# \[ANN\] Starting the Foundation Election 2019 voting period **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Created:** [July 1, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/ann-starting-the-foundation-election-2019-voting-period/5597 "2019-07-01T15:59:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jdogresorg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forums.counterparty.io/jdogresorg/32/1349_2.png) [@jdogresorg](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/jdogresorg)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/ann-starting-the-foundation-election-2019-voting-period/5597/1 "2019-07-01T15:59:17Z")
The Counterparty Foundation is announcing the start of the 2-week long voting period for the election of five community directors. The voting will start on block 583,350 and end on block 585,350 # Start and End of Voting Start Block: 583,350 End Block: 585,350 # Candidates - Larry Shelton (@NooneSociety) - Ryan Baptiste (@Ryan) - Ben CH (@benchbtc) - Osamu Takehisa (@gsos) - Chris Salinas (@Buddha) - Ryan Peters (@Titanium) - Sasha Hodder (@SaSHA-256) - Duncan Krostue (@duncan) # Voting Procedure Users who want to give their votes to one or more candidates may do so by broadcasting a message with the following parameters: text = XCPELECTION2019 + Candidate Number value = votes For more information on how to publish a broadcast read our [Broadcast Tutorial](https://counterparty.io/docs/broadcast/). **NOTE** : There is currently a one-broadcast-per-block limitation when using Counterwallet. If you want to publish multiple votes, please wait while the block containing your first broadcast is published on the blockchain and then create the second broadcast. # Rules One user can make several broadcasts The sum total of the values must be less than the balance of the source address at the close of the voting period ### Valid Example User has 50 XCP in his address at the end of the voting. User broadcasts: text=XCPELECTION2019 1, value=20 User broadcasts: text=XCPELECTION2019 2, value=30 Both votes are valid and will be taken into account ### Invalid Example User has 50 XCP in his address at the end of the voting. User broadcasts, text=XCPELECTION2019 1, value=50 User broadcasts, text=XCPELECTION2019 2, value=30 The second vote is invalid as the user already spent 50 XCP in his first message **Candidate numbers used as the broadcast parameter:** 1 - Larry Shelton 2 - Ryan Baptiste 3 - Ben CH 4 - Osamu Takehisa 5 - Chris Salinas 6 - Ryan Peters 7 - Sasha Hodder 8 - Duncan Krostue At block 585,350 we will count all votes and announce the names of the top five candidates. The public scoreboard displaying current rankings will be available and published here shortly. Good luck to all the candidates and once again thank you for your support! ---
**Author:** ![jdogresorg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forums.counterparty.io/jdogresorg/32/1349_2.png) [@jdogresorg](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/jdogresorg)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/ann-starting-the-foundation-election-2019-voting-period/5597/2 "2019-07-01T16:01:28Z")
If anyone has any questions or comments for the candidates, please post in the ‘Counterparty Foundation Election 2019 Q&A’ forum post listed below > [@\[Q&A\] Counterparty Foundation Election 2019 Q&A](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/q-a-counterparty-foundation-election-2019-q-a/5596): > > The 2019 Counterparty Foundation nomination period has concluded and the 8 candidates running for a CP Foundation Community Directory seat are listed below Candidates Larry Shelton (@NooneSociety) Ryan Baptiste (@Ryan) Ben CH (@benchbtc) Osamu Takehisa (@gsos) Chris Salinas (@Buddha) Ryan Peters (@Titanium) Sasha Hodder (@SaSHA-256) Duncan Krostue (@duncan) Nominations Voters can review the nomination process and basic candidate bio information available in the forum post linked below. [http…](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/ann-start-of-the-counterparty-foundation-2019-election-nomination-period-jun-10th-july-1st/5535) ---
**Author:** ![jdogresorg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forums.counterparty.io/jdogresorg/32/1349_2.png) [@jdogresorg](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/jdogresorg)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/ann-starting-the-foundation-election-2019-voting-period/5597/3 "2019-07-08T18:54:57Z")
Joe Looney has posted a CP Foundation election scoreboard at [http://xcp.ninja](http://xcp.ninja) which also includes a link to the source code used to tally the election counts at [https://gist.github.com/loon3/29606b05880b05cf0d64697b5fa6cd16](https://gist.github.com/loon3/29606b05880b05cf0d64697b5fa6cd16) In addition, the folks running the Bitcorns game have also created a election scoreboard available at [https://bitcorn.org/xcp-election](https://bitcorn.org/xcp-election) ---
**Author:** ![jdogresorg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forums.counterparty.io/jdogresorg/32/1349_2.png) [@jdogresorg](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/jdogresorg)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/ann-starting-the-foundation-election-2019-voting-period/5597/4 "2019-07-15T16:52:21Z")
The election has completed and the winners have been announced at [https://counterparty.io/news/announcing-the-names-of-the-2019-counterparty-foundation-community-directors/](https://counterparty.io/news/announcing-the-names-of-the-2019-counterparty-foundation-community-directors/) ---
**Author:** ![jdogresorg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forums.counterparty.io/jdogresorg/32/1349_2.png) [@jdogresorg](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/jdogresorg)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/ann-starting-the-foundation-election-2019-voting-period/5597/5 "2019-07-15T16:52:28Z")