Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com Wrote:
2008/9/15 Ian A. Holton <poeloq at gmail.com>:
> Just a quick question: who actually gets to vote?

The plan is to allow pretty much anyone that wants to to vote. The
election committee will give us the details soon, I imagine, but
anyone can add themselves as a potential member and there's no reason
not to allow all potential members to vote, so that means anyone can
vote. The only thing to be decided, I think, is whether or not to
impose a deadline on adding yourself to the membership list prior to
the election. I see little point in that myself, but it may make
things simpler for the committee.

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Ultimately it is up to the election committee. This page here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Candidate_FAQs#What_are_the_election_rules.3F states that the voters are those people who signed their name as "guarantor members" or "supporters" but doesn't give a deadline for signing up and I can't remember where it came from anyway.

I suggest a deadline of 13 September so that we're encouraging people to sign up to participate, not just signing up to vote!

Regards,

Andrew Turvey