December 2024 Osolian general election
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General elections were held in Osolia on 15 December 2024. This election was the fourth election to utilize the my.osolia system for registering and voting for candidates.
Candidacy registration opened December 1st, 2024 at midnight UTC and closed when voting opened on December 15th, 2024 at midnight UTC. Voting closed on December 17th, 2024 at midnight UTC, and Josephine won the election for Chief and Michael Webb won the election for Speaker unopposed.
Candidacy
Chief
One day after candidacy opened, on December 2, 2024, incumbent Chief tz_scion announced that he would likely not seek re-election due to lacking time and motivation for the Chiefdom.
Soon after that announcement, former Director of Finance Hydrogen announced his candidacy for Chief. He stated that he would like to "aid in the implementation of our planned economic reforms as well as continue to develop the Osolian state".
Hydrogen initially ran unopposed, but after some discussion in the election discussion chat, with encouragement from Speaker Michael Webb in particular (stating "I think having competition would be fun, so I encourage you to run"), Josephine announced her candidacy for Chief on December 4, 2024.
The next day, on December 5, 2024, former Chief and current Director of Infrastructure CalvinX decided to run after "kicking the idea around" for a while. He stated that, "I would more or less run as a status quo candidate, since based on the server activity, we’re collectively not in a Minecraft mood".
On December 6, 2024, Josephine released a document detailing her platform called "Caterpillar's Manifesto". This manifesto detailed her plans for her term as Chief, including further city reforms and the development of a government building complex called Capitol Park.
No candidates announced their cabinet, although Josephine stated that she would try to hire as many of the current cabinet as possible, and Calvin asked anyone interested in a position to message him directly.
However, these candidates' cabinets likely were affected by the passage of the Governmental Reorganization Amendment on December 8, 2024 and the subsequent dissolution of the Department of Finance and the Department of Events by Chief Scion on December 9, 2024. Josephine has already publicly stated that instead of having a Director of Finance, she would impose a "treasurer", a more unofficial position to advise her on financial matters.
Ultimately, Josephine won (almost) unopposed, with 8 out of 10 non-abstaining votes going towards her in the first round of instant-runoff voting.
Speaker
One day after candidacy opened, on October 2, 2024, Speaker Michael Webb announced he would be seeking a third term as Speaker. He simply stated in his candidacy announcement that he wants "to get what I’ve helped work on done - economic reform and the expansion of Osolia, to be exact. I’m ready to work with whoever the people elect as Chief to get this done."
He ran unopposed and won 8 votes, with 3 voters abstaining.
Results for Chief
TBD
Results for Speaker
TBD