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+= Technical Voting Policy
+
+Version: 1.2 +
+One line description: The types of votes we use in our technical
+leadership groups. +
+Author(s): Mark I Himelstein, Stephano Cetola +
+Status: approved +
+
+== Version History
+
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+|===
+|Ver |Date |Details |Email
+|1.2 |2022-10-24 |Add 6+ majority for TSC for policies and group
+creation. At the TSC level. Cleaned up language. |[email protected]
+
+|1.1 |2021-11-22 |Comment review and clarification |[email protected]
+
+|1.0 |2021-05-12 |Initial commit. |[email protected]
+|===
+
+== Rationale
+
+Voting at the Board of Directors level is defined by the RISC-V
+Regulations. Those regulations leave it to the discretion of the
+technical steering committee and the meetings and committees it governs
+on how they each conduct voting.
+
+We have been implementing all or part of this policy for a while and as
+of May 2021 finalized the type of votes necessary for each item.
+
+== Policy
+
+For all votes, dissenting votes (objections) are allowed and must be
+discussed by the committee in email or in a TSC meeting before a measure
+is approved.
+
+=== Technical Steering Committee (TSC)
+
+The two forms of votes are called *Majority* and *6+ Majority*.
+
+*Majority* vote requires approval from the majority of all eligible
+voters. This type of vote is used for:
+
+[arabic]
+. Approval to send specifications to the BOD for ratification. +
+. HC/IC charter and chair and vice-chair approval. +
+. Any major organizational restructuring, voting changes, exceptions,
+and any other TSC specific votes not covered by the vote types below.
+
+*6+ Majority* includes at least 6 TSC members voting positive where the
+vote is a majority of voters who voted not including abstentions. This
+type of vote is used for:
+
+[arabic]
+. Task group preliminary charter and chair and vice chair approval +
+. Policies affecting TSC (e.g. group, chair, vice chair
+creation/election, acceptance criteria, etc.). If there is any question
+about whether it should be a 6+majority or a majority vote, the item
+should be discussed at TSC before issuing the vote. +
+. Ratification waivers or blanket waivers
+
+== Task Group Chairs
+
+The only vote is called *6+ Majority*.
+
+*6+ Majority* includes at least 6 Technical chairs voting positive where
+the vote is a majority of voters who voted not including abstentions.
+This type of vote is used for:
+
+[arabic]
+. Approving policies that do not affect the TSC directly. +
+. Approving waivers for the Freeze Milestone +
+. Other technical chairs business (e.g. approving decisions we want to
+go on record with a vote).
+
+Please see the
+https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0Mnd5sXn8KcyOUI4-qvCdG7ITPY6vSAIhFc5Iy-URI/[Groups
+and Elections Policy] for details on the exact steps for HC/IC/TG/SIG
+creation and elections.
+
+== Exception handling
+
+For any questions or comments on our voting process please contact the
+RISC-V CTO directly.
+
+== Transition to start using policy
+
+Immediate