that the New Moderates lose seats, and it is almost a complete turnaround from the July elections in which the Patriots nearly lost all seats in parliament. Patriots won 58% of the popular vote which translated into 6 seats plus the Prime Ministership, a two seat gain from the December elections.

## Gubernatorial Elections

*See Also: January 2022 Gubernatorial Elections*

The 2022 gubernatorial elections saw two contested elections, one in Victoria and one in Baybridge. Sherbet Sherwin had resigned as Governor of Baybridge to become President, and attempted to appoint Bendemocrat to the office. American2006 and the Patriots opposed the nomination, and this pre-election drama was likely to feed into the actual race. In Isle Green, I am nsx11 ran unopposed.

## State Legislatures

*See also: January 2022 State Legislative Elections*

All State Legislatures are up, New Moderates we're poised to win in Isle Green while in Baybridge and Victoria it is a dead heat between Patriots and New Moderates. If this was the night that Patriots were hoping for, then they would need to pickup most of the state legislatures which is all in New Moderate control.

## Ballot Measures

After the passage of the Defense of Liberty Act, many New Moderates opposed a provision which prohibited abortion and passed the Freedom from Government Act in response. However, the bickering in Congress hurt both parties approval ratings and American2006 worked with Presidential Connor to create a compromise law that would create ballot measures for the voters to decide. In a series of 5 national ballot measures, voters decided on the legality of abortions in there state. American2006 also proposed several ballot measures to establish state government in Baybridge. The measures also created state law for the first time ever, an entirely new concept of federalism expected to give Governors real power and to decentralize power away from Parliament and the Presidency.