Farlow–HoS scandal

The Farlow–HoS scandal was a political scandal involving the Site Administration and Heads of Staff during the June 2022 Site Director election campaign.

Background
The Heads of Staff nominate candidates for Site Director elections alongside Site Administration. Only one HoS candidate has won since the September 2021 Site Director election. Since then, many have stated that the candidates the Heads of Staff nominate have been subpar. For example, the April 2022 Site Director election ended early due to a landslide by the Site Administration nominee. Most elections since September 2021 have ended with the Site Administration nominee receiving a supermajority of the votes.

Events
On May 26, 2022, during a Heads of Staff discussion, Director of Research Hathfield suggested he would vote for the worst candidate to ensure a CalifornianKing win. Site Director Farlow suggested IA Director Nate could vote for the worst candidate, possibly due to a tie between candidates. Then JoshJOkayguy suggested they could nominate someone willing to throw the election.

Investigation
Though the recovered transcripts are short, they caused enough controversy to trigger an investigation by Alpha-1. They deduced that no site codes were broken, as election rigging itself isn't illegal and no actions were ever followed through. They found Brunswick not guilty of not releasing classified information and found Nate guilty of disorderly conduct, but deduced that he was still fit to hold his position.