Uh, if you are nominating family you are making it obvious the barrier holes and incitement of wyverns are all your doing, dood.
At least hide your hand slightly - like the standards are to nominate an ally at least, or deal with an ally such that they raise the issue and make the nomination.
I see, it's a ploy so that he could endorse his grandson, in other word, nepotism. Pretty neat, gramps. This is also why I would declare that politicians, in any system, are the enemy of everyone.