Well, IK I had promised y'all that I'd do this last month (sorry about that), but I'm FINALLY holding the first ever admin election here on Paint.

Now, here is how the election process is going to work:

1. People will vote in the comments of the election blog (this blog) by stating who they would think would be a good pick for any of the admin positions that an election is currently being held for.

2. The voting process will use a form of ranked-choice voting, in which each person chooses 3 different candidates (excluding themselves) for any of the different admin positions, in the following format:

1. Candidate A
2. Candidate B
3. Candidate C

Candidate A will receive 3 points, Candidate B will receive 2 points, and Candidate C will receive 1 point.

3. Each vote must be accompanied by an explanation as to why the person voting feels that the candidate in question would be a good pick for that position. For a blogmin candidate, for example, you might mention well-written featured blogs that the person has posted. For a helpmin candidate, you might point out instances in which the candidate has helped community members out on the site. For a groupmin candidate, this might be pointing out how active the candidate is in groups, as well as any large, well-managed groups the candidate has.

4. All candidates must be known community members—no random people who just happened to join the website a week ago, and who very well may be the alt of a permabanned member or something.

5. All campaigning will be conducted outside of this blog. This blog is solely for the voting process itself, and if you would like to promote yourself as a candidate for a specific admin position, you may do so in your own blogs, groups, on your profile, etc.
(Just not here.)

6. The election will only be concluded when a clear winner has been chosen, rather than any specific time deadline.
(IK better than to do time deadlines after my recent experiences with the SDK Quilts, lol!)

7. This goes without saying, but because Paint is (at its core) still a dictatorship, the admin team reserves the right to refuse to promote anyone who has been elected by the community.
(Don't worry, I won't let them abuse this, though.)

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Anyway, the admin positions which y'all will be voting on this election will be:

1. Blogmin/Pollmin

Responsible for featuring, rejecting, or (in extreme cases) deleting blogs based upon the blog guidelines. Comes with free pollmin powers, since the 2 jobs are incredibly similar.

2. Helpmin

Manages Help Desk submissions. If people report bugs, ask questions about how things on the site work, or request new features and stuff, you will be responsible for addressing the community members who do so.

3. Groupmin

Responsible for policing groups. Being very active in groups is an essential requirement for this job, as are being mature, responsible, and exercising good judgement.

4. Terminator

Responsible for terminating or “permabanning” members who are no longer welcome here on Paint due to serious or repeated violations of the terms of membership here. Terminators are also responsible for approving or rejecting the accounts of new members trying to join the site.
(Which is the primary reason why it was included in this election, BTW.)