Abstract

This document describes the schedule and other details of the2023 election for the Python steering council, as specified inPEP 13. This is the steering council election for the 2024 term(i.e. Python 3.13).

Election Administration

The steering council appointed thePython Software FoundationDirector of Infrastructure, Ee Durbin, to administer the election.

Schedule

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

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

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

Candidates

Candidates must be nominated by a core team member. If the candidateis 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Withdrawn nominations: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 statusis determined asdescribed in PEP 13and implemented via the software atpython/voters[1].

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

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

Election Implementation

The election was be conducted using theHelios Voting Service.

Extended Election Implementation

Due to a mismatch between announced timeline and the initial election implementationan extended election is held to provide the additional day for voters who were disenfranchisedby the initial election.

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

The election was be conducted using theHelios 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 inPEP 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 TurnerAlex GaynorAlex WaygoodAlexander BelopolskyAlyssa CoghlanAmmar AskarAndrew SvetlovAntoine PitrouBarney GaleBarry WarsawBatuhan TaskayaBenjamin PetersonBerker PeksağBrandt BucherBrett CannonBrian CurtinC.A.M. GerlachCarl Friedrich Bolz-TereickCarl MeyerCarol WillingCheryl SabellaChris WithersChristian HeimesDennis SweeneyDino ViehlandDonghee NaEmily MorehouseÉric AraujoEric SnowEric V. SmithErlend Egeberg AaslandEthan FurmanEzio MelottiFacundo BatistaFilipe LaínsGeorg BrandlGiampaolo RodolàGregory P. SmithGuido van RossumHugo van KemenadeHynek SchlawackInada NaokiIrit KatrielIvan LevkivskyiJason R. CoombsJelle ZijlstraJeremy KlothJoannah NanjekyeJulien PalardKarthikeyan SingaravelanKen JinKumar AdityaKurt B. KaiserKushal DasLarry HastingsŁukasz LangaLysandros NikolaouMarc-André LemburgMariattaMark DickinsonMark ShannonNathaniel J. SmithNed DeilyNeil SchemenauerPablo GalindoPaul GansslePaul MoorePetr ViktorinPradyun GedamR. David MurrayRaymond HettingerRonald OussorenSenthil KumaranSerhiy StorchakaShantanu JainStefan BehnelStéphane WirtelSteve DowerTal EinatTerry Jan ReedyThomas WoutersTim GoldenTim PetersVictor StinnerVinay SajipYury SelivanovZachary Ware