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Chaotic Snap Election Timeline; Voting begins

SAN ANTONIO, TX - MARCH 03: Voters wait in line to cast their ballots on March 3, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas. 1,357 Democratic delegates are at stake as voters cast their ballots in 14 states and American Samoa on what is known as Super Tuesday. (Photo by Edward A. Ornelas/Getty Images)
  • March 26th
    • Jax Bertoni and the Progressive Socialists introduce legislation to hold a snap election on May 25th. Members of all parties join together to pass the resolution.
  • Polling Update: April 1st
    • EJP – 32%
    • PS – 22%
    • CP – 33%
    • PLP – 4%
    • DN – 7%
  • April 4th
    • The day national early voting is set to begin, Chancellor Recardo issues an executive order postponing early voting, and petitions the Supreme Court to intervene and halt the election
  • April 10th
    • Harold Cramer, Majority leader of the EJP, files motion of no confidence against the Chancellor, which passes
  • April 11th
    • Chancellor Recardo petitions the Supreme Court to make an emergency decision allowing her to remain Chancellor until snap elections are held
    • Supreme Court delays the vacation of the Chancellorship until they hear the case
  • April 15th
    • Supreme Court sides with Chancellor Recardo, allows her to remain in office until snap election is held
  • Polling Update: May 1st
    • EJP – 24%
    • PS – 30%
    • CP – 31%
    • PLP – 5%
    • DN – 6%
    • MJ – 4
  • May 12th
    • Supreme Court sides with the Chamber, and orders a snap election within 90 days
  • May 15th
    • People’s Chamber petitions Supreme Court to declare the current redistricting system unconstitutional and institute independent redistricting
  • May 21st
    • Supreme Court orders the creation of an independent redistricting commission, with 2 supreme court justices, a member from the nation’s 6 largest party’s, 2 state legislators from the 2 largest party’s in each state, and an equal number of registered independent voters
  • June 1st
    • Chancellor Recardo argues the redistricting commission is too partisan, introduces legislation to create an alternative
  • Polling Update: June 1st
    • EJP – 18%
    • PS – 34%
    • CP – 32%
    • PLP – 4%
    • DN – 4%
    • MJ – 6%
    • JP – 1%
    • RC – 1%
  • Polling Update: July 1st
    • EJP – 12%
    • PS – 42%
    • CP – 27%
    • PLP – 2%
    • DN – 8%
    • MJ – 6%
    • JP – 2%
    • RC – 1%
    • GC – 1%
  • June 15th
    • Legislation for an alternative to the Supreme Courts redistricting proposal fails
  • June 21st
    • Supreme Court’s redistricting proposal is implemented and meets for the first time
  • July 6th
    • Chancellor Recardo orders additional security be at voting locations, mostly in swing districts, to “preserve the integrity of the election in the aftermath of the DRF uprising”
  • July 12th
    • The Redistricting Committee redraws the 700 Federal electoral districts, with 344 competitive districts (351 is majority)
      • 152 districts are rated safe PS (Progressive Socialists) (Democratic Socialists)
      • 106 districts are rated safe CP (Conservative Party) (Conservatives)
      • 14 districts are rated safe Independent
      • 27 districts are rated safe EJP (Environmental Justice Party) (Liberals)
      • 17 districts are rated safe DN (Doatian Nationalists) (Right-wing Conservatives)
      • 14 districts are rated safe PLP (People’s Liberation Party) (Moderate Liberals/Socialists)
      • 8 districts are rated safe MJ (Mushiki Justice Party) (Moderate Liberals/Democratic Socialists)
      • 8 districts are rated safe JP (Justice Party) (Conservatives)
      • 6 districts are rated safe RC (Righteous Coalition) (Communists)
      • 4 districts are rated safe GC (Gungi Collective) (Communists/Democratic Socialists)
  • July 17th
    • Jax Bertoni and the Progressive Socialists, Rebecca Loaz and the Conservatives, Dontae Rose of the Doatian Nationalists, Harold Cramer of the Enviromental Justice Party and Francine Lancaster of the People’s Liberation Party accuse Chancellor Recardo of election interference and petition the Supreme Court to intervene
  • Polling Update: August 1st
    • EJP – 8%
    • PS – 47%
    • CP – 25%
    • PLP – 1%
    • DN – 6%
    • MJ – 6%
    • JP – 3%
    • RC – 2%
    • GC – 2%
  • August 7th
    • Supreme Court orders all early votes cast to be thrown out, postpones election until it hears the case
  • August 22nd
    • Supreme Court finds Chancellor Recardo to have committed election interference and removes the additional security she ordered.
  • August 25th
    • Supreme Court orders the People’s Chamber to create an election integrity committee to preserve the integrity of the upcoming snap election and investigate any claims of interference.
  • Polling Update: September 1st
    • EJP – 2%
    • PS – 48%
    • CP – 22%
    • PLP – 1%
    • DN – 8%
    • MJ – 7%
    • JP – 1%
    • RC – 1%
    • GC – 4%
    • Independent – 3%
    • Undecided – 3%
  • September 2nd
    • People’s Chamber creates Committee for Election Integrity, and has 4 members from each party on the committee, making it the smallest committee in the Chamber
  • September 12th
    • Committee for Election Integrity requests the Supreme Court to hold the snap election by the end of the month
  • September 15th
    • Supreme Court sides with the committee, and issues a decree ordering a snap election with four days of voting, from Tuesday, September 24th to Friday, September 27th
  • September 19th
    • Government Oversight committee begins investigation into Recardo Administration and their alleged election interference
  • September 24th
    • Voting begins across Doatia
    • Pundits expect over 50% of all votes to be cast on this day
  • September 26th
    • Government Oversight Committee holds their next meeting, where they’re widely expected to bring criminal charges against Chancellor Recardo and potentially members of her administration

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