# Security Council Elections – Mandatory Voting for DIP Incentives

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**Created:** [March 27, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/security-council-elections-mandatory-voting-for-dip-incentives/28873 "2025-03-27T23:29:13Z")\
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# 📢 Security Council Elections – Mandatory Voting for DIP Incentives!

The Security Council Elections are approaching, and voting is a mandatory requirement for delegates to qualify for the DIP rewards. We all know the importance of Security Council elections for ArbitrumDAO, and delegate participation is key here.

## Election & Incentive Eligibility:

### 🔹 Member Election (Starting April 12 – May 3, 21 days)

- Delegates must cast a vote in this phase to receive April and May incentives.
- Votes cast after 7 days will have a linear decay in points, reducing the incentive eligibility over time.

📌 As around 90% of the election period takes place in April, we’ve opted to include this voting requirement as part of April’s scoring cycle.

⚠ Important: Participation in the Security Council elections will not form part of the Onchain Voting Participation Scoring. It will instead have it’s own module in the Karma Dashboard

✅ Mark your calendar and participate.  
✅ Ensure your vote is recorded on time to maintain full incentive eligibility.  
✅ Plan ahead—late participation in the Member Election affects point accumulation.

### Penalty System Details:

- Days 1 to 7: Delegates who vote during this period will not receive any penalty; their TP will remain unchanged.
- Days 8 to 21: Starting on day 8, the delegate will lose 0.3572 TP points for each additional day, up to a maximum of 5 points if they cast their vote on day 21. This follows a similar procedure to the one applied to Voting Power in this election.  
_Example: If the Delegate votes on Day 14, the penalty will equal 2.5 points in the TP Score_

To learn more about the Security Council and Security Council Elections, check out the resources below:

- [March 2025 Nominee Selection Phase](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/march-2025-nominee-selection-phase/28803)
- [Tl;dr thread on the Security Council election process](https://x.com/arbitrumdao_gov/status/1896937438284489080)
- [Security Council Elections 101](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/security-council-elections-101/16314)
- The Security Council section of the [ArbitrumDAO Constitution](https://docs.arbitrum.foundation/dao-constitution#section-3-the-security-council)
- [What to consider when voting for candidates  
 ](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/security-council-members-duties-and-principles/16313)