Re: lack of candidates 2026 leader election

On 3/18/26 10:24 PM, Eric Dorland wrote:
> * Devan Mardyks ([email protected]) wrote:
>> I'm concerned by the lack of candidates in the 2026 leader elections and
>> disagree with denying potential candidates based on constitutional
>> deadlines. Given the circumstances of a single candidate being guaranteed
>> the position and the voting process now being pointless, exceptions should
>> be made to restore a semblance of democratic values to the process.
> 
> The voting process is not pointless, since there is a "None of the
> above" option on the ballot. If enough developers vote NotA then the
> election process is restarted. Have a look at
> https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution#item-5 for the details.

I also would prefer if there was more than one candidate, but perhaps 
changing the rules during the election isn't what we want.

There's in fact 2 ways this could happen.

1/ Sruthi (temporarily) withdraw her nomination, just in order to 
restart the nomination period. Is this really possible?

2/ Sruthi refuses to do 1/, and A majority vote NotA.

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)