Grand Unified Micronational election, June 2021

GUM Chair election, June 2021
Turnout	95.5% ▼
Chair before election; Jack Dean;	Elected Chair ; Anthony Clark;

The next Grand Unified Micronational election to elect the chair and vice-chair began on 17 June 2021 and ended on 23 June. The new chair and vice-chair took office on 1 July. Campaigning began on 27 May.

The election was the first one held under the new charter, which was enacted on 21 March 2021.

The then-current chair was Jack Dean. Brooklyn Hewitt was vice-chair until her resignation on 13 June 2021.^[1]

Procedure

As the supreme justice was a candidate in the election, the election was administered by Newton von Uberquie, the most senior associate justice. It was the first election to use a joint ticket procedure to elect both the chair and vice-chair; before, the vice-chair was nominated by the newly elected chair and then confirmed by Quorum. There was also a campaign ban: no one was allowed to campaign until three weeks before the election takes place.

The voting system was also different. Before, elections for chair used a first-past-the-post system. This election was be the first to use instant-runoff voting.

Candidates

Brooklyn Hewitt, the President of New Virginia, announced her candidacy on 13 May. But on 13 June, she resigned from her office as vice-chair and dropped out of the race. Her running mate, Anthony Clark, took over the campaign, naming Ashley Jaax as his running mate.

Name	Experience	State	Party (if applicable)	Running mate	Campaign announcement date (UTC)	Campaign Logo
Abrams I	King of Ikonia (2018–present)	Kingdom of Ikonia	Independent	Bradley of Dullahan	13 May
Amelia I	Monarch of Lytera (2017–present) Prince of Essexia (2020–present) Member of the General Assembly of Cycoldia (2021–present)	Kingdom of Lytera	Royalist Party of Lytera	Sertor Valentinus	13 May
Anthony Clark	Chancellor of New Florence (2019–present) Supreme Justice of the GUM (2021–present) Vorsitzender of the Abeldane Empire (2020–present)	New Florence	Green Party of New Florence	Ashley Jaax	13 June	N/A

Results

Anthony Clark	Abrams Wiucki-Dunswed	Amelia Banks	None of the above
Serene Beaconite Republic Federal Republic of Caddia Commonwealth of Essexia Empire of Iustus Grand Duchy of Klitzibürg Kingdom of Lytera Mercia Commonwealth of New Virginia Empire of Paravia Kingdom of Queensland Rednecks Republic Saspearian Uber-Essian Union Federal Union of Wegmat Kingdom of West Sayville Republic of Yu-Xia Private Ballot Private Ballot Private Ballot Private Ballot Private Ballot Private Ballot Private Ballot Private Ballot Private Ballot Private Ballot	Maritime Republic of the Damariscotta Confederation of El Dorado Gymnasium State Poplar Nerva Snagovian Federal Republic Commonwealth of Uskor State of Vishwamitra Kingdom of Wyvern State of Zenrax Private Ballot Private Ballot	Empire of Aenopia Unified Royal States of Australis Kingdom of Ikonia New Florence	Empire of Adammia
26	11	4	1