January 2023 Cascadia general election

January 2023 Cascadia presidential election ← December 2022 15 January 2023 Turnout: 36.2% (58 votes) February 2023 →   Completion rate as of 01:22 GMT Turnout {{{image3}}} Candidate EstiQT Fr0z3nW1nt3r {{{name3}}} Political party Alliance ' Hometown Victoria Newport Running mate DaPigThatBig RealLIMPOPO Electoral vote s carried Popular vote Percentage 1st preference Final count 41 (70.69%) 8 (29.31%) Percentage Second round Runoff Candidate {{{name4}}} {{{name5}}} {{{name6}}} Political party Alliance ' ' Hometown Running mate Electoral vote s carried Popular vote Percentage 4st preference Final count Percentage Second round Runoff This map shows results by electoral division. See results below. President before TylenolEC President after EstiQT

General elections were held on 15 January 2023 in Cascadia to elect the President of Cascadia and all seventeen seats in the House of Representatives for one-month terms. These were the sixth elections to be held in Cascadia.

Incumbent President TylenolEC did not choose to stand for re-election for a second term as President. Former Secretary of Recruitment EstiQT announced her campaign for the Presidency on January 7, and was virtually unchallenged until Small_Cat announced they were also running. Small_Cat dropped out January 11. Her main rival in the race included representative and Mayor of Newport Fr0z3nW1nt3r. Two other candidates for President included House Representative and Mayor of Bread Inc, Bachinuni, and Mayor of Oceanside RealLIMPOPO. Their campaigns were later ruled unconstitutional and thrown out by the Supreme Court. The court ruled that Bachinuni's cabinet choices could not be just himself, as he had picked himself to fill every cabinet office. RealLIMPOPO's campaign had been thrown out as he had only been a citizen for only 1 month, the Constiution of Cascadia required Presidential candidates to be a citizen of Cascadia for 2 months or more. The ruling was quite controversial, as it led to Associate Judge Wrestlingwithgod being voted out of his office a couple of days later.

A new constituency, Great North, was added in the House of Representatives. X of the seventeen incumbent members of the House, [WIP] did not stand for re-election. House elections were stretched into to early morning hours of January 16, as there were some problems calculating all House votes.

Electoral system

President

The President of Cascadia was elected by Instant Runoff Voting due to more than two candidates being on the ballot. In this system, voters complete 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.

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by single transferable vote (STV) from 4 constituencies with between three and five seats. In this system, voters complete 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 Electoral Commission (formerly the House Standing Committee on Apportionment) convened in early January 2023 under the provisions of Section 2, Article III of the Constitution and made recommendations on changes to constituency boundaries due to monthly changes in population, influence, and activity. The Commission report, released on 3 January 2023, did not recommend an increase in the number of representatives, instead keeping the House at 17 members. A new constituency, Great North, was created. The commission also recommended variance in the number of members returned from each constituency, opposed to the equal number used in previous legislative elections. These changes were implemented by H.R. 22 - The Recommendation of the Apportionment Committee (Electoral Commission) for January 2023. The election of the 6th Legislature was therefore held using the new boundaries, for 17 seats.

Presidential election

Presidential candidates

Presidential candidate			Political office(s)	Vice presidential candidate
		EstiQT	1st Vice President of Cascadia (Aug 17 - Sep 17 2022) Secretary of Recruitment (Sep 17 - Dec 18 2022) Representative for Salish (Aug 17 - Dec 18 2022) Mayorof Victoria		DaPigThatBig
	File:Fr0zenW1nt3rSkin.png	Fr0z3nW1nt3r	Representative for South Metropolitan (later North Coast and Salish Coast) (Oct 17 - Nov 20 2022) Mayor of Newport		RealLIMPOPO

Legislative election

Central (3 seats)

January 2023 election: Central 15 January 2023 All 3 Central seats to the House of Representatives Candidate FPv% Order Bachinuni 3 (42.9%) ☑ 1st jtwokay 3 (42.9%) ☑ 2nd BillowySplash5 1 (14.3%) ☑ 3rd ' ' ' ' ' Previous Representatives Elected Representatives Bachinuni cheeseballfluffy jtwokay ViolentVampire (redistricted) xKoniac (redistricted) Bachinuni BillowySplash5 jtwokay Last election Next election December 2022 February 2023

Frontier (3 seats)

January 2023 election: Frontier 15 January 2023 All 3 Frontier seats to the House of Representatives Candidate FPv% Order 3llies 4 (36.4%) ☑ 1st AghastBlock 3 (27.3%) ☑ 2nd TheTrueCrimson 1 (9.1%) ☑ 3rd Jo_Star 2 (18.2%) AfroOrbz 1 (9.1%) ' ' ' Previous Representatives Elected Representatives AfroOrbz AghastBlock Small_Cat 3llies AghastBlock TheTrueCrimson Last election Next election December 2022 February 2023

Great North (3 seats)

January 2023 election: Great North 15 January 2023 All 3 Great North seats to the House of Representatives Candidate FPv% Order ViolentVampire 2 (36.4%) ☑ 1st Falcoeur 2 (36.4%) ☑ 2nd AllStarPro90 2 (36.4%) ☑ 3rd cheeseballfluffy 1 (14.3%) ' ' ' ' Previous Representatives Elected Representatives (precreation) AllStarPro90 Falcoeur ViolentVampire Last election Next election (precreation) February 2023

Oregon (4 seats)

January 2023 election: Oregon 15 January 2023 All 4 Oregon seats to the House of Representatives Candidate FPv% Order DaPigThatBig 5 (27.8%) ☑ 1st Milgorn123 4 (22.2%) ☑ 2nd ninjaboi601 4 (22.3%) ☑ 3rd Paradox_1080 4 (20.0%) ☑ 4th BlueBlock88 1 (5.6%) cowilo 1 (5.6%) Small_Cat 1 (5.6%) Yellowcar1954 1 (5.6%) Previous Representatives Elected Representatives DaPigThatBig Milgorn123 Paradox_1080 Yellowcar1954 DaPigThatBig Milgorn123 ninjaboi601 Paradox_1080 Last election Next election December 2022 February 2023

Salish Coast (4 seats)

January 2023 election: Salish Coast 15 January 2023 All 4 Salish Coast seats to the House of Representatives Candidate FPv% Order SayerQT 3 (20.0%) ☑ 1st Mole_ 6 (40.0%) ☑ 2nd soft_frog 3 (20.0%) ☑ 3rd Fr0z3nW1nt3r 3 (22.5%) ☑ 4th Furballen 1 (6.7%) ' ' ' Previous Representatives Elected Representatives EstiQT Falcoeur (redistricted) Fr0z3nW1nt3r Mole_ SayerQT Fr0z3nW1nt3r Mole_ SayerQT soft_frog Last election Next election December 2022 February 2023