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* Phase 2: Each core team member can vote for zero or more of the candidates. Voting is performed anonymously. Candidates are ranked by the total number of votes they receive. If a tie occurs, it may * Phase 2: Each core team member can assign zero to five stars to each candidate. Voting is performed anonymously. The outcome of the vote is determined using the `STAR voting system <https://www.starvoting.org/>`__, modified to use the `Multi-winner Bloc STAR <https://www.starvoting.org/multi_winner>`__) approach. If a tie occurs, it may be resolved by mutual agreement among the candidates, or else the winner will be chosen at random.
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.. note:: The devguide has a `suggested template <https://devguide.python.org/core-developers/become-core-developer/#poll-template>`__ to use for such votes.
Core team members are always looking for promising contributors, teaching them how the project is managed, and submitting their names to the core team's vote when they're ready. Expand Down Expand Up @@ -301,6 +307,10 @@ Changing this document Changes to this document require at least a two-thirds majority of votes cast in a core team vote which should be open for two weeks.
No vote is required to update note blocks and the "Current steering council" and "History of council elections" sections with current information.

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2019-04-17: Added the vote length for core devs and changes to this document. * 2019-04-17: Added the vote length for core devs and changes to this document. * 2024-12-10: `Adopted <https://discuss.python.org/t/changing-pep-13-to-adopt-bloc-star-voting/64971>`__ Multi-winner Bloc STAR voting for council elections.


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