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General elections were held in Cascadia on September 17, 2022 to elect the Governor of Cascadia and all twelve seats in the House of Representatives for one-month terms. This was the second monthly general election in Cascadia. ViolentVampire and SayerQT were elected as the 2nd Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Cascadia. This was the second of three elections in Cascadia to not be held on the third Sunday of a month, and was the first election in Cascadia to utilize proportional representation by means of ranked choice voting.
Incumbent Governor SayerQT did not stand for re-election. The gubernatorial election resulted in a victory for incumbent Treasurer ViolentVampire, receiving a record 95.2% of the vote. Voter turnout was down slightly at 46.7% of eligible voters. The House elections resulted in incumbents winning just half of the seats, with incumbents winning just around 52% of first-preference votes. This would be the last election held in Cascadia under the Crown of New Mexico, as Cascadia would separate all ties from the Crown of New Mexico on September 29, 2022. It would be the next-to-last election held while Cascadia was a member state of the United States of America (2022), of which the election coincided with the third and final U.S. presidential election that Cascadia would participate in.
As of March 2025, this election remains the largest electoral landslide of any Cascadian presidential election.
Electoral system
Secret ballot
These were the first elections in Cascadia in which secret ballot via electronic form was utilized, instead of a public vote on Discord which was utilized in the inaugural August elections.
Governor
The Governor of Cascadia was elected by plurality due to only two candidates being on the ballot. In this system, voters cast a single vote for a single candidate, and whichever candidate received the most votes after the voting period ended was elected governor. The voting period lasted for roughly twenty four hours. Voters were only allowed to mark one candidate. Candidates for governor ran on a ticket with candidates for lieutenant governor, and were jointly elected.
House of Representatives
Following the enactment of the Representation of the People Act of August 2022, these were the first elections in which members of the House of Representatives were elected using proportional representation by means of the Single Transferable Vote. Members of the House of Representatives were elected by single transferable vote (STV) from 3 constituencies with four seats eached. In this system, voters completed a closed ballot on google forms, numbering candidates 1, 2, 3, etc. in order of their preference. The voting period lasts for roughly twenty four hours, however this may be a tiny bit more. Voters may mark as many or as few preferences as they wish. Each ballot is initially credited to its first-preference candidate but may be transferred on later counts to the next available preference where the first preference candidate is elected or eliminated.
Electoral boundary changes
The House Standing Committee on Apportionment, which was created by an act of the Legislature to propose changes to electoral district boundaries, convened in early September 2022 with ViolentVampire as Chair. The Committee made recommendations on changes to constituency boundaries due to monthly changes in population, influence, and activity.
The Committee's report abolished the Northwest constituency, which had centered on the city of Victoria, and merged it with the Salish constituency. The Salish constituency lost any land east of the Puget Sound, consisting of Seattle, which was transferred to a new constituency. This new constituency was an expansion of the Olympia Constituency to include more of the newly developing Seattle, and was named "Rainier". The East constituency was renamed to "Frontier", and incorporated territory on the northern outskirts of the former Northwest constituency, such as the town of Hope Island.
The changes were unanimously adopted by the House.
Gubernatorial election
Gubernatorial candidates
Declared candidates
| Gubernatorial candidate | Political office(s) | Lieutenant gubernatorial candidate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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ViolentVampire | Treasurer of Cascadia (since Aug 2022) Representative for Salish (since Aug 2022) Mayor of Neah Bay |
|
SayerQT | |
|
PavTheYT | Representative for Salish (since Aug 2022) Neah Bay City Councillor |
|
ViolentVampire | |
Campaign
The campaign was largely uncontested. ViolentVampire had unified support across much of the nation, and PavTheYT's candidacy was not seen as very serious. PavTheYT, after all, was a strong supporter of ViolentVampire and of Governor SayerQT. ViolentVampire did not personally campaign during this election, as he was expected to win a substantial landslide. Vamp received the support of outgoing governor SayerQT, who was his running mate, as well as outgoing lieutenant governor EstiQT.
Results
For more in depth results, see Results breakdown of the September 2022 Cascadia general election
| Candidate | Running mate | Hometown | Preference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |||||
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ViolentVampire | SayerQT | Neah Bay | 20 | 95.24 | |
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PavTheYT | ViolentVampire | Neah Bay | 1 | 4.76 | |
| Total votes | 21 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout was 46.7% of eligible voters.
Parliamentary election
Frontier (4 seats)
This was the inaugural election for the constituency. It consisted of most of the former East constituency, plus northern parts of the former Northwest constituency. It was the most rural constituency. 5 candidates contested the 4 seats allocated to the district. Of these five, two were incumbents, with East representative shattered2907 of Spokane contesting re-election, as well as Northwest representative CatPerson136 of Bend.
It was largely a victory for non-incumbents, with Defense Secretary shattered2907 losing re-election, and newcomers winning 3 of the 4 seats in the district, with only CatPerson136 retaining their seat.
Victorious newcomers jtwokay of Spokane, and PCRCKR of Hope Island, who tied in topping the polls in this district, would go on to be appointed Treasurer and Secretary of the Interior respectively in the cabinet of incoming governor ViolentVampire. Jtwokay would go on to serve as Treasurer until January 2023.
Candidates
| Candidate | Political office(s) | Hometown | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CatPerson136 | Representative for Northwest since August 2022
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Bend | |
| jtwokay | None | Spokane | |
| shattered2907 | Secretary of Defense Representative for East since August 2022 |
Spokane | |
| Covenhel_01 | Vice-Chairman of the Hope Island Council | Hope Island | |
| PCRCKR | Chairman of the Hope Island Council | Hope Island | |
Results
For more in depth results, see Results breakdown of the September 2022 Cascadia general election
| Candidate | R1 | % | R2% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DrakeypantsYT | 5 | 38.5 | 25.0 | Elected |
| B1GB0AT | 5 | 38.5 | 25.0 | Elected |
| jtwokay (inc.) | 2 | 15.4 | 28.8 | Elected |
| WeirdNicholas | 1 | 7.7 | 21.2 | Lost |
| Total | 13 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 25% to win |
Rainier (4 seats)
Created by an amalgamation of the Olympia constituency and portions of the Salish constituency consisting the towns of Renton and Seattle, the Rainier constituency covered the southern half of the metropolitan core of Cascadia, with the northern half being represented by the Salish constituency.
All eligible incumbents contested the seat, including all 3 incumbents from the Olympia constituency (xBest_Name_Everx, cheeseballfluffy, and Arathorn52), and one incumbent from Salish who was redistricted (cMac of Seattle). 2 non-incumbents contested the seat, including future Interior Secretary and new mayor of Seattle Falcoeur, and outgoing governor and incoming lieutenant governor SayerQT.
cMac and cheeseballfluffy lost their seats to SayerQT and Falcoeur. SayerQT topped the polls.
Candidates
| Candidate | Political office(s) | Hometown | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SayerQT | 1st Governor of Cascadia | Olympia | |
| Arathorn52 | Representative for Olympia since August 2022 Prime Minister of New Mexico since Sep 2022 |
Olympia | |
| Falcoeur | Mayor of Seattle | Seattle | |
| xBest_Name_Everx | Secretary of State Representative for Olympia since August 2022 |
Olympia | |
| xX_cMac_Xx | Representative for Salish since August 2022 | Seattle | |
| cheeseballfluffy | Representative for Olympia since August 2022 | Olympia | |
Results
For more in depth results, see Results breakdown of the September 2022 Cascadia general election
| Candidate | R1 | % | R2% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DrakeypantsYT | 5 | 38.5 | 25.0 | Elected |
| B1GB0AT | 5 | 38.5 | 25.0 | Elected |
| jtwokay (inc.) | 2 | 15.4 | 28.8 | Elected |
| WeirdNicholas | 1 | 7.7 | 21.2 | Lost |
| Total | 13 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 25% to win |
Salish (4 seats)
The Salish constituency consisted of Vancouver Island and the City of Neah Bay. It had previously also had the cities of Renton and Seattle, however those cities were redistricted to the new Rainier constituency. All eligible incumbents besides ViolentVampire ran for re-election, in addition to newcomer PavTheYT of Neah Bay.
All four candidates were unanimously re-elected. EstiQT topped the polls.
Candidates
| Candidate | Political office(s) | Hometown | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EstiQT | Lieutenant Governor of Cascadia Representative for Northwest since August 2022 Mayor of Victoria |
Victoria | |
| Furballen | Representative for Northwest since August 2022 | Victoria | |
| Supesu_ | Representative for Salish since August 2022 Neah Bay City Councillor |
Neah Bay | |
| PavTheYT | Neah Bay City Councillor | Neah Bay | |
Results
For more in depth results, see Results breakdown of the September 2022 Cascadia general election
| Candidate | R1 | % | R2% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DrakeypantsYT | 5 | 38.5 | 25.0 | Elected |
| B1GB0AT | 5 | 38.5 | 25.0 | Elected |
| jtwokay (inc.) | 2 | 15.4 | 28.8 | Elected |
| WeirdNicholas | 1 | 7.7 | 21.2 | Lost |
| Total | 13 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 25% to win |
