user15125: Buddhism Stack Exchange will begin the nomination stage for a special election on October 5 to bring in one more moderator.
For full details of the process, see the announcement on Meta Stack Exchange. The timeline:

Starting on October 5, users can nominate themselves. Users can also ask questions on meta for potential moderators to answer. (Use the discussion and election tags.)

On October 19, if there are two or more candidates, we'll run an election. If not, I'll simply appoint the candidate. (There's a small chance we'll need to remove a nomination, but I doubt that will come up.)

If there is an election, I'll announce the results on meta on October 20.


(Note for current moderators: there's no need to nominate yourself even though you'll likely get an email saying you should. The system assumes the first election is a graduation election, which would mean moderators would need to be re-elected. This isn't that sort of election.)
If you have any questions about the process, please stick them in an answer here.

user15125: The nomination period for the 2020 election was scheduled to end in 30 minutes. However, since we only had one candidate, I've extended the nomination period for another week.
On October 19, if there are two or more candidates, we'll run an election. If not, I'll simply appoint the candidate. (There's a small chance we'll need to remove a nomination, but I doubt that will come up.)

15125: <p>Buddhism Stack Exchange will begin the nomination stage for <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/election/1">a special election</a> on <strong>October 5</strong> to bring in one more moderator.</p>
<p>For full details of the process, see <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/314459/experimenting-with-pro-tempore-elections">the announcement on Meta Stack Exchange</a>. The timeline:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Starting on October 5, users can <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/election/1">nominate themselves</a>. Users can also ask questions on meta for potential moderators to answer. (Use the <a href="/questions/tagged/discussion" class="post-tag required-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;discussion&#39;" rel="tag">discussion</a> and <a href="/questions/tagged/election" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;election&#39;" rel="tag">election</a> tags.)</p>
</li>
<li><p>On October 19, if there are two or more candidates, we'll run an election. If not, I'll simply appoint the candidate. (There's a small chance we'll need to <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/274114/lets-disallow-nominations-from-people-whove-been-suspended-in-the-past-year">remove a nomination</a>, but I doubt that will come up.)</p>
</li>
<li><p>If there is an election, I'll announce the results on meta on October 20.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>(Note for current moderators: there's no need to nominate yourself even though you'll likely get an email saying you should. The system assumes the first election is a graduation election, which would mean moderators would need to be re-elected. This isn't that sort of election.)</p>
<p>If you have any questions about the process, please stick them in an answer here.</p>
 15125: <p>The <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/election/1">nomination period for the 2020 election</a> was scheduled to end in 30 minutes. However, since we only had one candidate, I've extended the nomination period for another week.</p>
<p>On October 19, if there are two or more candidates, we'll run an election. If not, I'll simply appoint the candidate. (There's a small chance we'll need to remove a nomination, but I doubt that will come up.)</p>
