# Self-Voting Policy Discussion \[ArbitrumDAO Constitution\]

**URL:** <https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/self-voting-policy-discussion-arbitrumdao-constitution/20886>\
**Category:** Voting Rationale & Governance Calls\
**Created:** [January 26, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/self-voting-policy-discussion-arbitrumdao-constitution/20886 "2024-01-26T18:37:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfedprog](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/pfedprog/32/5712_2.png) [@pfedprog](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/pfedprog)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/self-voting-policy-discussion-arbitrumdao-constitution/20886/8 "2024-01-31T20:20:06Z")

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> [@JoJo](#):
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> Without going around the bush too much, this is an _issue_ only for big voters. Big voters can change sometimes in a single vote a whole election.
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> I don’t think is necessarily bad, I think is part of the process. What could be instead a target would be for big voters (what big means, can be discussed, or conversely can be generalized to everybody) vote in a “responsible” way. And again what responsible means would have to be discussed. But in general
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> - provide written feedback on the why of the voting. This is something that would be fantastic to do for everybody, but for sure big delegates should do it
> - vote in the _right_ way. So, if there is a 3 out of 5 elections, in which the big voter is also a candidate, voting for himself plus another 2 options seems “righter” than only voting for himself. This also forces on choosing at least another 2 candidates that might not be a fit, but if in general we are targeting a multiple voting, better to vote than not
> - disclose, when voting, in the written motivations, if one of the people who got voted had previous relationship with the voter (ex member of the team, ex part time member, seed for example)
> - in general, disclose any conflict of interest (ie: I am voting for X, but we have a partnership and I am going to be a service provider for X for this thing).

Unfortunately, at the moment providing a well explained reason for voting is one of the ways to actually get attention because its not a common practice but an exception to the rule.

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