3/6 Election

The 3/6 Election was Coolsville's third election. It is also the closest election Coolsville has ever had. Sitting mayor Tobias Nelson chose not run for re-election, stating he had already accomplished everything he had planned to do. The 3/6 Election also took place after an earthquake struck Coolville, destroying a few homes and forcing reconstruction of many more. The 3/6 Election was between Nolan Arlington of the Stable Wealth Party, who was also the first politician to run in three consecutive elections, and Erica Kartwright of the Growth Party. On 3/7, Kartwright won and took office on 3/8.

Votes
In comparison to the previous elections, the statements were much shorter. In the 1/30 and 2/13 elections, the candidates' statements pushed up against the 500 word limit. In this election, the statements remained well below the limit, staying under 400. A non-partisan viewer distributed 20 points to the candidates, 12 were given to Arlington and the remaining 8 to Kartwright.

The voting groups remained the same as the previous election. The only major change was that the SP voting group switched two issues' priority. 53 votes went to Kartwright and 47 went to Arlington. The final result was 61 to 59 in favor of Kartwright.

The result caused a massive uproar in the city council after they saw that the difference in votes was only 2. Some members also pointed out how both candidates won different votes and how they were both very close. The council eventually calmed down after they agreed that even without the statement vote, the winner would not have changed.

Aftermath
Because Tobias Nelson had chosen not to participate, Nolan Arlington was forced to participate in the 3/6 Election, which would be his third consecutive election. Because Arlington lost the 3/6 Election, he was now barred from running for office, ended his political career, and his party became defunct under the rules of the Election Convention of 2/7. This would also be another topic of the debate that happened in the city council when the results were announced. Many even proposed amending the rules set by the convention.