What an exciting list! Please take a look at who is running for the inaugural Python Packaging Council (PPC) on the Nominees page. This election has 17 nominees for 5 open seats on the council.
This inaugural election fills all five seats on the PPC. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be designated Cohort A with a two year term, and the three candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall be designated Cohort B with a one year term.
In future elections, each cohort will be elected for a full two-year term in alternating years, so that roughly half of the PPC turns over each cycle.
- Nominations open: Tuesday, July 28th, 2:00 pm UTC
- Nomination cut-off: Tuesday, August 11th, 2:00 pm UTC
- Announce candidates: Thursday, August 13th
- Voter affirmation cut-off: Tuesday, August 25th, 2:00 pm UTC
- Voting start date: Tuesday, September 1st, 2:00 pm UTC
- Voting end date: Tuesday, September 15th, 2:00 pm UTC
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If you wish to vote in this election, you must affirm your intention to vote no later than Tuesday, August 25th, 2:00 pm UTC, to participate in this election.
Every PSF Voting Member (Supporting, Contributing, and Fellow) needs to affirm their membership to vote in this election. Find more information, including step-by-step instructions on voting affirmation, in our "Affirm Your PSF Membership Voting Status" blog post.
If you run into any issues, or have questions about your membership, please contact pc-elections@python.org.
If you are a voting member of the PSF that affirmed your intention to participate in this election, you will receive an email from "OpaVote Voting Link <noreply@opavote.com>" with your ballot -- the subject line will read "Python Packaging Council Election 2026" on September 1st. If you don't receive a ballot as expected, please first check your spam folder for a message from "noreply@opavote.com".
If you don't see anything, please get in touch by emailing pc-elections@python.org so we can look into your account and make sure we have the most up-to-date email for you.