Just because God’s Sovereignty rules over all things, doesn’t mean he approves, directs, or ordains all events.
If the decision is between 2 unbelievers, He might not lower Himself to make such a contrived decision, but instead might simply allow worldly power systems the liberty to exercise their decisions, manifesting to all Creation how their independence from His Will leads to catastrophic consequences.
One poor choice of words is in the article’s title. God’s election is different than a national election.
(4) Thus the permitting of evil occurs for the sake of the end, to make possible salvation. It is a known fact that people have complete freedom in what they think and will, but not complete freedom to say and do whatever they think and will. For one can think as an atheist and deny God and blaspheme the sanctities of the Word and church. Indeed, a person can will to destroy them by word and deed until they are utterly annihilated, but he is restrained from doing so by civil, moral and ecclesiastical laws. Consequently he harbors these impious and wicked thoughts within, thinking and willing them, and even intending them, but still not doing them. Someone who is not an atheist also has complete freedom to entertain many thoughts that are thoughts of evil - thoughts of fraud, for example, or lascivious, vengeful, and other irrational thoughts - which he also occasionally does. Who can believe that if a person did not have complete freedom he not only could not be saved, but would even totally perish? ~ Divine Providence 281:1 (Swedenborg)
God chooses kings. Scripture clearly says that.