Prezident 21 is an interactive website, created by the

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and

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Karel Janeček Karel Janeček (born 26 July 1973) is a Czech mathematician, entrepreneur, anti-corruption campaigner, creator of the D21 – Janeček method voting system and the online game Prezident 21. Early life and education Janeček was born in Plzeň. H ...

and his

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, Institute H21, used to familiarise voters with a proposed system to select a presidential candidate for the

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Operation

The software went live on 21 December 2016. Participants were allowed to nominate anyone except for the software creator, Janeček. Everyone who voted was allowed three positive votes and one negative vote.

Outcome

Over 3,000 people participated in the first few hours of the website's creation, after which Šimon Pánek was in first place. The incumbent president

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was last. Zeman's poor result was said to be most likely due to the fact that his supporters were less active on the Internet. By April 2017,

Michal Horáček Michal Horáček (born 23 July 1952) is a Czech entrepreneur, lyricist, poet, writer, journalist and music producer. From 2007 until 2010, he was the chairman of the Czech Academy of Popular Music. He founded Czech betting company Fortuna. He ...

had taken the lead, and was then overtaken by

Jiří Drahoš Jiří Drahoš (born 20 February 1949; ) is a Czech physical chemist and politician who has been the Senator of Prague 4 since October 2018. Previously, Drahoš served as President of the Czech Academy of Sciences from 2009 to 2017, and was a ca ...

. The software developers announced a plan to conduct opinion polls through the software.

References

External links

Prezident21 website
2018 Czech presidential election Czech games Opinion polling in the Czech Republic {{Web-software-stub