Failed election

[Jaden]

Unstable Government Causes Unrest   (3 hours, 5 minutes ago)
The recent failed election has the people confused and uncertain about the future.

Riombara have been getting this message for the past two weeks. Our general and our judge did not contest their monthly elections and  neither did anyone else, the election failed but they were kept in office as they were still incumbents. I think this has been causing across the board drop in realm control. I just want to be certain if its a bug before i report it to the bugtracker.

[Anaris]

Nope, that's not a bug.

If an office is set as elected, and nobody runs for it, that's considered a problem. After all, if the current office holder isn't confirmed by a plurality of the voters, how do you know he still has the support of the people?

If you want the realm to be happy, either actually participate in the elections, or set the positions to appointed.

[Jaden]

but there isn't an election to run in. The elections failed and the incumbents were  not kicked out, so we dont have a repeat election.

Referendum Results   (14 days, 14 hours ago)
The referendum "Vote for the General" has ended. Here is the final tally:

    0 abstentions
    64 votes were not cast.


There were no valid choices for this referendum, so there was obviously no winner.

With the failure of the election, the people are visibly upset and wonder what will happen to their realm.

As a reminder, the full text of the referendum was:
This is the monthly election for the position of General (High Constable).

All nobles of the realm will vote, each vote having the same weight.

[Anaris]

but there isn't an election to run in. The elections failed and the incumbents were  not kicked out, so we dont have a repeat election.

Right—sorry, I wasn't quite clear.

There's nothing you can do about it now. You've already upset the peasants, now you just have to wait for them to settle down again.

You have to make sure that when there is an election, someone runs in it and wins.

[Jaden]

I see, thanks for your reply.

[Vita`]

To add to Delvin's words...

Remember that we had the server downtime. Turns didn't run, so though its two weeks out, its like its only a week of actual complaints. I expect they should have stopped as of now?

You did say you only had that message all two weeks? Well, that is a bug, because it should've been initially a different message and then changed as time passed on.

And to reinforce what Anaris said, the main issue is having failed the election itself and the peasants get upset, complaining a bit less every day. The complaints are based on the number and recentness of the failed elections.

[Jaden]

Oh yeah forgot about the downtime. The complaints stopped today, all in all 9 days of complaints. But yeah we received the same message everytime.


Unstable Government Causes Unrest   (15 days, 1 hour ago)
The recent failed election has the people confused and uncertain about the future.

Unstable Government Causes Unrest   (14 days, 1 hour ago)
The recent failed election has the people confused and uncertain about the future.

Unstable Government Causes Unrest   (13 days, 1 hour ago)
The recent failed election has the people confused and uncertain about the future.

Unstable Government Causes Unrest   (12 days, 1 hour ago)
The recent failed election has the people confused and uncertain about the future.

Unstable Government Causes Unrest   (8 days, 1 hour ago)
The recent failed election has the people confused and uncertain about the future.

Unstable Government Causes Unrest   (4 days, 1 hour ago)
The recent failed election has the people confused and uncertain about the future.

Unstable Government Causes Unrest   (3 days, 1 hour ago)
The recent failed election has the people confused and uncertain about the future.

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The recent failed election has the people confused and uncertain about the future.

Unstable Government Causes Unrest   (1 day, 1 hour ago)
The recent failed election has the people confused and uncertain about the future.