From 8b1554d7017484231d591331559625e202ba36c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zachary Ware Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:56:40 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] PEP 13: Clarify that tie resolution performed by election software is accepted --- peps/pep-0013.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/peps/pep-0013.rst b/peps/pep-0013.rst index 1d59dcb6120..12ce1670bb6 100644 --- a/peps/pep-0013.rst +++ b/peps/pep-0013.rst @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ A council election consists of two phases: candidate. Voting is performed anonymously. The outcome of the vote is determined using the `STAR voting system `__, modified to use the `Multi-winner Bloc STAR `__) - approach. If a tie occurs, it may + approach. If a tie that is not automatically resolved by the election software occurs, it may be resolved by mutual agreement among the candidates, or else the winner will be chosen at random. From b44998c89aed9f4b9ccc113406cee049c623109e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zachary Ware Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 22:21:47 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] PEP 13: Add history entry for tie clarification --- peps/pep-0013.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/peps/pep-0013.rst b/peps/pep-0013.rst index 12ce1670bb6..5f4d6c9ea8d 100644 --- a/peps/pep-0013.rst +++ b/peps/pep-0013.rst @@ -358,6 +358,9 @@ History of amendments Adopted Multi-winner Bloc STAR voting for council elections. * `2024-12-10 `__: Added a one-week deadline for seconding a vote of no confidence. +* `2025-10-XX `__: + Clarified that the software used for elections may resolve ties + automatically if possible. From ea56e4ac33e34e64f07530e9cce744587d679fc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zachary Ware Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 22:43:07 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] PEP 13: Remove dangling close parenthesis left by ab0c68f --- peps/pep-0013.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/peps/pep-0013.rst b/peps/pep-0013.rst index 5f4d6c9ea8d..fdebc77910c 100644 --- a/peps/pep-0013.rst +++ b/peps/pep-0013.rst @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ A council election consists of two phases: * Phase 2: Each core team member can assign zero to five stars to each candidate. Voting is performed anonymously. The outcome of the vote is determined using the `STAR voting system `__, - modified to use the `Multi-winner Bloc STAR `__) + modified to use the `Multi-winner Bloc STAR `__ approach. If a tie that is not automatically resolved by the election software occurs, it may be resolved by mutual agreement among the candidates, or else the winner will be chosen at random. From dbd392cc8e4f18677c9d51ab047cced9d582c41d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zachary Ware Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:55:25 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] fixup! PEP 13: Add history entry for tie clarification --- peps/pep-0013.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/peps/pep-0013.rst b/peps/pep-0013.rst index fdebc77910c..38a0cc66ca3 100644 --- a/peps/pep-0013.rst +++ b/peps/pep-0013.rst @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ History of amendments Adopted Multi-winner Bloc STAR voting for council elections. * `2024-12-10 `__: Added a one-week deadline for seconding a vote of no confidence. -* `2025-10-XX `__: +* `2025-11-11 `__: Clarified that the software used for elections may resolve ties automatically if possible.