Lesvan voters have gone to the polls to cast ballots in the presidential election
The national Lesvan legislature that is the Carto could not have picked a more interesting day for debating the “agitation law”, although it might seem like it makes sense to pick today of all days. For today is the Lesvan presidential election. The campaign is formally wrapped up and Lesvan voters have gone to the polls to cast their vote for a favorite candidate. At the same time, because of the flexibility of the aforementioned “agitation law”, the campaign has not entirely ended. The candidates, their campaigns and supporters are still making last minute calls to vote for their candidate. Some are even still demonstrating near the polling stations, where Lesvans have gone to, although it is not limited to one candidate’s agitation per polling station.
Analysts and observers say that despite all the controversy, President Puicu Gevin has a chance for re-election despite his opponents and some experts already “burying him.” According to some, it is too early to do that. Others insist that the president’s opponents have a much better chance to outdo him entirely and that Lesva will end up with a new president or at least end up as close-call runner-ups to the incumbent head of state or even perform much better in the future parliamentary and local elections. At today’s parliamentary session, Speaker of the Carto Atsac Colecta wished luck to incumbent President Puicu Gevin as he is running as the governing coalition candidate instead of every party having their own candidate. The New Order (NO) party, the party of Speaker Atsac Colecta and a party that is the coalition partner to the Union of Libertarians and Nationalists (ULN), which President Puicu Gevin is from, does not have a separate candidate in the election this time around.
According to the current rules, if no candidate accumulates more than 50% of the vote, the election will head into the second round or a run-off. Candidates in the first and second places will be the only ones left in the race, while the rest will only have a chance to endorse either one of the 2 candidates. This year, there have been no predictions made on what the turnout might be.