Town Square
How voting works
The rules are the same for everyone, and they are shown here before every vote.
One ballot per account
Each account has one ballot per vote, and its whole weight goes to one option.
Weight = license keys
A ballot weighs the number of license keys your membership pays for. Two paid memberships add up; gifted keys don't give the recipient a vote.
Weight locks on your first ballot
You can change your option until the vote closes. The weight stays as it was when you first voted, even if your tier changes.
Voting happens here
Ideas are raised at the National Assembly; Citizens then vote on them here on teknoparrot.com. Each vote opens and closes at the times shown with it, on the server's clock in UTC; times are shown in your local time.
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Secret ballot
Ballots are secret: no public page shows who voted, how they voted or how many Citizens took part. Results show each option's votes, where a ballot counts the license keys of the voter's paid memberships: 1 for Solo, up to 30 for Enterprise, and two memberships add up. While a vote is open, only Citizens who have voted see the results; once it closes, everyone does.
A result recorded here from a vote held elsewhere, such as the Citizens' vote on Discord before the site's Citizen Vote existed, followed that vote's own rules and shows its winner only.
Clearly scoped
Every vote says what is being decided and what isn't. A win sets a community priority, not a delivery date; the team keeps the call on feasibility.
Tie rule
The option with the most votes wins. If options tie on votes, the team decides between them and says so.
No overclaiming
One account is not always one person, and no online vote is abuse-proof. Citizens steer the community builds; they don't run the company.
Your voting weight
| Tier | License keys = vote weight | |
|---|---|---|
| Solo | 1 | |
| Duo | 2 | |
| Squad | 5 | |
| Crew | 15 | |
| Enterprise | 30 | |
More than one paid membership? Their keys add up.