January 2022 Site Director election

The January 2022 Site Director election took place on January 5, 2022. Man Manson defeated Buzz Aldrin. This was the first Site Director election of V6.

Campaign
Incumbent site director Grape did not run for a second term. Candidates were announced on December 31, 2021. Man Manson was nominated by the Site Administration and former Site Director JoshJOkayguy was nominated by the HoS. Manson announced his Deputy Director, Muscle Man, when he was nominated. However, Okayguy did not, and left his Deputy Director ambiguous.

On January 3, 2022, a debate was held which was moderated by Deputy Chief Computer. In it, Okayguy announced his Deputy Director to be Forgotten, a former CI member. On January 4, Okayguy dropped out of the race, with Buzz Aldrin being nominated. Okayguy's decision to drop out this late into the race drew controversy, as Aldrin was unable to participate in a debate with Manson.

On January 5, 2022, Manson defeated Aldrin with 61 votes and 36 votes respectively. This was the first election since September 2021 where the winning candidate had less than 60% of the vote.