# BIP 101 - Council Election

**URL:** <https://forum.badger.finance/t/bip-101-council-election/6019>\
**Category:** BIP | Badger Improvement Proposals\
**Created:** [July 3, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.badger.finance/t/bip-101-council-election/6019 "2023-07-03T15:17:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![FreddyBadger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.badger.finance/freddybadger/32/1451_2.png) [@FreddyBadger](https://forum.badger.finance/u/FreddyBadger)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.badger.finance/t/bip-101-council-election/6019/1 "2023-07-03T15:17:04Z")

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**TL;DR:**

It’s time for Community Council elections as well as a progression of Council 2.0. BIP 93-Council 2.0 established a 7-person Community Council and elections are due. In this round, no councilors have resigned and Trantor has asked to be considered for the council. This leaves us with a choice to either add an 8th member or choose 7 of the 8 candidates to fit within the existing council structure.

This BIP gives the opportunity to optimize the budget, reduce bureaucracy and clarify imprecise language from the original BIP.

**Option 1: Increase the Council Size from 7 to 8**

Today, to ratify a decision requires 4 of 7 Councilors and if this option passes a decision will require 5 of 8. In the event of a tie (4/4), the decision will be put to an RFF and include a community emoji vote. Based on the community feedback the councilors may elect to change their votes. If the council remains deadlocked the issue shall not pass.

**Option 2: Keep the Council Size at 7**

This option will keep the Council at 7 and will require a Snapshot run-off using ‘Approval Voting’ where each voter chooses their preferred 7 of the 8. The top 7 choices are elected to the Council and the 8th person is assigned as an alternate Councilor who may break ties and vote if a Councilor is unable/unwilling to vote. Should a Councilor resign, the alternate will automatically be promoted into their place.

_Poll ([view on site](https://forum.badger.finance/t/bip-101-council-election/6019/1))_

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**Author:** ![Prince\_T0k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Prince\_T0k](https://forum.badger.finance/u/Prince_T0k)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.badger.finance/t/bip-101-council-election/6019/2 "2023-07-03T17:48:24Z")

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While getting to an even number of Council members could potentially create unwanted ties I believe the remedy is acceptable. And in practice the council has usually coalesced around issues before voting.

Additionally, as I said in the rff, I think increased engagement is something that we should welcome in this bear/crab market.