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+The Fedora Program Manager is responsible for conducting elections for various bodies within Fedora.
+After each release, the Fedora Council, Mindshare Committee, and Fedora Engineering Steering Committee run elections.
+Other teams may request elections if they have a need.
+
+The Fedora Community Action and Impact Coordinator (FCAIC) is the backup elections wranger.
+The FCAIC & FPgM cannot be candidates for elected positions.
+
+NOTE: FESCo has a https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FESCo_election_policy[separate election policy] that requires more candidates than open seats.
+
+== Pre-voting
+
+WARNING: The wiki-based voting process is a giant pain.
+Perhaps you would like to extend the voting app to allow nomination and election interviews.
+
+* Make sure an "I Voted" badge has been created for this election cycle.
+* Edit https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Elections[the Elections wiki page]
+* Open a ticket with each group to see if they want to change the questions
+* Update wiki pages for each election: update the leaving members and clear the candidates
+* Open the nominations
+* Candidates will post interviews in private issues on the poorly-named https://pagure.io/fedora-magazine-proposals/issues[fedora-project-schedule] repo.
+* Convert interviews to community blog
+** One post per-candidate
+** Include FAS acocunt, IRC, wiki page (see previous examples)
+** Set the candidate as the author
+* Write a wrap-up post (look at 2017 elections interview as example). link to interview post and user wiki
+
+TIP: Get the FCAIC to review posts to make sure nothing is misspelled or mis-copied, etc.
+
+NOTE: At one time, we were hoping to have the Fedora Podcast conduct interviews with candidates as well, but that has fizzled.
+
+NOTE: A long time ago, we conducted IRC town halls with candidates.
+We stopped doing that.
+
+== Voting setup
+
+The elections app runs on https://elections.fedoraproject.org[elections.fedoraproject.org].
+
+* maximum range: # of candidates
+* URL: link to wiki page with nominations
+* “Candidates are FAS users?” validation check is buggy, don't use it
+* Admin groups: automatically includes the elections group
+* When adding users, add link to interview on commblog
+
+WARNING: The logic to enforce FESCo's CLA+1 requirement is too strict.
+Council and Mindshare do not have that requirement.
+Ben Cotton hopes to have this fixed before Fedora 31 elections.
+
+== After elections
+
+* Send results to mailing lists
+* Update pagure groups, wiki pages, mailing lists
+
+TIP: Convincing teams to give you admin access to things will make life easier.
+Also, if I document these things better, that would make life easier, too.
+Maybe for Fedora 31.