September 2022 Cascadia general election
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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.
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". Frontier remained unchanged, however received territory on the outskirts of the 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 |
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SayerQT | |
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PavTheYT | Representative for Salish constituency (since Aug 2022) Neah Bay City Councillor |
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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 | |||
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| Votes | % | |||||
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SayerQT | EstiQT | Olympia | 14 | 82.35 | |
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ToasterBurnt | CatPerson136 | Port McNeill | 3 | 17.65 | |
| Total votes | 17 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout was 51.5% of eligible voters.
Legislative election
East (3 seats)
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Created by the Electoral Law Decree for the first election of the House of Representatives, the district was geographically defined as all of Cascadia's territory east of the Cascade Mountains, which included parts of southern British Columbia and much of Montana. The district was mainly centered on the town of Spokane, but also included the towns of Helena and Kelowna.
Candidates
| Candidate | Political office(s) | Hometown | |
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| CatPerson136 | Mayor of Bend | Bend | |
| EstiQT | Mayor of Victoria | Victoria | |
| ToasterBurnt | Mayor of Port McNeill | Port McNeill | |
Results
For more in depth results, see Results breakdown of the August 2022 Cascadia general election
| Candidate | R1 | % | |
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| Vorobyevite | 11 | 73.3 | Elected |
| shattered2907 | 10 | 66.7 | Elected |
| YoplaitFlips | 9 | 60.0 | Elected |
| ImLitten | 4 | 40.0 | Lost |
| Total | 36 | 240.0 | 3 electors |
Northwest (3 seats)
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Created by the Electoral Law Decree for the first election of the House of Representatives, the district was geographically defined as all of Cascadia's territory north of the capital of Olympia. It encompassed most of Vancouver Island as well as most of western British Columbia. It included the towns of Victoria, Bend, and Port McNeill.
Candidates
| Candidate | Political office(s) | Hometown | |
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| CatPerson136 | Mayor of Bend | Bend | |
| EstiQT | Mayor of Victoria | Victoria | |
| ToasterBurnt | Mayor of Port McNeill | Port McNeill | |
Results
For more in depth results, see Results breakdown of the August 2022 Cascadia general election
| Candidate | R1 | % | |
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| EstiQT | 12 | 60.0 | Elected |
| CatPerson136 | 9 | 45.0 | Elected |
| ToasterBurnt | 7 | 35.0 | Elected |
| Total | 28 | 140.0 | 4 electors |
Salish (3 seats)
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Created by the Electoral Law Decree for the first election of the House of Representatives, the district was geographically defined as encompassing most of northwestern Washington, including the Olympic Peninsula and Puget Sound. The major settlement in the region was Neah Bay.
Candidates
| Candidate | Political office(s) | Hometown | |
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| Supesu_ | Neah Bay | ||
| ViolentVampire | Mayor of Neah Bay | Neah Bay | |
| xX_cMac_Xx | Seattle | ||
Results
For more in depth results, see Results breakdown of the August 2022 Cascadia general election
| Candidate | R1 | % | |
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| ViolentVampire | 22 | 88.0 | Elected |
| Supesu_ | 18 | 72.0 | Elected |
| xX_cMac_Xx | 16 | 64.0 | Elected |
| Total | 56 | 224.0 | 5 electors |
Southwest (3 seats)
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Created by the Electoral Law Decree for the first election of the House of Representatives, the district was geographically defined as the urban area of the City of Olympia, as well as the mountain town of Gifford Pinchot located on Mount Adams. The district also included much of southern Washington, with the constituency's borders ending at the Columbia River. The district is posthumously known as Olympia, an alternative name to Southwest.
Candidates
| Candidate | Political office(s) | Hometown | |
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| Arathorn52 | Mayor of Salem | Salem | |
| Bubba_Tea | Olympia | ||
| cheeseballfluffy | Olympia | ||
| TheTavyo1 | Olympia | ||
| xBest_Name_Everx | Olympia | ||
Results
For more in depth results, see Results breakdown of the August 2022 Cascadia general election
| Candidate | R1 | % | |
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| Arathorn52 | 25 | 65.7 | Elected |
| xBest_Name_Everx | 22 | 62.9 | Elected |
| cheeseballfluffy | 21 | 60.0 | Elected |
| Bubba_Tea | 20 | 57.1 | Lost |
| TheTavyo1 | 19 | 54.3 | Lost |
| Total | 105 | 300.0 | 7 electors |
