====== Turn 140 Union Elections ======

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Description [wiki]       : Elections are run for the turn 141-160 electoral period
Forum [forum]*           : 1888,1922
Type*                    : Election
Characters [ref]*        : 
Factions [ref]*          : Union
Locations [ref]*         : Senate
Start Date [date]        : 2014-01-28
End Date [date]          : 2014-02-04
Related Stories [ref]*   : Turn 120 Union Elections, Electoral Period 141-160, Turn 160 Union Elections
Story Teller [ref::user] : Mercury
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Story [ref]: [[]]
Faction [ref]*: Veolian Commonwealth
Influence: 10
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Elections were held for the electoral period of (:turn) 141 to (:turn) 160. The participating candidates were [[Characters~Nehket Aeka]], [[Characters~Acehtoo]], and [[Characters~Lonco Morubixaba]].

[[Nehket Aeka]] of the [[Veolian Commonwealth]], backed by the [[Confederacy of Excaria]] and the [[Sundarian Federation]] wants to restore faith in the Union government through transparency, and hopes to improve the overall economy by opening trade negotiations with the [[Core Hegemony]]. (//See [[https://www.fwurg.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1860|announcement]]//)

[[Acehtoo]] of the [[Miomanian Colonists ]], backed by the [[Divine Fiefdom of Highmons]] and the [[Holy Heimgolian Theocracy]] wants to improve the tax position of smaller worlds, and to increase the size of the Union by searching for new members. (//See [[https://www.fwurg.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1857|announcement]]//)

[[Lonco Morubixaba]] of the [[High Chiefdom of Skuldda]], backed by the [[New Communist Imperium of the Rising Suns of Deominius]] and the [[Kingdom of Komès]] wants to improve the Union military through research focussing on movement and to shift more power to the cabinet to allow quick decisions to be made. (//See [[https://www.fwurg.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1867|announcement]]//)

The current chancellor, [[Ardios Eldrilith]], did not participate.

Senator Nehket Aeka won with a majority.

^ Final Results ^^
^ **Senator Nehket Aeka((winner))**  | **10 votes** |
| Senator Acehtoo| 5 votes |
| Senator Lonco Morubixaba | 4 votes |
| Abstentions / Invalids | 3 votes |