@Sasha If there're no more than 2 nominees when nomination phase ends, will the nominee(s) be elected directly?

@xzczd Yes, ready to serve! Regarding your question, we at least have this description from the nomination page to on: "After 7 days, the top 30 nominees, ordered by reputation, advance to the primary phase. However, if there are 10 or fewer candidates, we skip directly to the election phase. If there are not enough eligible nominations at the end of the nomination period, it will be extended by one week. If there are not enough nominations after an extension the election will be canceled."

I think it means that if we don't get two candidates then the election may be canceled, but if we get two or more candidates then it will proceed.

@xzczd Because Mathematica is a "graduated" site, it's elections are required to be competitive. So what that means is that for a two slot election like this one there need to be at least 3 candidates for the election to proceed to the voting stage. After one week of the nomination phase if there are fewer than three candidates the phase will be extended by one week (this will happen tomorrow).

@xzczd If after the one week extension there are still fewer than 3 candidates then the election will fail and we won't be able to schedule another one for six months. So it is a good idea to encourage more people to throw their name in the ring so that the election can proceed!