(The following is a proposal for amendments to the existing ethtrader governance process. Once ironed out, these rules will be presented via a poll for acceptance by the sub. These initial rules will be grouped together for approval and as such seek the broadest support.)

Governance Polls must:

• be preceded by a Poll Proposal post
  • active for 2 days prior to commencing with the actual poll
  • proposing non-biased wording for the poll text body and options
  • linked to from a pinned comment in the daily
  • receive sign-off to proceed by 2 moderators¹ OR achieve 2/3 majority in an override vote²
  • include [POLL PROPOSAL] in title
• be selected as a "governance poll" in the Reddit UI (activates 'decision threshold' mechanism)
• have a minimun duration of 5 days
• be tagged GOVERNANCE
• include [GOVERNANCE POLL] in title
• be stickied if there is an available slot or linked to from pinned comment in the existing sticky, for poll duration

¹ Moderator sign-off should ensure:

• impartial language is used in poll body and options texts
• that the poll is actionable
• a reasonable limit (2) to the number of concurrent governance polls

² An override poll must:

• be a normal, non-governance, or "sentiment" poll
• include [OVERRIDE MOD SIGN-OFF] in title
• link to mod rejection statements
• have only options "Yes (override)" and "No", and optionally "Abstain/Don't care"
• achieve donut-weighted 2/3 majority "Yes" vs "No"
• have a minimum duration of 5 days
• linked to from pinned comment in daily