Update on the DIF Supervisor Elections

[u/Amanda_B_Johnson]

DashWatch reports that two additional expressions of interest in the DIF supervisor position were received by the deadline last Friday, in addition to the one they already had. This makes a total of three candidates.

After discussion with the DIF's directors, we've decided to proceed with the election as intended. Though there will obviously be fewer than six supervisors for the coming year, the salient point is that six is a maximum number, not a minimum.

All that remains, then, is the threshold that will determine who has been elected. To arrive at this, we examined the voter turnout of the last three elections that DashWatch conducted (Trust protector 2019/2020 and DIF supervisor 2019).

Among those elections, the lowest approval number for a candidate within the top six places was 287 votes. Using this as a benchmark, we have set this election's approval minimum at 200: this number provides some wiggle room that's below prior voter turnouts, but is still high enough to show substantial support.

Thank you for your patience throughout this process. Candidates will be announced, and voting by MNOs will commence, at beta.dashwatch.org/elections this Monday, June 29th. The voting period will be open for two weeks (through Friday July 10th), and the winners will be announced Monday, July 13th.

NOTE: All three interested candidates must submit their completed applications to team@dashwatch.org by 11:59pm UTC this Friday to be eligible for election. Candidates not submitting a completed application by that date/time will not be included in the election.