He got 13% of the vote, so either lots of people didn't vote, or there were a lot of candidates.
If anyone's interested:
The referendum "Vote for the Ruler" has ended. Here is the final tally:
18 votes for Optimus
16 votes for Anatole
6 votes for Merlin
6 votes for Havelon
0 abstentions
96 votes were not cast
I get the feeling that Merlin, Havelon and Anatole all had fairly similar platforms, and had the 12 votes not been voted on Merlin and Havelon, we would be telling a wholly different story right now.
