<p>As the Cross Validated community grows, so does the load on our moderator team. The existing staff is doing an excellent job, and in order to keep up the good work, they've requested a few more sets of hands. Therefore, the 2013 Community Moderator Election is now underway!</p>

<p>Community moderator elections have three phases:</p>

<ol>
<li>Nomination phase</li>
<li>Primary phase</li>
<li>Election phase</li>
</ol>

<p>Most elections take between two and three weeks, but this depends on how many candidates there are.</p>

<p>Please visit the official election page at</p>

<p><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/election">https://stats.stackexchange.com/election</a></p>

<p>for more detail, and to participate!</p>

<p>If you have general questions about the election process, or questions for moderator candidates, feel free to ask them here on meta -- just make sure your questions are tagged <a href="/questions/tagged/election" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;election&#39;" rel="tag">election</a>.</p>
