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Reviewer Badge not awarded

So today I looked at my votes count and thought that I met the criteria for the Electorate badge. The criteria are as follows (taken from here List of all badges with full descriptions):

  • Vote on 600 questions, and have at least 25% of the total number of votes cast be votes on questions Comment votes do not count

Here is an image of my vote count:

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So I have voted on over 600 questions (609) and more then 25% of the total number of votes cast are on questions (212/609 = 34.8%). It's been almost an hour since I passed the 600 question marked and I have still not received the badge. So basically, I'm asking if I have something wrong or if it's just a bug. Thanks in advance.

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    Wait for the badge script to run.
    – Mysticial
    Commented Jul 16, 2012 at 3:55
  • @Mysticial How long does the usually take?
    – pasawaya
    Commented Jul 16, 2012 at 3:55
  • I don't remember. It'd been a long time since I got it. But the scripts for different badges run at different frequencies depending on how expensive it is.
    – Mysticial
    Commented Jul 16, 2012 at 3:56
  • @Mysticial Expensive meaning the frequency at which it is attained?
    – pasawaya
    Commented Jul 16, 2012 at 3:58
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    Expensive as in how hard it is to query. For example "Nice Answer" badges usually come within a few minutes. But "Enlightened" can take several hours.
    – Mysticial
    Commented Jul 16, 2012 at 3:59
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    @qegal: You are great electorate. And your question voting percentage is not 34.8%. It is (609/821= 74.17%).
    – Somnath Muluk
    Commented Jul 16, 2012 at 5:02
  • @qegal - Where do you find that vote count that you posted an image of there?
    – Mike
    Commented Nov 7, 2012 at 15:31
  • @Mike - On my own page
    – pasawaya
    Commented Nov 7, 2012 at 20:45
  • Yay, I'm glad I found this before posting a new question that would have been dup'd to this one. There were a lot of Electorate not-actually-a-bug questions, and they were all "you misread the requirements" except for this one. I definitely didn't misread the requirements; guess I'll just have to wait patiently (I want the "you got a gold badge" hat! :))
    – neminem
    Commented Dec 17, 2013 at 17:24

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Not all badges are awarded immediately upon meeting the requirements to receive them. Most badges are given out on a schedule (sort of like a cron job), so it often takes some waiting before you receive a badge.

The last Electorate badge was awarded 11 hours ago to someone else. Try waiting a little longer. Since you've waited almost an hour, you'll probably get yours soon.

If you still don't have it after a day, then something is amiss.

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    Sure. I'll make sure to mark you as the answer if that's the case. Thanks!
    – pasawaya
    Commented Jul 16, 2012 at 3:58
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    I believe this is one of the badges that just has a low percentage chance of running at some certain interval of time. So there is no exact estimate we can give for when it'll be awarded.
    – animuson StaffMod
    Commented Jul 16, 2012 at 3:59
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    It worked! Sorry for the false alarm. Guess I should be more patient next time.
    – pasawaya
    Commented Jul 16, 2012 at 4:14
  • @qegal: Congrats!
    – BoltClock's a Unicorn
    Commented Jul 16, 2012 at 4:15
  • This info should probably go into an FAQ, such as How do badges work.
    – jscs
    Commented Jul 16, 2012 at 5:32

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