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Every year in November and December, the community conducts [[WP:ACE|an election]] to determine which editors should become members of the [[WP:ARBCOM|Arbitration Committee]]. In September, before the election procedures begin, it has become customary to hold a pre-election [[WP:RFC|request for comment]] (RfC) to provide the community an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of that year's Arbitration Committee election. This RfC usually runs from September 1 to September 30.

== Examples of discussion topics ==

* Number of arbitrators to appoint in the election{{efn|1=During the pre-election RfC, the community may decide to adjust the size of the Committee by appointing more or fewer arbitrators. Currently, the community tries to appoint however many arbitrators needed to have '''15 members''' of the Arbitration Committee (was changed from 15 to 13 in [[WP:ACERFC2018]] and back to 15 in [[WP:ACERFC2019]]). However, the [[RetroWikipedia:Arbitration/Policy|arbitration policy]] does not prescribe any maximum or minimum number of arbitrators that may sit on the Committee in a given year.}}
* Eligibility criteria to stand as a candidate in the election, beyond the ones specified by [[RetroWikipedia:Arbitration/Policy#Selection and appointment]]{{efn|1=Currently, the community has adopted the following criteria from past pre-election RfCs. An editor is eligible to stand as a candidate if the editor: {{ordered list |type=lower-roman | has a registered account and has made at least 500 mainspace edits before 1 November in the year of the election | is not prevented from submitting their candidacy by a block or ban, | meets the Wikimedia Foundation's [[Meta:Access to nonpublic information policy|criteria for access to non-public data]], is willing to sign the Foundation's non-public information [[Meta:Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information|confidentiality agreement]], and | has disclosed any previous or alternate accounts in their election statements (legitimate accounts which have been declared to the Arbitration Committee before the close of nominations do not need to be publicly disclosed).}}}}
* Eligibility criteria to vote in the election{{efn|1=Currently, the community has adopted the following criteria from past pre-election RfCs. An editor is eligible to vote if the editor: {{ordered list |type=lower-roman | has registered an account before 00:00, 28 October in the year of the election | has made at least 150 mainspace edits before 00:00, 1 November in the year of the election and, | is not blocked from the English RetroWikipedia at the time of their vote.}}}}
* How should the election be advertised to the community{{efn|1=From past-election RfCs, the following practices have been adopted: watchlist notices, notices on village pumps and other highly visible noticeboards, mass-message to all eligible candidates who have made at least 1 edit in the 12 months preceding the election, publicity in the ''[[WP:Signpost|Signpost]]''. Candidate-specific "ads" are disallowed.}}
* The authority of members of the Electoral Commission{{efn|1=According to [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2017/Electoral Commission|the 2017 selection process]], "The mandate of the Electoral Commission is to deal with any unforeseen problems that may arise in the 2017 Arbitration Committee election process, and to adjudicate any disputes during the election. However, members of the Election Commission should intervene only when there is a problem that needs resolving, and either discussion is not working, the rules are unclear, or there isn't time for a lengthy discussion."}}
* Other procedural questions affecting the election process

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== List of past pre-election RfCs ==

{{main category|RetroWikipedia Arbitration Committee elections requests for comment}}

* [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/2010 ArbCom election voting procedure]]
* [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/ArbCom secret ballot]]
* [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee 2]]
* [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2011]]
* [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2012]]
* [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2013]]
* [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2014]]
* [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2015]]
* [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2016]]
* [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2017]]
* [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2018]]
* [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2019]]
* [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2020]]
* [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2021]]
* [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2022]]
* [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2023]]
* [[RetroWikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December 2024]]

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