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Elecciones de la Fundación Wikimedia/2025

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Este año finaliza el período de 2 (dos) integrantes de la Junta Directiva seleccionados por la Comunidad y por los Grupos Afiliados. La Junta invita a todo el movimiento a participar en el proceso de elecciones de este año y a emitir su voto por las personas que ocuparán esos cargos.

El Comité de Elecciones supervisará este proceso con ayuda de personal de la Fundación

Método y plataforma de votación

En estas elecciones se usará el voto único transferible en la plataforma SecurePoll.

Para candidatos y candidatas

Solicitud para ser candidato o candidata

Proceso de preselección

En las elecciones de 2025, habrán 2 (dos) escaños abiertos. En un ciclo previo, en el que habían cuatro escaños abiertos, hubo un número abrumador de candidaturas para que las y los votantes revisaran. El comité de Elecciones y la Junta Directiva determinaron que 10 candidatos o candidatas es una cantidad razonable para que las y los votantes pudieran revisarlos. Si hubieran más de 10 candidaturas elegibles de acuerdo con lo determinado por el Comité de Elecciones, se llevará a cabo un proceso de preselección. Dicho proceso buscará preseleccionar 6 candidaturas, y esas 6 candidaturas serán las que se presentarán a la etapa de votación comunitaria. Si hubieran 10 o menos candidaturas, no habrá proceso de preselección. Este proceso sería mucho trabajo para los Grupos Afiliados solamente para eliminar tres o menos candidaturas para la fase de votación comunitaria.

Preguntas comunitarias para candidatos o candidatas

En cada proceso de elecciones, la comunidad tiene la oportunidad de presentar preguntas a los candidatos o candidatas a la Junta Directiva para que ellos o ellas respondan. El comité de Elecciones selecciona preguntas de la lista desarrollada por la comunidad para que Los candidatos y candidatas respondan. Ellos y ellas deberán responder todas las preguntas requeridas en la solicitud para ser elegibles; de lo contrario su solicitud será descalificada.

Este año, la convocatoria de preguntas de la comunidad se fusionará con el anuncio de inicio del proceso, a fin de poder recopilar preguntas antes en el proceso. Después, el Comité de Elecciones elegirá cinco (5) preguntas para que respondan los candidatos y candidatas. Las preguntas elegidas pueden ser una combinación de las que han enviado desde la comunidad si son similares o están relacionadas. Las preguntas elegidas se incorporarán a las solicitudes de candidatura, para que los candidatos y candidatas solo tengan que responder a las preguntas una vez. Esto tiene como fin mejorar y aliviar la carga sobre las candidatas y candidatos, así como facilitar a la población votante el ver todas las respuestas en un solo lugar.

Conversación con Candidatos o Candidatas

A viewing party of the recorded lightning talks from all 6 (six) final candidates will be hosted at Wikimania 2025. In a 3-minute pre-recorded video from each candidate, the candidates will share what makes them a strong candidate and what skills and expertise they will bring to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees to advance the Wikimedia movement.

  • Date: August 6, 2025
  • Time: 11:45–12:40 Nairobi local time (East Africa Time)
  • Location: Nyeri (Meeting Room 6)

Reglas de campaña

Para votantes

Frequently asked questions

Are there requirements to be eligible to vote?

Yes, there are. The Elections Committee decides the voting eligibility criteria. You can use the AccountEligibility tool to quickly verify your voting eligibility.

How many times may I vote?

The rule is: one person, one vote. If you have multiple accounts that meet the voter requirement, you can still only vote once. Votes from multiple accounts belonging to the same individual will be struck. To meet the editor voting eligibility, your contributions will be counted across all wikis, if it’s your home-wiki or any other.

If you inadvertently vote twice, you should contact the Elections Committee and ask for the additional votes to be struck.

If you decide to change your vote, you may do so up until the moment the vote closes. This can be because you have changed your mind or if you have made a mistake. Simply vote again and your previous vote will be struck.

How does the STV on SecurePoll work?

Depending on the platform you are using to vote, you will see either drop-down selections or a drag-and-drop interface.

In both interfaces, the voting software requires you to rank at least one candidate.

If you are voting through the web, you will encounter a drag-and-drop interface If you are voting through mobile or if you don’t have Javascript enabled, you will encounter a drop-down selection
  • On the voting page, you will see two boxes marked as “Not Ranked” and “Ranked”. In the beginning, you will see all candidate names in the “Not Ranked” box. You are to rank candidates from “Preference 1” (most preferred) to “Preference #” (least preferred; '#' will be the total number of candidates).
  • Starting from the top, you can rank candidates you consider most suitable to be elected by dragging their names from “Not Ranked” and dropping it into the “Ranked” box.
  • You may stop ranking candidates at any point during the voting process. For example, out of the 4 candidates, you can choose to only rank the top 2, and not rank the remaining 2.
  • On the voting page, you will see a sequence of dropdown boxes. You are to rank candidates from “Preference 1” (most preferred) to “Preference #” (least preferred; '#' will be the total number of candidates).
  • Starting from the top, you can begin ranking candidates they consider most suitable to be elected. Candidates that you believe are less suitable should be marked toward the bottom of their list. Only stop ranking when you have no preference among the remaining candidates. If some candidates are less suitable to you than others, you should continue to rank the ones you consider more suitable.
  • You may stop ranking candidates at any point during the voting process. For example, out of 4 candidates, you can choose to only rank the top 2, and not rank the remaining 2.
  • Candidates need to be ranked without skipping numbers in-between. If you skip numbers you will see an error message.
  • You may not rank the same candidate multiple times, and will see an error if you do.

You can re-vote in the election, which will overwrite your previous vote. You can do this as many times as you like up until the moment the vote closes.

How does transferring votes work? Why shouldn't I rank every candidate?

The voting system is meant to allow voters to rank candidates in the order of preference. Ranking a candidate means that the voter is willing to support that candidate if the higher-ranked candidates are either elected or eliminated.

During the tallying process, votes are initially allocated to each voter's top-ranked candidate. If that candidate is elected with surplus votes or eliminated due to insufficient support, the vote is transferred to the next ranked candidate, and so on.

For example, imagine a voter ranks candidates A, B, C, and D, but not E or F. If candidates A, B, and C are either elected or eliminated, the vote would be transferred to candidate D. If D is also elected or eliminated, and the voter did not rank E or F, the vote becomes exhausted and is no longer transferred. To indicate willingness to support E or F, the voter should rank them as well.

How do I know who to vote for?

You can use the following resources to decide who to vote for:

  • Click their names to review their applications
  • Watch the candidates' video statements

Why are only some of the answers in the candidate application translated?

In order to help with voter evaluation, translations are being made available in a number of languages. Translations will be made available for the required questions. The optional questions and answers were intentionally not marked for translation in the template or candidate profile pages for capacity reasons.

I can see the usernames of the voters. Can I or others see how I voted?

The voter list is public; you can see who has cast a vote. This list is used by the scrutineers to make sure all the votes are valid. However, no one can see how someone voted; your vote is not attributable to you.

Candidates

Following the candidate review process, these four candidates will be on the ballot for the community voting phase:


Watch the candidates' statements below:

Cronograma

Las fechas abajo mencionadas están sujetas a cambios, en respuesta a mejoras del proceso.

Fecha Actividad Estatus
1 de mayo de 2025―15 de mayo de 2025 Revisión comunitaria de las reglas de las elecciones. Completed Completed
22 de mayo de 2025 Anuncio del lanzamiento con las reglas de elección finalizadas y convocatoria a preguntas de la comunidad. Completed Completed
17 de junio de 2025―2 de julio de 2025 9 de julio de 2025 Convocatoria para candidatos y candidatas (abierta por 2 3 semanas) Completed Completed
Primera mitad de julio 2025 Verificación de las candidaturas Completed Completed
Segunda mitad de julio 2025 Preselección de candidatos y candidatas, en caso de ser necesario Completed Completed
Final de julio 2025 Lista finalizada de candidatas y candidatos Completed Completed
Durante julio 2025 Pre-introducción de candidatos y candidatas Completed Completed
29 de julio de 2025―7 de octubre de 2025 Período de campañas para candidatos y candidatas Completed Completed
agosto de 2025―octubre de 2025 Verificación de antecedentes de los candidatos y candidatas seleccionadas Completed Completed
8 de octubre de 2025―22 de octubre de 2025, 23:59 UTC Período de votación (abierto durante 2 semanas) Completed Completed
octubre de 2025―noviembre de 2025 Resultados preliminares, después de la revisión de votos Completed Completed
diciembre de 2025 La Junta Directiva confirma a los candidatos o candidatos elegidos y los instituye en la reunión de la Junta

Preguntas frecuentes

Video about the work of the Trustees and the relationship between the Board and the communities