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And the Winner Is . . .

The votes have been tallied, the results are in, and we have a winner (two, actually). Congratulations to the newly elected user representatives to the LJ Advisory Board: from lj_election_en, it's kylecassidy, and from lj_election_ru, it's nekbke! You can see the full breakdown of results for lj_election_en here and for lj_election_ru here. Thanks to everyone for your participation.

Advisory Board Elections
New Green Themes
Green by Design Contest

The Polls Are Open!

Calling LJ users to the polls—voting starts today, June 22, for user representatives to the LiveJournal Advisory Board! Voting takes place in lj_election_ru for Cyrillic-language users and in lj_election_en for all other users. Here's what you need to know to be an informed voter:

• Polls are open from 9:00 a.m. PDT and MSD, June 22, to 4:30 p.m. PDT and MSD, June 26.


• Only accounts created before March 31, 2009, are eligible to vote in this year’s election.


• Only one account per registered email address may vote.


• The candidates in lj_election_en are webqatch, vichan, kylecassidy, jameth, and daphaknee. Click on the username to see a candidate's nomination statement.


• If no candidate receives a clear 51% of the first-choice vote, the winners will be determined using an Instant Runoff process.


• We'll announce the winners and the results Monday, June 29, 2009, after the results have been examined for accuracy and veracity, and (if needed) run through the Instant Runoff tallying program.


• The new user representatives to the LJ Advisory Board will be seated and begin their terms on July 1, 2009.

Now get out there and vote!

New Green Themes

Although Kermit the Frog might have struggled with being green, we think it's not really that hard to go green. And we have some new green themes for your journal to help make it even easier for you.

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Let the Nominating Begin!

As of today, nominations for user representatives to the Advisory Board are open. You can only nominate yourself, so if you want to run, you need to join lj_election_en or lj_election_ru and post an entry in the election community stating that you are nominating yourself as a candidate for the Advisory Board elections. To support a nominee, comment on their nomination post in the election community with a clear declaration of support. Nominations close at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 19, 2009. You can find full details on the election and the nomination process in news and on the profile pages of lj_election_en and lj_election_ru. Happy nominating!