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| The Whenthe Presidential Elections was a server event hosted between the 13th of December 2021 and 4th of January 2022, with the winners becoming the "president" and "vice president" of the [[Whenthe]] server, there was also a second installment hosted during late 2022. | | == The Elections Begin == |
| | ''Whenthe Presidential Elections'' — 13/12/2021 - — 04/01/2022 |
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| ==The Elections== | | === Phase Zero === |
| Any user with the last activity role "Top Retard" could run for president under set conditions. They could also choose another user to run as the vice president, vice presidents could be chosen even if they were an activity role below. | | Any user with the highest activity role, Top Retard. Could run for president, and any IJ+ could become the vice president of the party. |
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| There were three phases during these elections, phase one, two and three.
| | === Phase One === |
| | | Users were tasked with voting for their favorite party, you could only vote for one, the four most popular presidential parties would fight for the status of leading WhenThe. |
| ===Phase One=== | |
| Users were tasked with voting for their favorite party, you could only vote for one,<ref>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/919291140530901043/919742515249287238/finalFINAL.mp4 Video showcasing all of the parties of the first phase of the Whenthe elections.]</ref> the four most popular presidential parties would fight for the status of leading WhenThe, these were the parties that were chosen from the massive poll, during this phase there was also lots of vote rigging, thanks to this many of the parties that tried rigging | |
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| the election results were banished from the elections.<ref>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/919291140530901043/920488531040809011/unknown.png Chart showing the election rigging during the first phase of the Whenthe elections.]</ref>
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| '''Parties which succeeded to gain enough votes and got past the first phase of the elections.'''
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| <code>1. THOUSDGH Goofy and Steely // (senator armstrong gif lover became the Campaign Manager)</code> | | <code>1. THOUSDGH Goofy and Steely // (senator armstrong gif lover became the Campaign Manager)</code> |
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| <code>4. FELINE FREEDOM FIGHTERS WindowsXP and Baljeet (Baljeet was replaced with wad)</code> | | <code>4. FELINE FREEDOM FIGHTERS WindowsXP and Baljeet (Baljeet was replaced with wad)</code> |
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| ===Phase Two=== | | === Phase Two === |
| [[File:Arte.png|thumb|476x476px|Anti THOUSDGH Propaganda]] | | [[File:Arte.png|thumb|476x476px|Anti THOUSDGH Propaganda]] |
| Presidents and Vice Presidents were tasked with making propaganda in order to promote their parties, users were also allowed to make propaganda for their party,<ref>[https://i.gyazo.com/bb79464f8ccccc72470f1eaff697485b.png Namin's announcement regarding the beginning of the second phase of the elections.]</ref> a presidential debate was also planned by the staff of the server, but the idea was scrapped due to timezone and organizational issues.<ref>[https://i.gyazo.com/01c50f2efc53adc0cd22831b2eeacdae.png Namin's announcement surrounding the cancellation of the presidential debate, due to "timing".]</ref> | | Presidents and Vice Presidents were tasked with making propaganda in order to promote their parties, a presidential debate was meant to happen, but the idea was scrapped due to it being too hard to organize. |
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| ===Phase Three===
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| Users had to vote on one of the four parties of their choice on a google doc.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfbYHbuq76UnIOtzRVR0FVY5CSkVDT-VbgQ7jEmBMGGNK1XOg/closedform Closed Whenthe elections vote google doc.]</ref> The two main parties were the THOUSDGH party and the Feline Freedom Fighters. Many members thought that the winner of these elections would be THOUSDGH, but against all odds, the winning party were the Feline Freedom Fighters led by WindowsXP and wad.<ref>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/919291140530901043/927780700533440512/unknown.png Graph showing the election results.]</ref><ref>[https://i.gyazo.com/593e0f3283163da9a843451b38cbdb0e.png Namin's announcement about the final result of the elections.]</ref>
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| ==Aftermath==
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| The event was a massive success and to this day is remembered very fondly by users of [[Whenthe]], with the FFF winning the elections. Three users also received a special FFF candidate role, being WindowsXP, wad, and Myszak.
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| WindowsXP also received a unique [[Whenthe]] president role, which gave them #aaaa permissions, they were also allowed to send one message in the announcements channel as a prize.<ref>[https://i.gyazo.com/2699f1a775e7d77f1131943802f8db96.png Screenshot of WindowsXP's announcement message.]</ref> A few THOUSDGH users were against the favor of FFF winning the vote, as they thought that the votes could have been potentially rigged.
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| ==Second Elections==
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| The Second Whenthe Elections were hosted on the 18th of October 2022, this event saw a lot more parties join, the only party that was in the first, original elections was the Feline Freedom Fighters, now calling themselves "The Freedom Party".
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| The elections officially begun with an announcement from the then owner of the server, [[Steely]]. These elections were meant to revive the server in some way, as it had been severely damaged due to it facing many difficulties and challenges thanks to [[The Report Crisis]] as well as [[July 2022 crisis|The July 2022 crisis]], with many known members leaving for other places, some had been brought back with these elections. The rules were more loose than those of the first elections.<blockquote>''Welcome to our second presidential election! It is my honor to give the rundown on how this event is going to go.''
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| ''It is your societal duty as a bluename+ citizen of whenthe to determine our next figurative leader of the server.''
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| ''Here's how it will go.''
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| ''Everyone who is interested in becoming president and is IJ+ must dm me with their chosen vice pick who can be any role and a potential presidential team name.''
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| ''You will have 3 days to determine this. Be sure to talk to each other first as you will have plenty of time to strategize and coordinate your plans.To simplify the rules:''
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| ''-IJ+ can be president''
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| ''-Any role except mods can be vice president''
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| ''-Pick a presidential name!''
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| ''-DM me your team to enter into the race''
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| ''-Mods and admins cannot join the race (sorry guys)''
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| ''-Voting has NOT started yet''
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| ''-Having a presidential team is perfectly fine and within the rules''
| | === Phase Three === |
| | Users voted on the party of their choice, it was mostly a fight between THOUSDGH and the FFF, many people thought that THOUSDGH would win. But against all odds, the Feline Freedom Fighters would win the vote.[[File:Results.png|left|thumb|566x566px|Election Results]] |
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| ''-You have 3 days.'' '''~ [[Steely]]'''</blockquote>
| | == Aftermath == |
| [[File:Image31432.png|thumb|558x558px|Election Results (2nd Elections)]]
| | With the FFF Winning, WindowsXP, wad Aswell as Myszak Received a unique FFF candidate role, |
| There were significantly more parties running this election, though most of them had not been able to secure many votes or make election changing propaganda. Most users supported the party WOTE, which was heavily influenced by the then loser party, THOUSDGH. WOTE was a coalition party that was led by five very much known members of the server. Finally, on the 13th of November 2022 the winners were decided through democratic elections, WOTE securing a major victory in the Second Whenthe Elections.
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| ==References==
| | WindowsXP received a special Whenthe President role. |
| [[Category:Whenthe events]] | | [[Category:Whenthe events]] |
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