Project:Elections/Council/201506

Rules
All nominations must be sent to the gentoo-project mailing list. If you were nominated and want to run, you have to accept your nomination on the same mailing list.


 * Council elections generally happen once a year
 * The council is composed of seven elected members
 * Nominations are allowed from June 13th 00H00 UTC to June 27th 00H00 UTC
 * Only Gentoo developers may be nominated
 * Anyone can nominate (nominating yourself is OK)
 * Nominees must accept their nomination before voting begins
 * Voting is opened from June 28th 00H00 UTC to July 12th 00H00 UTC
 * Only Gentoo developers may vote
 * The list of Gentoo Developers is based on active membership by June 12th, 2014 (the day before the election will be opened)
 * Gentoo uses the Condorcet method of voting
 * Results should be published around July 13th

Voters
Those who are eligible to vote in this election are all current Gentoo Developers at the day before the election was opened.

How do I cast my vote for this election?

After polls are open, voters should login to dev.gentoo.org and run the following commands, in the order specified.


 * votify --new council-201506 - This creates a new ballot in your homedir.
 * Edit the .ballot-council-201506 file and rank the candidates.
 * Once you're sure, run votify --verify council-201506 to check the validity of the ballot.
 * If that goes through fine, the next and final step is to submit your vote using votify --submit council-201506
 * In case you're stuck, detailed help can be accessed by using votify --help or feel free to drop by #gentoo-elections on IRC. If you think you are eligible to vote, but cannot, please contact one of the officials.
 * Grab a beer, have fun, sit back and enjoy the show..till we announce the results ;)