====== Turn 40 Union Elections ======

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Description [wiki]       : Elections are run for the turn 41-60 electoral period
Forum [forum]*           : 365
Type*                  : Election
Characters [ref]*        : 
Factions [ref]*          : Union
Locations [ref]*         : Senate
Start Date [date]        : 2012-02-06
End Date [date]          : 2012-02-27
Related Stories [ref]*   : Turn 20 Union Elections, Turn 60 Union Elections
Story Teller [ref::user] : Mercury
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Elections were held for the electoral period of (:turn) 41 to (:turn) 60. The participating candidates were [[Characters~Bolv'ar]], [[Characters~Acehtoo]] and [[Characters~Lophos]]. 

Senator Bolv'ar of the [[Confederacy of Excaria]], supported by the [[Federal Republic of Bisidn]] and the [[New Communist Imperium of the Rising Suns of Deominius]] advocated a [[https://www.fwurg.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=352|military strategy]] to grow the Unions military power. Senator Lophos of the [[Interregnum Democracy of Scir]] promoted a strategy of [[https://www.fwurg.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=354|tax-cuts and terraformation subsidies]] as the primary concern, supported by the [[Free Peoples of Wrarrbo]] and [[Liberal Assencia]]. 

Current Chancellor Acehtoo herself went with an [[https://www.fwurg.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=349|expantionist strategy]], and a plan for adding [[Minor Worlds]] and with the aid of the [[Divine Fiefdom of Highmons]] and the [[Holy Heimgolian Theocracy]] eventually secured enough support to guarantee her victory.

^ Final Results ^^
| Senator Bolv'ar | 5 votes |
| Senator Lophos | 4 votes |
^ **Chancellor Acehtoo((winner))** ^ **10 votes** |
| Abstentions / Invalids | 0 votes |

Seeing her absolute majority Chancellor Acehtoo would not employ any of her opposing candidates in her new cabinet, instead offering positions to the [[Veolian Commonwealth]] and the [[Praetorian Empire]].