There are roughly 87,000 eligible accounts across all wikis for this particular election.[1] The typical participation in an election between 2015 and 2024 is between 5000 and 6000 voters.[2] As of this writing, approximately 4260 eligible voters have participated.[3]; the vote continues until October 22.[4] The current vote participation is roughly keeping pace with prior elections.
Risker/Anne
[1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T398900 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Stats [3] https://vote.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/list/1864 [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025#Timeline
On Thu, 16 Oct 2025 at 18:07, Željko Blaće zblace@mi2.hr wrote:
I am guessing many of you got the email below hours ago. I wonder if the number of people abstaining is bigger than the number of votes casted ould that render the process invalid/problematic?
Regards - Z.
p.s. pardon if I repeat something already discussed
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: electcom@wikimedia.org Date: Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM Subject: Your vote is missing! To: Zblace zBlace@mi2.hr
Dear Zblace,
I wanted to remind you that you are eligible to vote in the Wikimedia Foundation 2025 Board of Trustees election. Voting closes at 23:59 UTC on October 22, 2025.
Go to the SecurePoll voting page and vote now!
Thank you,
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