Ok, so I really want to see this kind of system in the game:
The Governor should have nigh complete control of the island, they can be a tyrant, and remove free speech, or an anarchist, and shut down the government till next election, so people have to trust who they are going to put in power, and never being able to fully know if they can trust anyone.
Along side this system, it could be imposed that the governor can shut down the elections, and thus allow a revolution.
A revolution can only occur if:
A: Elections are shut down
B: The day the next election would have taken place has passed.
In order to balance rule B, the governor cant set when the next election will happen, only the server admin can.
Also, if these systems are in place, it could be interesting to allow someone to escape the prison, though make it complicated, and dangerous.