Voting on Councillors

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The Council is an on-chain representative 13 member body designed to represent passive stakeholders within the xx network.

Every seven days, an election will be held for these seats utilizing the Phragmén election process standard within the Substrate Ecosystem. This election will be based upon those who receive the plurality of coins. Any coins can be used, including those that are bonded for staking, locked, or vesting.

The status of the current election can be checked on the explorer.

Voting

  1. Go to the xx explorer and log in with your account.

  2. In the navigation menu, go to Governance and in the drop-down menu, click on Council. Or navigate to the Council page.

    Click on "Council" in the "Governance" submenu.
  3. On the right side, click on the Vote button Explorer Vote button.svg.

    Click on the "Vote" button on the Governance page.
  4. The vote for current candidates window will open up, which allows you to rank the candidates according to your preference.

    1. Select the account you would like to use to cast a vote.

    2. Select the value of your vote.

    3. Select as many candidates as you would like.

    4. Click the Vote button Explorer Vote button.svg to cast your vote.

    Select candidates to vote for.
  5. On the next page, authorize your transaction by entering your password and clicking the Sign and Submit button Explorer Sign and Submit button.svg.

    Authorize council vote on explorer.
  6. You should see your vote appear in the interface after your transaction is included.

Submitting Candidacy

  1. Go to the xx explorer and log in with your account.

  2. In the navigation menu, go to Governance and in the drop-down menu, click on Council. Or navigate to the Council page.

    Click on "Council" in the "Governance" submenu.
  3. On the right side, click on the Submit candidacy button Explorer Submit candidacy button.svg.

    Click "Submit candidacy" on the Governance page.
  4. The submit your council candidacy window will open up.

    1. Select the account you would like to submit candidacy for.

    2. This is the amount that will be bonded.

    3. Click the Submit button Explorer Submit button.svg to continue.

    Select account to submit candidacy for.
  5. On the next page, authorize your transaction by entering your password and clicking the Sign and Submit button Explorer Sign and Submit button.svg.

    Enter password and click "Sign and Submit" to authorize transaction to submit candidacy.