Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2023/Electoral Commission

2023 Arbitration Committee Elections

Status as of 16:11 (UTC), Thursday, 22 August 2024 ()

• Thank you for participating in the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. The certified results have been posted.
• You are invited to leave feedback on the election process.

During the 2012 Arbitration Committee Election Request for comment, it was decided by consensus that a three-member Electoral Commission would be created to address issues arising during the Arbitration Committee elections. This decision was reaffirmed in subsequent years and the existence of the Commission is now part of the standard procedure for the annual elections. The Electoral Commission is reconstituted each year for purposes of that year's election.

During the nomination period, editors wishing to volunteer as a Commissioner for 2023 should create a new subsection on this RfC.

During the evaluation period, all editors are encouraged to comment on the suitability of the volunteers for this role.

Three volunteers with the strongest support, determined by consensus based upon comments posted during the evaluation period, will be chosen as Commissioners. Any remaining applicants who have relatively high levels of support may be designated as reserve Commissioners, ranked by order of support, to be called upon if one or more of the the Commissioners are unable to serve. If the consensus is not readily apparent, one or more bureaucrats will help close the discussion.^{(last updated from 2021 RfC)}

The mandate of the Electoral Commission is to deal with any unforeseen problems that may arise in the 2023 Arbitration Committee election process, and to adjudicate any disputes during the election.

In addition, while the Electoral Commission is not responsible for logistics of the election, the Commissioners should also help ensure that preparations for the election—such as setting up the relevant pages, posting notices of the election in the appropriate places, and asking the Office to configure the SecurePoll voting interface—move forward in a timely fashion.

Commissioners and reserve members are not eligible for election to the Arbitration Committee during this year's election. Commissioners must be able and willing to satisfy the requirements of the access to nonpublic information policy.

Per the consensus developed in previous requests for comment, the electoral commission timetable is as follows:

• Nominations: Monday 00:00, 02 October 2023 (UTC) – Sunday 23:59, 08 October 2023 (UTC) (7 days)
• Evaluation period: Monday 00:00, 09 October 2023 (UTC) – Sunday 23:59, 15 October 2023 (UTC) (7 days)
• Commission selection: completed by Monday 00:00, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Important: Endorsements/comments are not accepted until the evaluation period.

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