How do you actually trigger the election!

[roguefrog]

I got there with my guy at a massive +8 in the polls and could not figure it out.

After casing the entire mayor town I just gave up and persuaded him to give me the mayor hat instead. Felt like a massive let down though.

So how in the freakin' hell do you trigger the election!

[Pixel Peeper]

It's been a while since I played, but if I remember correctly, you have to go to the town hall office building and talk to the clerk there to trigger the election.

[roguefrog]

This is the ultimate failure of all the guides I read.

[Goldtooth™]

Originally posted by roguefrog:

This is the ultimate failure of all the guides I read.

Do you think being rude will help your question be answered?

[roguefrog]

All of the guides I've read can't be bothered to mention it. That's an objective failure.

Anyway it's already been answered: You have to find the "city hall" building and talk to an NPC there. Not sign posted.

[khuaqualla]

Originally posted by Goldtooth™:

Originally posted by roguefrog:

This is the ultimate failure of all the guides I read.

Do you think being rude will help your question be answered?

What exactly is rude here? I think it is quite a civilized way to point out that multiple guides fail to mention how to trigger an election.

[Veeroos]

You have to go to the town hall office building and talk to the clerk there to trigger the election.

[Neko]

There will be a big golden building with a clerk in the entrance (This clerk is considered a business owner, so if you have the trait "suspicious" or annoy him, you won't be able to talk to him). Talk to him to count the election results, then follow him to the park with the podium. Once he stops moving, talk to him again to get the results. If you win, the Mayor will give you his hat. Then interact with the podium like normal.

You will win an election as long as your electability with the city is over 0. But even if it's not, paying the mobsters to rig the election in downtown can still let you win it, as long as your electability isn't too low (I don't know the exact threshold, but don't expect to rig an election with -20 and win).

But be careful. Once the clerk starts to move towards the park with the podium, so will the mayor, who will sometimes be roaming around inside the same building. And if you get too close to him, his bodyguards will press you. So I don't recommend sticking to him for the entire way.