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The following is a timeline of major events leading up to, during, and after the April 2021 Nubia elections. The campaigning for the election started on the 25th of March 2021, voting would begin on the 1st April 2021 and end on the 2nd April, electing the new government.

Timeline

Date Events Photos/Videos

25th March

  • Registration for candidates in the election starts
  • The following candidacies are announced:
  • Little campaigning and debating happened due to election-related channels in discord being closed.
The government prior to the elections

26th March

The first election propaganda posted in election-related discord channels was by Lopile

27th March

  • The following candidacies are announced:
  • cahden campaigns on 'keeping the economy and infrastructure healthy' alongside announcing a plan for the 'Nubian Ice Road Cleaning Service'.
  • TheKaroo campaigns for the first time using an image of his skin alongside a text header with the background of a desert.
  • Gorkymoo1119 campaigns for the first time, suggesting 'Nubia's safety is at risk' in an advert showing a scene of a child counting and then an explosion.
  • The first predictions for the results of the elections are published.
File:Nubia's safety is at risk...
The video used by gorkymoo1119's campaign

28th March

  • StarKiller1744 leaves the race for Minister of Foreign Affairs.
  • StarKiller1744 announces his candidacy in the races of Minister of Trade and Commerce as well as Minister of Cultural Affairs.
  • Mengan_ campaigns using a poster that suggests she is 'fair, understanding and experienced'.
  • Greaseballer campaigns and suggests Mengan_ is a nazi.
  • StarKiller1744 campaigns using a poster promoting unity.
Mengan_'s campaign poster

29th March

  • Iwearredhat campaigns on giving 'carrots for all'.
  • Sad_poo campaigns on improving the army, using the slogan 'Making Nubian Army Great Again!!!!'.
  • Thee_Boss campaigns suggesting that Mengan_ and Sad_poo lack the experience to run the Ministry of Imperial Affairs properly.
  • cahden becomes involved in a DM scandal after StarKiller1744 shows a screenshot of DMs between th0op and cahden, with him asking her for 'juicy shit against Star'.
  • cahden and StarKiller1744 start debating over their differences in policy in their campaigns for Minister of Trade and Commerce.
Iwearredhat's election propaganda

30th March

  • cahden creates an official response to the DMs released the day prior, debate continues after the release.
  • Greaseballer criticizes the campaign posters of Mengan_.
  • As a result of the argument in relation to the DM scandal, several notable politicians withdraw their endorsements for cahden and StarKiller1744, suggesting they will vote for another figure.
cahden's official response to the DM scandal

31st March

  • Debate between cahden and StarKiller1744 continues in regards to their policies and the DM scandal, several more politicians saying they will not vote for either.

1st April

  • Captioned on top of his image propaganda, TheKaroo calls endorsed candidates 'corrupt', advising citizens to not vote for them for those reasons. This is met with backlash from gorkymoo1119 and Lopile, asking what TheKaroo's policies were. It is also ridiculed by StarKiller1744.
  • As a result of the backlash, a fake endorsement was given to TheKaroo, with him not releasing a response into if his views on corruption in relation to endorsements had changed.
  • The ballot opens, with voting for every Minister position but Foreign Affairs due to the lack of an opponent against gorkymoo1119.
TheKaroo's image propaganda used in his campaign

2nd April

  • The polls close.
  • Election results are announced:
    • Lopile wins Minister of Defence
    • gorkymoo1119 automatically becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs due to the lack of an opposition
    • Sad_poo wins Minister of Imperial Affairs
    • Fijiloopins wins Minister of Trade and Commerce
    • Mengan_ wins Minister of Cultural Affairs