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PEP 13: Add STAR voting and misc tidbits #3958

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21 changes: 17 additions & 4 deletions peps/pep-0013.rst
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Expand Up @@ -105,9 +105,11 @@ A council election consists of two phases:
must be nominated by a core team member. Self-nominations are
allowed.

* Phase 2: Each core team member can vote for zero or more of the
candidates. Voting is performed anonymously. Candidates are ranked
by the total number of votes they receive. If a tie occurs, it may
* 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
be resolved by mutual agreement among the candidates, or else the
winner will be chosen at random.

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core team vote that is open for one week and is not vetoed by the
steering council.

.. note:: The devguide has a `suggested template
<https://devguide.python.org/core-developers/become-core-developer/#poll-template>`__
to use for such votes.

Core team members are always looking for promising contributors,
teaching them how the project is managed, and submitting their names
to the core team's vote when they're ready.
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Changes to this document require at least a two-thirds majority of
votes cast in a core team vote which should be open for two weeks.

No vote is required to update note blocks and the "Current steering
council" and "History of council elections" sections with current
information.


History
=======
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History of amendments
---------------------

2019-04-17: Added the vote length for core devs and changes to this document.
* 2019-04-17: Added the vote length for core devs and changes to this document.
* 2024-12-10: `Adopted
<https://discuss.python.org/t/changing-pep-13-to-adopt-bloc-star-voting/64971>`__
Multi-winner Bloc STAR voting for council elections.



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