How to rig an election?
In my game as the king of Ireland/Wales/Castille, my dear neighbour the king of Scotland, for some crazy reason, agreed to have his brother, who is eligible to the throne, marry my sister in a matrilineal marriage.
The kingdom of Scotland has an elective succession law, and it consists of five duchies. The king himself owns a single duchy, but there's another guy owning three! The last remaining duke is married to some girl of my dynasty. On top of that, one of the earls is in my dynasty. I don't know if the last two things really matter in the equation, but they seem to like me well enough.
Now, I do know I won't get to control Scotland personally, but it's better to have my friend do it, than some Scottish chump.
So how do I rig this election?
I'm thinking of showering my new favourite brother-in-law with fancy titles, to make him a more attractive choice.
Or could I try to bribe the superduke? Would that even influence his choice?
Is it even possible to rig an election in a different realm?
Solution 1:
You have a couple of options, none of which are ideal or guarantee success.
The most straightforward is to simply continue murdering the heirs until an heir of your choosing appears as the top choice in the election screen.
Another way is to gain an electoral title in Scotland. Look at their de jure counties and try to snatch one in a war. Once you've done that you can nominate a candidate for the Scottish throne as well as see their second and third options for the heir, which can help with the murdering option I mentioned above
Thirdly, if you are up for a major war, see if the brother you talk about has a heritable claim to the throne (weak or strong). Strong heritable claims are great as the children will be of your dynasty (matrilineal marriage) and have the claim. If you can't get them elected you can go ahead and press their claim. T
A nice addition to this is if you make your own kingdom also elective and then nominate the new king of Scotland (now of your dynasty if the above succeeded) as your heir. You can then join the two kingdoms together.