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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions peps/pep-0013.rst
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Expand Up @@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ A council election consists of two phases:
* Phase 2: Each core team member can assign zero to five stars to each
candidate. Voting is performed anonymously. The outcome of the vote
is determined using the `STAR voting system <https://www.starvoting.org/>`__,
modified to use the `Multi-winner Bloc STAR <https://www.starvoting.org/multi_winner>`__)
approach. If a tie occurs, it may
modified to use the `Multi-winner Bloc STAR <https://www.starvoting.org/multi_winner>`__
approach. If a tie that is not automatically resolved by the election software occurs, it may
be resolved by mutual agreement among the candidates, or else the
winner will be chosen at random.

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Adopted Multi-winner Bloc STAR voting for council elections.
* `2024-12-10 <https://discuss.python.org/t/72293/4>`__:
Added a one-week deadline for seconding a vote of no confidence.
* `2025-10-XX <https://discuss.python.org/t/placeholder-replace-me-just-discussion-for-now-should-be-the-poll/73918/87>`__:
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Two weeks from now will be November:

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* `2025-10-XX <https://discuss.python.org/t/placeholder-replace-me-just-discussion-for-now-should-be-the-poll/73918/87>`__:
* `2025-11-XX <https://discuss.python.org/t/placeholder-replace-me-just-discussion-for-now-should-be-the-poll/73918/87>`__:

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🤦‍♂️ so it is, and I had just been reminded of that fact earlier in the evening. I'll get that fixed with the rest of the date and the link when available.

Clarified that the software used for elections may resolve ties
automatically if possible.



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