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@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ Secondary CPC Director.
 In the event that the [Tertiary CPC Director][] seat is activated and a start date is determined,
 the Tertiary CPC Director will then serve for a term of 1 year from that start date.
 
+The election process will be started 1 month in advance of the end of the term for each Director
+with the goal of having it be complete 2 weeks before the term ends. We will not share the specific
+results in terms of votes received by each candidate as we feel this could discourage candidates.
+Instead, general election data will be made available, for example the percentage of voter turnout.
+
 ## Election process for Non-Impact Voting CPC members
 
 As per the [CPC charter][cpc charter], the non-impact projects elect 2 voting CPC members: