Electoral System

Anyone who is eighteen or older can vote in Deathburnian elections. These elections influence the government and law making of the country. Deathburn has the same law branches as the US. The legislative branch makes laws, the executive branch decides if they want to put the laws into act, and the judicial branch interprets the laws and makes sure that they don't break the guidelines of the constitution. Legislators make up the legislative branch. Elections for legislators are held every two years. The executive branch includes the cabinet. The cabinet members are picked by the president. The judicial branch includes the supreme court. A new supreme court member is nominated by the president whenever one steps down.

## 2001

After Deathburn gained independence, they wanted to elect a leader as quickly as possible. As a result, a formal election system was not put into place and the first election was done directly through popular vote. 100 legislators were put into place based on the percentage of votes each candidate's party got.

## 2005-2021

Deathburn had 599 or 596 electoral seats, depending on the election. 531 or 528 of these seats were made up of the house of representatives. Each party had one representative run for president per district. The most voted person from each district became a representee. The other 68 seats were made up of the senate. The senate worked differently, with two candidates running together to represent a party. The most voted pairing in each town became senators. Although these people were elected locally, it did not mean that they were the government of the town. This just had to do with the presidential election and not local elections. Seat elections were so important in Deathburn because the two parties who won the most seats competed in the presidential election. Each of the two parties had one candidate run for president. This candidate also ran along with a vice president. In the final election there was no popular vote. Instead, the people who got voted for representative and senate from each town had a meeting. They would discuss who they were going to vote for. Once the vote was casted, the candidate that won the vote got all the electoral points the town had, which was equal to the number of seats. The candidate who was first to reach 300 points became president.

## Future

After the previously known towns were changed to counties, a new electoral system came along with it. In this new system, the seat election and presidential election aren't different things. It works a lot more like the United States. In this system there are no senators. Instead, there are just legislators, formerly called representatives. In result of this, there are only 531 seats and electoral points. The districts still remain the same, but now legislators are elected every two years. This is for if the people don't think the president is doing a good job. Now they can elect people from a different party to make laws harder to pass. Legislators can serve up to six terms. The legislators elected from each town cast their vote for president. The candidate that gets the most votes in the town wins all of the electoral points the town has (which is equal to the number of legislators). If the number of votes ends in a tie, the candidate with more total votes in the town gets the tiebreaker. Also, in this system there are more than two eligible parties in the election. The candidate who gets the most electoral points becomes the president.

## See Also

- 2021 Deathburnian Presidential Election

- 2017 Deathburnian Presidential Election

- 2001 Deathburnian Presidential Election