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Tagged with status-completed election
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Election result might be broken
Recently an election happened on a network site https://islam.stackexchange.com/election it ended on 13 November but the result is still incomplete.
Is that a bug?
Do results now take longer to ...
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Full sentence "{year} Moderator election" is needed for localization purpose
Currently the title on the moderator election page has the form {year} Moderator election. But it seems that that form is concatenated on server side from two parts: {year} and the rest text. E.g.:
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Unable to translate "Show/hide questions" in questionnaire section of election
The questionnaire section on the election pages, e.g. here has links to 'Show' and 'Hide' questions:
There're no strings to translate in Traducir.
Also there's a little inconsistency with cases: ...
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The "Describe why you would make a good moderator" box uses "►", creating less-accessible "lists"
This is my third report of the same phenomenon (one, two) and it's the same deal. The sidebar list items look like they're a list to a visual user. However, a screen reader will be unable to interpret ...
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Newsletter says to cast a vote "by" the date of the end of the nomination phase instead of after
Recently I got an email with the MathOverflow newsletter (digest) which contained the following text:
2022 Community Moderator Election
The community moderator election is currently in the nomination ...
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Default election question about reaching 10k or 20k rep is inaccurate for sites with beta-level privileges
One of the default questions in election questionnaires is
In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?
(source)
That was ...
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Server error for non-diamonds when attempting to look at some old election pages
When I attempt to access the "Nomination" phase of an election which has concluded, I get the "Oops! Something Bad Happened" page. This happens both on sites which I am a member of ...
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Election: Questionnaire history is titled "Revisions to unknown"
On the Mathematics election page, there is a minor bug in that clicking on a candidate's questionnaire history from the drop-down box [it looks like "history" has a larger font size?] leads ...
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"(drag next selection here)" is treated as a candidate in an election
I have recently came across a very strange bug.
"(drag next selection here)" gets treated as a candidate.
I attached a GIF image to reproduce it exactly:
https://i.imgur.com/xXgiiNT.mp4
As ...
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Mod candidates can be dragged under the "Clear all" button when voting in an election
If all moderator candidates are added to the voting list, then when moving their order around, you're able to place them under the "Clear All" button in the list.
Pics below from Board & ...
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Candidates whose nominations have been withdrawn are still visible in the dropdown on mobile
When a candidate's nomination is withdrawn, their username is removed from the menu that lists candidates to be added to the ballot (on desktop). However, on mobile (responsive mode), the dropdown ...
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"Read more" link doesn't appear on Election page
Using Firefox 93 on a Mac, the "Read more" link to expand moderator nomination statements doesn't appear. See image here from the TeX.se moderator election page.
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Nominations "history" button is not aligned with the other links on the election page
I noticed that the "history" button (under each nomination) is positioned slightly higher than the other links/buttons. This can be observed on the current Stack Overflow election page (yes, ...
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Ensure that all relevant elections details are available on all screen sizes
Gardening & Landscaping is running an election at the moment.
Users that log into …/elections from devices with differently-sized screens get vastly different levels of information regarding the ...
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“You should only rank the candidates you think would make good moderators.” – really?
The current election interface advises:
You should only rank the candidates you think would make good moderators.
Why?
I see two potential scenarios, both of which are dissatisfying:
The STV system ...
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The “history” link under nominations on election pages is dislocated and larger than the others [duplicate]
Under nominations on election pages, there are three links: link, history, and flag. For some reason the history link is shown in a slightly larger font and also a bit higher than the others:
I ...
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Election buttons aren't styled anymore
Election buttons, e.g. in this current election seem to lack styling:
They used to be blue, like this screenshot (thanks @Machavity):
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Account merge of a candidate nominee in an election hides the candidate
At this moment, we're having an election in Portuguese Stack Overflow. The candidates are nominating themselves.
However, at this moment, the page shows that there are 7 candidates, but only 6 show up....
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Improve election results message
When an election is finished, the following message is shown:
The results of this election can be viewed online via OpaVote.Download the election data and use OpenSTV for windows or mac to audit ...
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Server error when downloading OpenSTV software using link on election pages
The election download OpenSTV links on an election page (example here) do not work and return this page:
This happens for all elections.
(A note: these links are only shown to users with the required ...
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Change the way deleted users are shown in the Community Moderator Elections page
In the Community Moderator Elections page, when there is a former moderator who since deleted their account on the site, it's showing an image saying "Departed" instead of their flair. Example:
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Broken flair in election page, due to moderator having deleted his account
In the election page for the Philosophy site:
One image is broken (see red circle), because it refers to a moderator who has chosen to delete his account lately.
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Ask Ubuntu election page is unavailable during current election
Currently there's a moderator election ongoing on Ask Ubuntu, with the nomination phase closing in about one day. Unfortunately, right now the https://askubuntu.com/election page is broken and ...
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Election schedule: don't end nominations on Mondays
The current method for scheduling moderator elections seems to be, with the usual UTC times,
question collection begins: Monday, 20:00-ish (manual)
nominations begin: the next Monday, 20:00
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Caucus Badge award multiple times for one election
As shown in the picture below, I received 3 badges (so far) for visiting the Stack Overflow election page.
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Broken images on election page
There are broken images on election page of any SE site, e.g. on SO:
As suggested by PeterJ in comment opening the flair image leads to HTTP 500 error. Screenshot from the Chrome browser:
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Alignment issue in election - add comment section
There is an alignment issue in the Election - "add comment" UI. The Add Comment button and help link is overlapped with the comment box.
Currently the ongoing election in "The Workplace". The issue ...
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Wrong election end date after extending nomination period
There's a moderator election going on on Bicycles Stack Exchange, and according to the homepage, it'll end in two days (2018-11-27 20:00:00Z):
However, the election page itself states it's going to ...
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Nomination edit page not responsive enough (yet)
The page for adding/editing your nomination during an election has been made (partially) responsive already; the top bar is optimized for the small width and the sidebar widget is moved to the bottom.
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Active election pages are broken network-wide
It appears that all the election pages where an active election is supposed to be underway are broken network-wide
Programming Code Golf (PCG Meta)
Crypto
Sites without an election are working fine
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The dismiss button ("X") covers the text on the nomination prompt for recently suspended users
As the title says, the X button on the nomination prompt for recently suspended users covers the text. It looks something like this:
This happens in Safari 10.0.2.
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Candidate score is given incorrectly for users with less than 1k points
The candidate score displayed on election pages contains a reputation points component of 1 point for each 1k reputation points up to a maximum of 20.
However, for candidates with less than 1000 ...
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Election page for non-existent election gives misleading result
Currently there is an election on Super User. It is the fourth, reachable via https://superuser.com/election/4 .
The URLs https://superuser.com/election/<election-id> correctly gives the pages ...
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Election notification description is not displaying in the global inbox
Recently I received a notification about the Travel SE election nomination, I can read the notification description in the Recent inbox messages.
But the same notification description is not ...
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OpenSTV on election page - unavailable anymore
On election page there is a block containing a short description of the process and it has "OpenSTV" mentioned:
However the link to OpenSTV (http://www.openstv.org) from that block brings you to the ...
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Make rules about candidate eligibility due to suspension more apparent
Some background
The nomination phase of the election at Physics.SE started yesterday. When I first visited the nomination page, 7 users had nominated themselves. A few hours later, the number was ...
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Alignment issue in election nomination editor toolbar
There is an alignment issue in the election nomination editor toolbar.
Initially I saw the alignment issue in the Puzzling and post it on it's meta. Today again I see the same issue in the English ...
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Improve election schedule with respect to the questionnaire
The questionnaire is a great part of the election process, but during my first (first-hand) experience with an election, over on Code Golf, I've found that the timing of the questionnaire is a bit ...
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Allow us to rank all the candidates in a moderator election
TL;DR
To reduce the need for tactical voting as far as possible, allow us to rank all candidates in an election and not just three.
Proposal
Instead of just giving us three votes in a moderator ...
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elections.stackexchange.com refusing connections
A user in the Japanese.SE election chat pointed out today that http://elections.stackexchange.com/ isn't working. When she clicks the link on the election page to go to that URL, she gets an error ...
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Links to election nomination pages from notifications don't have the right #anchor
I recently received a notification that someone posted a comment on my election nomination post. That notification linked me to this URL: https://anime.stackexchange.com/election/1#post-34503
However,...
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Wording of election-phase sidebar is misleading and needs repair
For elections, the election phase page has a sidebar with the following wording (and the wording at issue is bolded):
In the election phase, 10 candidates advance to final community
voting. Any ...
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Missing line break on election results
OK so this has been annoying me for years so I figured it's time to put an official meta post about it.
When viewing an election results page (e.g. on Server Fault), the descriptive text is inline ...
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Wrong title for election related notifications
I have some strange titles when I get comment notifications for my nomination on [SO] there stands something like "6|rekire" in the title. I guess that comes from the 6 in the URL https://...
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'Election ended' is off
It seems the 'election ended' information on election statistics pages is... off. For example, take this election which ended Mar 3, 2014, almost a year ago:
I'm not sure how the current number is ...
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Exclude comment flags from the helpful flag count during moderator election
During a Moderator Election we are provided with details about each candidate, including their meta participation (questions and answers) and a total count of helpful flags. These details help to see ...
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Where has the elections site gone?
The http://elections.stackexchange.com/ site with meta data about SE elections seems to be offline. In the event that this is a location change, the links from active election pages on the network ...
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Ask Different formatting bug in election page
It seems like the stats for the elections are creeping up the side of the results:
Apologies for the awful circles. Trackpads are not meant for this sort of exercise.
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Hovering over election vote button shows irrelevant information
On the moderator election page, the tooltip will display the text used for voting on a question; this is incorrect.
Steps to reproduce:
Cast a vote for or against any candidate
Undo that vote
At ...
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Blue background on Nominee comments only when expanded
This is similar to Blue background on the candidates name when commenting on their own nomination, except it's a bug report, not a feature request.
Currently, the nominee's comments on his/her own ...
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