Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-28606847-20170321060735/@comment-28905095-20170322191446

It's not a secret that I would have hoped for RedstoneDemigod to become an administrator. With the current selection of which election has been, and this ruleset, if the staff decides to have an administrator election, she is ruled out (until the quarantine period is over).

In other words, the only effect I see of this ruleset is that is allows staff by selecting which election happens when, to somewhat limit who are candidates for the following election.

With the current order of election which has been, which of the newly elected are likely to want to go for a lower staff position?

And if the need suddenly arises for a new higher staff position, this ruleset might remove the deserving candidate for that position.

The ruleset doesn't aid in giving the most deserving candidates the position, it only potentially takes some of them out of the equation.

In my opinion, I think it would be better to focus the election on which qualities are needed to become a candidate in the election, or possibly to have elections in two rounds (where the top candidates goes into the next round). This would ensure that the actual election is between a few, deserving candidates.

When there are too many candidates, and too few voters, the outcome will always be biased towards those with the most friends and connections. Limiting candidates based on quality criteria, or through a double election round, would allow for a better community decision.