This is the official Election timeline for 2017.
June 19
- Candidacy deadline at 11:59pm UTC. Candidates are required to become members of the OTW by this time as well.
- Deadline for candidate Bio and Platforms to be given to the Elections Committee is at 11:59pm UTC. If statements are translated, late statements will be translated last.
June 21
- Candidates are publicly announced, with Bios and Platforms published
- Q&A questions can be submitted as soon as the post goes live.
June 28
- Deadline to submit questions for the Q&A process. Questions must be submitted by 11:59pm UTC.
June 30
- Deadline to become a member in order to vote in the upcoming election.
- Anyone who becomes a member between August 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017, inclusive of both dates UTC, will be eligible to vote in this election.
July 4-20
- Q&A answers posted.
July 28
- Deadline to contact the Elections Committee with a proxy request, if you will be away from email for the entire elections period.
Wednesday, July 26, at 7 p.m. UTC
- Chat with all the candidates. These are open to the public and will take place in a public chatroom. Transcripts will be posted to this site after each chat.
Weds, Saturday, July 29, at 1 a.m. UTC
- Chat with three candidates. It will be open to the public and will take place in a public chatroom. Transcripts will be posted to this site after each chat.
Sunday, July 30, at 4 p.m. UTC
- Chat with three candidates. It will be open to the public and will take place in a public chatroom. Transcripts will be posted to this site after each chat.
August 11 – August 14
- Election is held from 12:01am UTC on Friday to 11:59pm UTC on Monday.
August 15
- Election results are announced.
August 21
- Deadline for recount request.
October 1
- Board turnover begins.
Timelines for previous years can be found on the History page.