Questions tagged [moderator-election]
Elections are held to choose moderators for Stack Overflow and non-Beta Stack Exchange sites.
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In the latest three moderator elections, nominees who were called up to meet additional demand aren't indicated on the election index
In the election index page, for the 2021 election and earlier, moderators who were called up after the election to meet additional demand are clearly indicated as such.
However, in the 2022 and 2025 ...
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2025 Community Moderator Election Results - Now with an extra mod!
Moderator election #16 on Stack Overflow has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the new moderators are:
They will be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for ...
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Election start/end times are apparently UTC but lack indication of time zone
Curious about the moderator election, I looked into the start/end times of the election.
Initially, I thought the start time was localized to my system time zone, but inspecting the HTML, it seems to ...
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I got 2 notifications to vote
I seem to have gotten 2 identical notifications to vote in the moderator election. A bug?
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Please explain "light but firm moderation"
One of the election criteria contains the phrase "light but firm moderation", but that reads like a contradiction to me (you can press a button lightly, or you can press a button firmly, but ...
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What countermeasures does Stack Overflow take to prevent sock puppets voting in moderator elections?
Does Stack Overflow explicitly withhold election voting privileges for sock puppet (alternate) accounts?
Does Stack Overflow store some form of flag/signal on sock puppet accounts which relate that ...
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Voting is locked for this candidate?
I just got two notifications about the election process
Then, when I tried to vote for someone, I got this error. Is it a bug, or has the election process not started yet?
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Why must I have the Convention badge to nominate myself for moderator? [duplicate]
Is the requirement of owning the "Convention" badge reducing too much the amount of possible moderator nominations?
I am a 12 years old member and do not have it.
How many possibly good ...
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2025 Community Moderator Election is underway
The 2025 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks, ...
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2025 Moderator Election Q&A – Question Collection [duplicate]
The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it here.
Stack Overflow is scheduled for an election next week, 2025-05-27. ...
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We're having a moderator election soon—question collection starts May 20, 2025 [duplicate]
A Community Moderator Election has now officially been scheduled for Stack Overflow in 2025. This will be Stack Overflow's 16th moderator election.
As y'all surely know, moderator elections have four ...
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2024 Community Moderator Election Results
Moderator election #15 on Stack Overflow has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the new moderators are:
They will be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for ...
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What's the link between a moderator candidate and me? [duplicate]
As many others, I've received an invitation to vote for candidates for moderator.
One of them has the following statement in their presentation:
If you've seen my comments or recent posts
My ...
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How does one spoil their moderator election vote?
It's common in elections around the world for one to have the ability to spoil their vote. This is the action of deliberately filing a vote which cannot be counted. It is not a fraudulent vote, as ...
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How can I cast votes in the community moderator election?
Today, I received a message in my inbox notifying me to cast my vote in the 2024 community moderator election:
I clicked on it and the election page was opened. I scrolled down and found the ...
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