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Over the past several days, citizens have been tense and government officials on edge as Hell's Gate performed their first national elections, a common process in legitimate democratic nations. Polling stations were set up, official documents prepared, and rules rigorously followed, leaving no room whatsoever for questioning the results by rivals, or lengthy court actions.
To the surprise of many, given the immense amount of power that lay in the balance, Hell's Gate managed to accomplish a 100% turnout rate of all citizens, eagerly engaging in the voting process. Late into the night this past Monday, under the diligent supervision of the Hell's Gate First Official Election Oversight Committee, all votes were carefully counted and recorded by hand.
Every full-fledged citizen of Hell's Gate was entitled, by law, the right to vote, and every citizen took that right to heart, knowing that the most important thing they could do, was make their voice heard, when it counted most. However, as the ballots were being totalled, a small, rarely remembered, and even less frequently important rule was recalled, and adhered to, like all good rules were:
All prospective candidates in the Hell's Gate elections must be nominated by another citizen.
Not a terribly uncommon rule, but an important one, that stood to ensure that no one person could put themselves on the ballot, and then pressure others to vote for them. No, someone else had to want you to be nominated, for you to be able to receive votes. What no one was counting on was the implication this would have in these circumstances, in this particular period of time, where Hell's Gate had only one citizen, who also happened to be the leader.
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