Originally Posted by
Kagehitokiri
OP's point is when there is discussion in a forum about an issue. people may know that TB does stuff. and that there is an election. but people may not know that there is an election that coincides with the issue/discussion, and that certain candidates have to be elected in order to get the decision they would prefer.
linking a debate thread in an aforementioned thread is a great idea, not sure if its ever been done.
At least last year, TB avoided having votes during the lame duck period, just before new TB members were seated. However, I don't remember any hot issues where having new TB members vote rather than those who were retiring from TB would seem to have given us a different result. Perhaps someone with more detailed knowledge of TB history can correct this impression and/or point out what the convention was in earlier years.