# \[Constitutional\] Increase resilience to outside attackers by updating DAO parameters to not count 'Abstain' votes in Quorum **URL:** \ **Category:** Archived Proposals\ **Tags:** governance\ **Created:** [February 24, 2025, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/constitutional-increase-resilience-to-outside-attackers-by-updating-dao-parameters-to-not-count-abstain-votes-in-quorum/28545 "2025-02-24T06:22:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 62
**Author:** ![Atomist](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/atomist/32/13969_2.png) [@Atomist](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/Atomist)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/constitutional-increase-resilience-to-outside-attackers-by-updating-dao-parameters-to-not-count-abstain-votes-in-quorum/28545/62 "2025-03-12T11:17:28Z")
_The following reflects the views of GMX’s Governance Committee and is based on the combined research, evaluation, consensus, and ideation of various committee members._ * * * We agree that quorum is an issue that needs to be investigated, however, we do not believe including Abstain votes is a solution. The ARDC Risk Member is investigating this and already had an AMA with delegates before beginning the research. We look forward to the output of Nethermind’s work and their recommendations. **Notion Repo for ARDC Tasks:** [Explore the viability of a governance attack at the current quorum and analyze the risks involved in reducing quorum.](https://www.notion.so/Explore-the-viability-of-a-governance-attack-at-the-current-quorum-and-analyze-the-risks-involved-in-18b05ac99aec806e8bf7db668e88a2a6?pvs=24) **ARDC Communication Thread:** [ARDC Communication Thread - #14 by Juanrah](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/ardc-communication-thread/28279/14) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/constitutional-increase-resilience-to-outside-attackers-by-updating-dao-parameters-to-not-count-abstain-votes-in-quorum/28545)._