The Arbitration Committee elections are run by the English Wikipedia community. This page lists the election volunteers and their duties for the December 2024 Arbitration Committee election. If you have a question or concern about the election, please on the talk page.

While coordinators have as much right to participate in ordinary voter activity during the election as all other eligible voters (i.e. voting, asking questions, discussing candidates), election volunteers should avoid acting in a way that might cast doubt on their ability to act impartially, or on the perceived neutrality of the coordinators or elections as a whole.

The Electoral Commission is a three-member panel with a mandate to solve disputes and make decisions on unexpected problems and to carrying out any duties delegated to it by the community. The Electoral Commission is appointed by the community after input via a request for comment.

Commissioners

• RoySmith
• Barkeep49
• Cyberpower678
• ThadeusOfNazereth (1st reserve)
• Dr vulpes (2nd reserve)

Scrutineers have technical access to the SecurePoll system allowing them to check the validity of cast ballots, and certify the final results. Scrutineers are drawn from Stewards who do not edit the English Wikipedia as their primary wiki.

Scrutineers

• EPIC
• Mykola7
• Johannnes89

Instructions for scrutineers

Coordinators are simply volunteers who help run the day to day operations of the election. Any editor in good standing who wants to help out is welcome to volunteer as a coordinator. Interested persons can add their name below. The commissioners (and reservists) are de facto coordinators and may perform activities as needed.

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•  Done create general framework pages
•  Done conscript the coordinators :D
•  Done review prior year feedback pages for any non-rfc changes needed
•  Done conduct the 2024 RfC at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2024
  •  Done Setup framework, launch RfC
  •  Done Ensure RfC is well advertised
  •  Done find a closer for the RfC
  •  Done Close RfC
  •  Done update ELECTCOM RfC if ACERFC introduced any new changes
  •  Done update Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Election/Rules
•  Done conduct the 2024 ELECTCOM RfC at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2024/Electoral Commission
  •  Done set up framework, launch RfC
  •  Done - ensure that community consultation phase is running, add advertisements.
  •  Done close Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2024/Electoral Commission, empaneling the ELECTCOM
• = Not needed modify SecurePoll listGen script to account for RfC changes if needed, namely partial blocks and bot exclusions.
•  Done implement any RfC changes as needed for SecurePoll.
•  Done Scrutineer setup
  •  Done request scrutineer volunteers at m:Stewards' noticeboard
  •  Done Empanel scrutineers
  •  Done Request local CU for scrutineers
•  Done engage WMF for a resource to be assigned
•  Done schedule the election time on votewiki with WMF resource
•  Done Build lists (Early list for quality control)
  •  Done Electoral rolls
  •  Done Mass message lists
•  Done ensure nominations are open and working.
  •  Done update the candidate guide
•  Done set up candidates on SecurePoll (WMF or election admin)
•  Done ensure questions period opens.
•  Done remove extra election admins
•  Done ensure election starts
•  Done Collect votes on votewiki
  •  Done ensure the election is open, has the correct options, and is accepting votes
  •  Done ensure the election closes
•  Done send MMS's /MM
•  Done scrutineering processing
•  Done publish results
•  Done certify results (by scrutineers)
•  Done send notifications (candidates, WP:AN, WT:ACN, UT:Jimbo Wales)
• Cleanup
  •  Done revoke temporary scrutineer checkuser access
  •  In progress review lessons learned, file notes for next election