Over the past three days, the Firestone House of Representatives has been undergoing its Speaker of the House election. Responsible for holding these elections is the honorable Governor AestheticallyHappy.
As is expected with everything Firestone, everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong and more.
AestheticallyHappy opened the Speaker election shortly after the Representatives completed their oaths, prompting the declaration and speeches of ADMIRAL_RICKY, L_3ee, and CanadlanLaw. Declarations were open for 48 hours (this is important so remember this).
Following declarations and speeches, AestheticallyHappy made the decision to open a phase for questioning. Now personally, I agree and I assume all citizens agree that questioning is good. Why wouldn’t Representatives want to question the next Speaker of the House, wouldn’t they want to make an informed decision and make sure that the right candidate is being chosen, for their sake and for the sake of their constituents (we will revisit this)? The questioning was opened for 16 hours under the following conditions:
Immediately, Representatives who already made up their minds in closed doors without deliberation, looking at other candidates, hearing speeches, or waiting for public feedback, would complain, asking for there to be no questioning and instead automatic voting. (Bit undemocratic innit).
Shortly after the questioning commenced, one candidate, in particular, was absolutely getting destroyed, prompting that candidate and his supporters to motion to PQ.
Both the person motioning and the Sergeant at Arms recognize that the motion in fact goes against the Governor’s guidelines and that it would not work, however the Governor would make a 180 turn and instead recognize the motion.
Once again, those in favor of skipping questioning and instead voting based on friendship and association are in favor of this motion. The Governor recognizes the motions and proclaims that in order to pass, it needs a simple majority. (Remember this, it’s important 
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Afterwards, I notioned to the Governor that he is in fact not following the rules of basic motions (the rules he and other congresspeople are very well aware of) and that a Motion to End Debate (Motion to PQ) requires a supermajority not a simple majority. This prompted the response most indicative of how little trust citizens can have in our government.
After pointing out the Governor’s mistake, non-aggressively and before he has made a decision, he instead continues.
Afterward, I would notify the Governor in DMs (as to avoid public confrontation) that the motion DID NOT even pass, only receiving 5 Ayes when it needed 6.
The Governor acknowledges that it did not in fact reach a majority, as well as that he is simply choosing to follow whatever rules he wants, whenever he pleases, giving him total control over the results. The rules created to create fairness at the most basic levels are intentionally ignored.
The Governor then proceeds to open voting for only 8 hours. Remember, declarations were open for 48 hours, questioning was open for 18 hours, but voting is only open for 8 hours? Voting started at 10 PM EST and was planned to end at 6 AM EST. The most obscure times were chosen for this election, especially when the majority of those voting are American and would not be online during those times.
I would then drop out of the race at 3 AM EST and instead vote for Admiral_Ricky. At this time, most of the House, including the Governor, was offline and would not see my decision until the morning. At 6 AM EST, the Governor would instead not wake up (as expected when you set such an obscure time) and 3 of 11 house members would not cast a vote until the morning (Jackfruitism, Crankyluke, and connor).
In the morning, cranky and connor would vote and 1 person would switch their vote, making it 6-4 in favor of RICKY. The Governor would call it in favor of RICKY and we would all proceed happily-ever-after… wrong.
The Governor would REVERSE his decision, instead claiming that L_3ee had the majority when the voting was supposed to close. Keep in mind, the Governor has ignored all other times and guidelines up until this moment, choosing what was easier for him or simply made more sense.
He opted into certifying the results that reflect the voting when most of the House was offline, 3 votes were not cast and he himself was offline, instead of doing the obviously right thing and certifying the results where RICKY won and the results were reflective of the entire house (instead of the people who were tryhard enough to stay up).
After being pressed by both sides, including those who did not support RICKY, it would yield the following responses:
In the 10th mistake of this election, the Governor also admits he had the votes incorrect, assuming that a majority of the house supported L_3ee, when in fact it was not a majority and one of the votes was a non-house member with access. (It takes 10 seconds to see that)
The Governor would continue to poorly justify his obvious severe lapse in judgement, even when confronted by members who supported the candidate the election was skewed towards.
TL:DR
Completely skewed election all behind the noses of the citizens because, surprise surprise, the people begging for your vote are the same people willing to completely subjugate your voice when it matters.
