Questions tagged [election]
Elections are held to elect new moderators for a given site. Use this tag for questions regarding the election process, questions regarding a specific election should be posted on that sites meta.
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Why is this election summary in past tense even before an election has started?
An election will be held in a couple weeks on Code Review SE. Near the bottom of the main content is an <aside> using past tense wording:
17,568 voters were eligible, 0 visited the site during ...
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What would you like to change about the moderator election process?
Update – February 13th, 2024
Thank you to everyone who provided feedback and expressed their interest in joining the working group. The selection has been made, and those individuals have been invited....
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Can an election happen if moderators are not stepping down? A referendum?
As far as I can tell, moderator elections happen only when there is a need for (more) moderators: either a new Stack Exchange site comes into being, a moderator resigns or the team needs additional ...
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Back link on moderator election history page refers to first ever election
Moderators can see a history of election notice on every election page, e.g. second (2017) election on ruSO:
If you're a moderator and you have more than one election already, just open the link {...
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Unable to translate "Save changes", "Cancel" buttons on moderator election page
On every election page there's a possibility to edit a notice of election (if you're a site moderator). When you started an edit there are two buttons "Save changes" and "Cancel":
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What exactly does "not enough eligible nominations" mean in a moderator election? [duplicate]
Music.SE is having an election where currently there is only 1 candidate for the 1 position. The explanation for the Nomination Phase says:
If there are not enough eligible nominations at the end of ...
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A couple of typos in the moderator questionnaire
There are some minor bugs in the 2023 Moderator Election Questionnaire:
(e.g. at https://music.stackexchange.com/election)
Question 1 has a grammar mistake:
How would you deal with a user who ...
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Vote buttons in the election primary are different from the new vote buttons
The 'Primary' page in elections still shows the old buttons:
Please update the vote buttons picture on this page.
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Can a moderator apply to be a moderator on another SE site with another SE account?
I wonder whether a moderator on an SE site is allowed to apply to be a moderator on another SE site using another SE account.
For example, the use of another SE account prevents others from seeing the ...
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Links on some pages are displayed as subscripts on Chrome for Android
Links on some pages are displayed as subscripts on Chrome for Android. Example from https://webapps.stackexchange.com/election/6:
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Android 12; Pixel 6 Build/SQ1D.220105.007
Chrome 114.0....
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Stub image for deleted moderator on localized sites
Disclaimer: I can't find the same situation for other sites, but I believe that all of non-English sites are affected (hence this BR should belong to MSE, but not individual per-site Meta). // end of ...
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Allow me to open the full list of all elections on a site during an active election
According to the Q&A How to show the election history page when there is an ongoing election?, it's not possible to open the table listing all elections on the site when an election is ongoing on ...
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Don't include the username as a part of the candidate statement
The candidate statement on the moderator election page contains the username of the candidate as a header part of it by default. You can manually remove it, but almost nobody does it. For instance, ...
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"Looking for your teams" highlighted when "How to vote" popup appeared
On the final phase of moderator election there's "Read more" link. When you tap this link the "How to vote" popup will appear. In this case link to "Looking for your Teams&...
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Flag popup is broken on election page for narrow screens
Flagging the candidate is almost impossible on the election page on narrow screens. See the animation below:
At the same time, flagging for a regular Q&A post works fine.
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