Overview
Council elections allow token holders to vote for candidates. The top candidates (by vote amount) become council members. Voting requires locking tokens in the Council contract.Election Flow
1
Election Starts
An election is initiated (requires EIP-712 signature from the platform). The election has a fixed duration.
2
Voting Period
Token holders approve their tokens to the Council contract, then call
voteElection() to vote for candidates. Tokens are locked until the election ends.3
Election Ends
After
endTime, anyone can call claimElectionTokens(). The first caller triggers finalization — top candidates become council members.4
Claim Tokens
All voters call
claimElectionTokens() to retrieve their locked tokens.Reading Election State
Election State Fields
Voting in an Election
Checking Candidates
Claiming Tokens After Election
After the election ends (block.timestamp > endTime):