November 3rd, 2024
Today is the big day of the legislative elections in Gestonia. 5 parties and 4 candidates for prime minister are fighting to elect as many senators as possible and to be decisive in the formation of the next government, which could last from two to four years. Elections for senators are held every two years, but surveys indicate that, due to the fatigue of a large part of the Gestonia population with electoral politics, the next government will most likely be reelected without difficulty in 2026.
Polls opened at 7 a.m. and will close at 5 p.m., with the first results expected to be announced as early as 5:30 p.m., since Owon State, the least populous state in the country, is made up of 10 small towns with a total of only about 52,000 voters.
Voting has been generally calm, but hectic, as engaged voters are anxious to vote as quickly as possible because there is a rumor that the polls will close at 5 p.m. regardless of whether there are people in line to vote or not. In other words, if you were a voter in Gestonia in a voting line at 5 p.m. today, you would no longer vote because the polls will close anyway. The rumor started with a group of voters of current Prime Minister John Texas Goodlooking on Telegram commenting on the election.
User 1, 7:40 a.m.: Here in my section in Delawor, everyone is wearing green [the color of the ruling party]. I think we're going to win here.
User 2, 7:41 AM: Here in Alabema too, it's going to be a massacre.
User 3, 7:43 AM: Hehe, the Trussendarts are going to faint with this result. We're going to win in the first round by a wide margin! I'm just going to church and then I'm going to have lunch, and then I'll vote.
User 2: No! you better go soon, the polls will close after five!
User 3: I've been voting since 2016, if there are people in line they leave them open.
User 4: Look, I spoke to the poll worker at my section and she said that as soon as it hits 5 o'clock they'll close.
User 3: Huh, and did they change?!
User 4: They're saying that they did. And that's why the PM voted early, he voted around 7:30.
User 1: Yes! He was here, I took a picture with Abigail [Goodlooking, the PM's youngest daughter], she's a super nice person. Since she's 14, she can't vote, so she stayed talking to us at the polling station, there were only our people there. I bet the opposition will only vote in the afternoon.
User 3: It would be really funny if that happened
User 2: So I have to tell my sister, she's going to vote for TrussenBaby for senator [Elliot Trussendart, Elizabeth Trussendart's son].
User 3: There's still time to change her vote, don't let her throw it away like that, TrussenBaby is the worst candidate, he almost attacked Nicolaus X in a debate with him on Tuesday.
User 5, Drussian who immigrated to Gestonia: He didn't even go to the real debate at night because of the scolding he was going to get from Key Ivay. These Trussendarts think they're the best in the world. I agree with my former monarch. If I had to choose between Elizabeth and Arden, I'd choose Arden.
User 1: She certainly had the upper hand to make an excellent government with the help of Nicolaus X, but her ego spoke louder. They're both horrible, but at least the other one is less narcissistic, and I think a government by either of them would have the same result now. But then, Drussian, when did you come here?
User 5: After Nicolaus X abdicated, Nicole II is our Thatcher. I preferred not to risk it. I don't want my son to have to become a shoeshine boy to get ahead in life. I want him to study and only start working at 18 to pay for college.
User 1: Thatcher is cool. People hate her because they associate her with Elizabeth Trussendart. If it weren't for Maxim III, we'd have two more years of that crazy woman or Arden winning by landslide, God forbid, it would be like the US.
User 5: Arden is still better than Kamala, Kamala is going to be a disaster! She's going to make Biden look like a statesman! #Trump2024
User 1: Kamala is radioactive to her and she's already losing left-wing votes to the socialists, so she has to rationalize her speech. That populist promise of hers to build affordable housing has already gone out the window, she said she'll only do it "if she has the money for it".
User 6: Oh yes, the current government delivers everything in order and then she starts spending on this populist crap unbridled, like in Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela and then to cover the hole she shoves a bunch of taxes down our throats, like the other PM from her party did...No way! Let's paint the map of Gestonia green in this election! If you haven't voted yet, go now, because after noon, the line will be long because the opposition will vote in large numbers! AND IT WILL CLOSE AT 5 PM!"
And this generated a mass reaction in other groups and media attention.
Democrats Telegram group:
"User 1: Guys, for the love of God, it's going around social media and in the media that the fascist government is going to close the polls at 5 pm all over the country. IGNORING THE LINES!
User 2: He can't do that, how absurd! There are the elderly, those who vote late, minorities who have difficulty voting, places where there are naturally long lines. I knew this sh*tty government was going to do something to steal the election.
User 3: I don't know if I'll be able to vote, I get off work at 4 pm!
User 1: Ask for a day off, where do you work?
User 3: At the mall...at the food court. People are going to eat and watch movies after voting, so it's operating normally. It's crowded here...
User 4: This has never happened before, what nonsense is this?!
User 2: This is a conspiracy, most mall owners support the government!
User 1: Nicolaus X said to a follower on Instagram: "I'll check with the PM, but if you can, vote early. It's better to be safe than sorry."
User 2: Easy for him to say, only rich people follow him.
User 1: And the Drussians.
User 2: The Drussians only come here with money, the poor Drussians are getting screwed by Nicole Thatcher. That's why the government people don't hate them, because they come here so their children don't become cheap labor and they like to work themselves to death because of this damned psychopathic Reaganite saying that this is what makes a human being worthy. And since they're white and right-wing, the fascists here love them.
User 1: I don't know, they say that many of them will vote embarrassedly for the left.
User 2: That would be great.
User 4: Guys, look at this.
And he puts up a video of Arden after voting talking to voters.
Arden: Gestonians, don't worry. I have already sent a request to the electoral authorities that FORCES the government to leave the polls open if there are queues, and if the courts comply and the government fails to comply with the order, it will not be committing a crime of responsibility, it will be committing a criminal offense. Disobeying a court order can result in imprisonment! If a polling station with a queue closes at 5 pm, Goodlooking will fall today, write what I'm saying!
And the democrats in the queue celebrate.
User 3: Thank God!
User 2: What Kamala and Starmer? Arden is a MOTHER to us!
User 3: I hope the courts comply.
User 2: We will know at 2 pm."
And to avoid being framed by a court decision, PM John Texas Goodlooking made a statement on national television that was broadcast on social media.
Goodlooking: Citizens of Gestonia, I came here today to dispel the panic that is being spread regarding the closing time of the polling stations.
To clarify once and for all, the electoral court had decided in court decision 4569 of the Supreme Electoral Court that from 2024 onwards the polls would close at the same time throughout the national territory and to compensate for possible inconveniences, the start time of voting was brought forward from the traditional 8 am to 7 am. Before anyone questions us for allegedly not having given the appropriate warnings, this decision was made during the previous government and our social media and electoral propaganda on radio and television insistently warned that this change would happen.
The reason for this decision was the realization that some research institutes and television channels were projecting electoral results from certain locations while voting was still taking place in those locations. One example was when MSNBC projected the victory of current Senator Jaylynn Arden for governor of Zimp in 2016, another when the current Democratic Senator from Alabema won the 2023 special legislative election...this one was particularly controversial and the last one I will mention here was when Sayori Yuziki was projected to win the conservative primary for the Delawor senatorial election this year, and this is the most controversial of all because technically there was an error. Yes, Yuziki won according to electoral laws, but the result was a tie between her and a younger candidate, and many say that this erroneous projection may have influenced the final result. To avoid situations like this, it was decided that it is now forbidden to make projections of results and exit polls before the closing of the polls and that to avoid logistical delays, the polls would close at 5 because less populous results could have their results projected as of 5:30 or 6:00 p.m.
However, to avoid any scares in more populated areas, I spoke to the electoral judges and they understood that given the way voting is proceeding smoothly and quickly in the less populated states, with the possibility of there being little or no movement in their polling stations before 5:00 p.m., the polls in the most populated states may only close at 6:00 p.m. In other words, if you live in states with more than 500,000 voters, you will be able to go to a voting line and remain there until 5:59 p.m. After that, the polling stations will close, but those in line will be able to vote until 6:30 p.m. I hope this has been enlightening.
And may God bless Gestonia.
Responses to the statement:
Media against the government:
* To avoid defeat, the government blames the electoral justice system for a situation it itself created, distorts the content of decision 4569, which only prohibited projections while people were still voting, and speaks as if it were the winner of the situation.
* Goodlooking distorts reality and insinuates that projections of results are made too early to benefit the left. The projections use statistical and scientific methodology and there have been situations in which the projections showed results favorable to current allies of the government and even contradicted electoral polls that actually underestimated these allies in some places.
* With the addition of J-O-E, the government has more international adversaries than allies. And if we are to be strict, only Ejorike is in fact an ally of the government, despite the current empress's brother Nicolaus X supporting JTG much more vehemently than Nicole II.
* "A government victory would cause instability, anyone who says otherwise is crazy, misinformed or a liar" says Jaylynn Arden after voting.
* For the majority of the population of Krillin Nicolaus X and allies have signs of psychopathy, says study.
* Government officials are already trying to blame a potential Harris administration and a supposed imminent global recession for any negative economic results in the medium term if Goodlooking is reelected, says a geopolitical scholar.
Government supporter media:
* PM Goodlooking ends the hysteria caused by the left and once again brings order to the chaos.
* Opposition member of the current J-O-E government tells us anonymously that the current local government reduced the budget for the milk distribution program for needy children to make more military weapons (OOC: Fake News)
* Ryan goes crazy and says that closing the polls at 5 pm would have been an attempt to rig the election.
* Nicolaus X claims that voters who support the current government usually vote early to avoid very long lines on a regular basis and that supposed guidance to do so would be Fake News from the progressive media.
* Kamala Harris' victory could cause a global recession, "her policies scare the financial market and she shows no commitment to fiscal responsibility" says expert.
* "Trump is a liberal Democrat and we disagree with some of his vacillating positions on the behavioral front, but a Harris government would be a global financial disaster and we are afraid that this will affect Gestonia," says Minister of the Economy Edter Paul Capt Yevdokim.
