Over the weekend, voting stations appeared in several squares across Sabine City, and many people had come early in the morning to start lining up.
The people of the Federation, especially those from the middle and lower classes of federal society, might have been the most passionate and dedicated participants in political elections anywhere in the world, particularly general elections.
Whenever it was an election year, all kinds of voter-related activities became the liveliest and most common activities in the Federation.
Even capitalists relaxed their demands on workers at such times. Workers could even stop working on weekdays to take part in various elections.
Some people became friends because they voted for the same candidate, while some friends and even family members got into brutal fights because they supported different candidates.
It was truly amazing, and difficult for people from other countries to imagine.
Perhaps only people from the Federation could feel this way, because from city councilors to the president, everyone was elected through voters and ballots.
That was what they believed.
Perhaps people did not feel as involved when electing the president, but when electing city councilors or the mayor, that sense of participation was much stronger.
Every vote they cast determined whether a politician had the chance to realize their ambitions and political ideals. Who would become the next "big shot" was entirely up to them.
It was actually an extremely complex system. People's deep involvement satisfied their desire to participate in major events from the perspective of ordinary people.
Everyone had a hero's dream, and everyone believed their vote would be the deciding vote.
Throughout the entire federal social system, there were actually many similar things that seemed to give ordinary people the opportunity, at certain times, to determine the fate of important figures—at least, that