# Special Voting Cycle #16a Roundup **URL:** \ **Category:** Voting Cycles\ **Tags:** season-5\ **Created:** [October 11, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/special-voting-cycle-16a-roundup/6946 "2023-10-11T19:48:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/original/2X/3/399c2cdab1be9e0c1ae7481c939f977574c28f5e.svg) [@system](https://gov.optimism.io/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/special-voting-cycle-16a-roundup/6946/1 "2023-10-11T19:48:27Z")
_Special Voting Cycle #16a begins on Thursday (October 12th) at 19:00 GMT and runs until Wednesday (October 25th) at 19:00 GMT._ _In Season 5, for a non-Foundation proposal to proceed to a vote, four delegates - each part of the top 100 delegates - must give explicit approval on the discussion thread. Delegates may not approve their own proposals. Proposals that may only be initiated by the Foundation do not require delegate approvals and will automatically move to a vote._ _A snapshot of delegate voting weights will be taken at the start of the voting window. Voting will take place via the [Optimism Governance Portal](https://vote.optimism.io/)._ The following proposals are eligible for voting in Special Voting Cycle #16a: - [Anticapture Commission](https://gov.optimism.io/t/anticapture-commission/6889) - [Developer Advisory Board Budget and Ratification of Members](https://gov.optimism.io/t/developer-advisory-board/6892) - [Grants Council Operating Budget Proposal](https://gov.optimism.io/t/draft-season-5-grants-council-operating-budget/6941) - [Code of Conduct Council Budget](https://gov.optimism.io/t/code-of-conduct-councils/6888) - [Security Council: Vote #1 - Change to Security Model](https://gov.optimism.io/t/security-council-vote-1-change-to-security-model/6886) - [Code of Conduct Violation: Carlos Melgar](https://gov.optimism.io/t/code-of-conduct-violation-carlos-melgar/6882) ---
**Author:** ![Gonna.eth](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/gonna.eth/32/3379_2.png) [@Gonna.eth](https://gov.optimism.io/u/Gonna.eth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/special-voting-cycle-16a-roundup/6946/2 "2023-10-12T17:55:04Z")