User:ElectionJune2012

Notice to all Citizens
The Management Council has called an Election. It has appointed ,  and  to act as the Election Committee. They can be contacted by email from their User pages or by leaving a note on their Discussion pages.

Management Council election
Any Citizen in good standing is eligible for nomination to fill a Management Council seat. The elected officers will complete the terms of office of the members who vacate their particular seat as specified by the Management Council.

The Mangement Council seats to be filled by this election are those of:


 * 
 * 
 * 
 * etc.

Editorial Council election
Any Citizen in good standing is eligible for nomination to fill a Editorial Council seat, except that only editors may fill an editor seat. The elected officers will complete the terms of office of the members who vacate their particular seat as specified by the Management Council.

The Editorial Council seats to be filled by this election are those of:


 * Editor: 
 * Editor: 
 * etc.
 * Author: 
 * Author: 
 * etc.

Managing Editor election
Only Editors in good standing are eligible for nomination to fill the Managing Editor seat. The current Managing Editor is: 

Ombudsman election
Any citizen in good standing is eligible for nomination to fill the Ombudsman seat. The current Ombudsman is: 

Timetable
The timetable for the elections is as follows:


 * Begin accepting nominations and referenda on ;
 * Stop accepting nominations and referenda at the end of ;
 * Have the ballot prepared by ;
 * Begin accepting ballots from eligible voters on ;
 * Stop accepting ballots at the end of

NB: All dates referred to above will be counted as starting at midnight UTC.

Referenda
The election will include voting on the following referenda.

Referendum 1:
Proposed by User:

''The above referendum is further discussed at CZ:Election /Referenda/.

 As this referendum modifies the Charter, it shall be ratified if accepted by a qualified majority of two thirds of the votes validly cast.'' As this referendum does not modify the Charter, it shall be ratified if accepted by a qualified majority of the votes validly cast.''

Referendum 2:
Proposed by 

''The above referendum is further discussed at CZ:Election /Referenda/.

 As this referendum modifies the Charter, it shall be ratified if accepted by a qualified majority of two thirds of the votes validly cast.'' As this referendum does not modify the Charter, it shall be ratified if accepted by a qualified majority of the votes validly cast.'''

Voting
Voting in the Elections and Referendum runs from midnight UTC, June 6, 2012, to midnight UTC June 17, 2012.

Voting instructions
First, make sure you are logged in to Citizendium, then:
 * 1) Copy the text of the "Ballot paper" from the next section.
 * 2) On the menu on the far left of this page, under Toolbox, you will see a menu item, E-mail this user.  Click on that link.
 * 3) This will take you to a page where you can enter the text of your email.
 * 4) Paste in the text of the "Ballot paper" that you previously copied.
 * 5) Under the heading Managing Editor, type the name of your preferred candidate.  (You may vote for only one candidate.  You may also abstain by not filling in anything in this section).
 * 6) Under the heading Referendum 1, type "Yes" if you wish to vote in favour of the referendum, or type "No" if you wish to vote against the referendum.  (You may also abstain by not filling in anything in this section).
 * 7) Under the heading Referendum 2, type "Yes" if you wish to vote in favour of the referendum, or type "No" if you wish to vote against the referendum.  (You may also abstain by not filling in anything in this section).
 * 8) Under the heading Referendum 3, type "Yes" if you wish to vote in favour of the referendum, or type "No" if you wish to vote against the referendum.  (You may also abstain by not filling in anything in this section).
 * 9) Check what you've entered to make sure it accurately reflects your preferences.
 * 10) Click on the Send button.

That's it - you've just cast your ballot. Thank you for participating!

Ballot paper
Managing Editor

Referendum 1

Referendum 2

Referendum 3