Abstract

This document describes the schedule and other details of the 2023 election for the Python steering council, as specified in PEP 13. This is the steering council election for the 2024 term (i.e. Python 3.13).

Election Administration

The steering council appointed the Python Software Foundation Director of Infrastructure, Ee Durbin, to administer the election.

Schedule

There was a two-week nomination period, followed by a two-week vote.

The nomination period was: November 9, 2023 through November 22, 2023 AoE [2].

The voting period was: November 27, 2023 through December 11, 2023 AoE [2].

Candidates

Candidates must be nominated by a core team member. If the candidate is a core team member, they may nominate themselves.

Nominees (in alphabetical order by first name):

• Barry Warsaw
• Donghee Na
• Emily Morehouse
• Gregory P. Smith
• Mariatta
• Pablo Galindo Salgado
• Thomas Wouters
• Victor Stinner

Withdrawn nominations:

• None

Voter Roll

All active Python core team members are eligible to vote. Active status is determined as described in PEP 13 and implemented via the software at python/voters [1].

Ballots were be distributed based on the the Python Voter Roll [1] for this election.

While this file is not public as it contains private email addresses, the Complete Voter Roll is available with a list of all elgible voters by name.

Election Implementation

The election was be conducted using the Helios Voting Service.

Extended Election Implementation

Due to a mismatch between announced timeline and the initial election implementation an extended election is held to provide the additional day for voters who were disenfranchised by the initial election.

Results from the initial election were combined with the results from the extended election. Only voters who DID NOT cast ballots in the initial election were able to vote.

The election was be conducted using the Helios Voting Service.

Results

Of 87 eligible voters, 68 cast ballots.

The top five vote-getters are:

• Pablo Galindo Salgado
• Gregory P. Smith
• Barry Warsaw
• Emily Morehouse
• Thomas Wouters

No conflict of interest as defined in PEP 13 were observed.

The full vote counts are as follows:

Initial Election

56 of 87 eligible voters cast ballots.

Election Extension

12 of 31 eligible voters disenfranchised in the initial election cast ballots.

Combined

68 of 87 eligible voters cast ballots

Copyright

This document has been placed in the public domain.

Complete Voter Roll

Adam Turner
Alex Gaynor
Alex Waygood
Alexander Belopolsky
Alyssa Coghlan
Ammar Askar
Andrew Svetlov
Antoine Pitrou
Barney Gale
Barry Warsaw
Batuhan Taskaya
Benjamin Peterson
Berker Peksağ
Brandt Bucher
Brett Cannon
Brian Curtin
C.A.M. Gerlach
Carl Friedrich Bolz-Tereick
Carl Meyer
Carol Willing
Cheryl Sabella
Chris Withers
Christian Heimes
Dennis Sweeney
Dino Viehland
Donghee Na
Emily Morehouse
Éric Araujo
Eric Snow
Eric V. Smith
Erlend Egeberg Aasland
Ethan Furman
Ezio Melotti
Facundo Batista
Filipe Laíns
Georg Brandl
Giampaolo Rodolà
Gregory P. Smith
Guido van Rossum
Hugo van Kemenade
Hynek Schlawack
Inada Naoki
Irit Katriel
Ivan Levkivskyi
Jason R. Coombs
Jelle Zijlstra
Jeremy Kloth
Joannah Nanjekye
Julien Palard
Karthikeyan Singaravelan
Ken Jin
Kumar Aditya
Kurt B. Kaiser
Kushal Das
Larry Hastings
Łukasz Langa
Lysandros Nikolaou
Marc-André Lemburg
Mariatta
Mark Dickinson
Mark Shannon
Nathaniel J. Smith
Ned Deily
Neil Schemenauer
Pablo Galindo
Paul Ganssle
Paul Moore
Petr Viktorin
Pradyun Gedam
R. David Murray
Raymond Hettinger
Ronald Oussoren
Senthil Kumaran
Serhiy Storchaka
Shantanu Jain
Stefan Behnel
Stéphane Wirtel
Steve Dower
Tal Einat
Terry Jan Reedy
Thomas Wouters
Tim Golden
Tim Peters
Victor Stinner
Vinay Sajip
Yury Selivanov
Zachary Ware