Under the Charter, regular Union elections take place every 6 months.
The first regular election is scheduled to end in October 2026. This means regular elections will happen every October and April.
Elections for new member states
If a new member state has 21 or more citizens, it must hold an election within 30 days of joining the Union. However, if a regular election is already scheduled within the next two months, no separate election is held.
If a member state has fewer than 21 citizens (or joins within two months of a regular election), the state’s government simply appoints 1 citizen to represent them as a Councillor.
Anyone appointed must meet the standard rules to serve as a Councillor.
Filling empty seats (by-elections)
If a seat becomes empty during a term, a special election (by-election) must be started within 7 days and finished within one month.
If the seat opens within two months of a regular election, no special election is held. The seat stays empty until the regular election.
How an election starts and is announced
The Presidency starts the election process by sending an official written notice to the Delegate of each state within 12 hours.
Delegates must pass this notice to their local election authority within 24 hours.
The local election authority must publicly announce the election within 24 hours. Candidate sign-ups open at least 12 hours after the announcement and stay open for exactly 5 days.
What happens if rules are broken?
Breaking election rules, such as hiding sign-up forms, cheating, or missing deadlines, is a serious offence.
Any Union Councillor or Delegate can take the matter directly to the Union Court to settle the issue.
Information needed to run for office
When signing up to run, candidates must provide:
Full name
Political party affiliation (or “Independent”)
All Union member state citizenships held
Primary Discord username
Proof of identity required by local laws
Candidates must agree to let their name, party, citizenships and Discord username be published so voters can verify who they are.
Who is eligible to run?
To run for Union Councillor, a person must:
Be a verified citizen of the state holding the election
Be at least 14 years old when signing up
Not be serving as a Delegate or Union Justice (current Councillors and the President can run for re-election)
Not represent another state in the Union Chamber
Not be banned from holding Union office by a court order
Can dual citizens run?
There are additional rules for dual citizens on where they can run as a candidate in Union elections.
Dual citizens can run as a candidate as long as they only run as a candidate in one nation. They cannot run in multiple consecutive Union elections.
Councillors running for re-election must run in the elections for the state they represent. Dual citizens cannot represent more than one state at the same time.
Once candidate sign-ups close, the local election authority has 12 hours to send the final list of candidates to the Presidency.
How polling works
Once candidate registrations close, the voting process begins. Polling starts exactly 24 hours after candidate registrations end and stays open continuously for 48 hours.
Every citizen who meets local voting requirements gets one ballot in their state’s Union Chamber election.
Each member state chooses its own voting system, as long as it is democratic, transparent and announced to the public before registrations open.
Can dual citizens vote?
Dual citizens can vote in all Union elections they are eligible to vote in, regardless of their citizenships.
If multiple Union elections are happening at the same time, they can vote in every election they are eligible to vote in.
How results are calculated
As said previously, each member state chooses its own voting system, as long as it is democratic, transparent and announced to the public before registrations open.
Electoral authorities must send the certified list of elected candidates to the Presidency within 12 hours of the election wrapping up.
What if seats are not contested?
If the number of candidates who sign up is equal to or less than the total available seats, no voting takes place. The electoral authority immediately declares all eligible candidates elected by acclamation.
When seats remain empty because not enough candidates ran, or if no candidates registered at all, the Presidency schedules a follow-up election within 14 days to fill those vacant seats.
What happens if there is a tie?
If candidates tie for the final seat, a 24-hour runoff vote takes place within 24 hours of counting the initial tally. If the runoff vote still ends in a tie, local law determines the winner under Presidency oversight.