This is tough, I'm not the biggest Harding fan, but I feel his ban was wrongful. I'll probably vote for him
I don't see how his banning has anything to do with Atlasia. Congress didn't vote to mute him, and I doubt the mods care about Assembly elections. If you're looking for a right-leaning candidate to vote for, I'd recommend someone like RGN08, who manages to represent conservative values without scattering his platform with extremist views (like a tax on unmarried people, for instance).
He's a candidate who can't campaign, and I don't think the ban is fair therefore it does bleed into our wonderful land.
This was actually a big problem. The difference here is that the incidents in 2015 involved alleged actions that were presumed to be true until proven false (JoMCar) or a disproportionate reaction to a level of involvement in deeply disturbing behavior that did not warrant such action (Adam). JoMCar was a NE assemblyman at the time, Adam was Registrar General.
JoMCar's was immediately reversed, Adam was forced to eat a two week ban. Both were disruptions at a time that Atlasia could ill afford.
Regardless, forum administration is a superior concern to that of Atlasian considerations. So therefore a moderator is not going to defer on something because it might effect the game, and likewise the game has no power to respond in anyway.