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Voting

Using Neurons to Vote on Proposals and Earn Rewards

What kind of proposals can I vote on?

Some of the initial topics available in the NNS to vote on include: #ExchangeRate: Proposals provide information ...

How long do motion proposals remain open for voting?

Each proposal that is submitted to and stored in the Network Nervous System's governance canister has an associate...

What is the “wait for quiet” period and how does it relate to proposals?

"Wait for quiet" (W4Q) allows the passing of proposals with a simple majority (majority of all votes cast) instead...

What is required for a vote to pass?

Once a proposal is stored on the governance canister, all eligible neurons can vote on it. A proposal can be decid...

Does neuron weight factor into how my neuron votes?

Neuron voting power is not factored into how your neuron will vote. For example, if you follow one neuron with 1,0...

What if I configured my neuron to follow a particular neuron, but on a specific proposal, I want to decide on how to vote on it?

You can vote at any time before your followee has voted. We do not allow overriding a followee vote after the fact...

If I configure my neuron A to follow my neuron B, then configure my neuron B to follow someone else's neuron C, will my neuron A follow neuron C?

When neuron C causes neuron B to vote, or if B itself votes, it will cause A to vote.

If I have a neuron that follows the ICA on "all topics" and also follows another neuron on "governance," will my neuron ignore the "all topics" followee and follow the other neuron on governance proposals?

Per-topic configurations act as overrides.For any proposal topic, a neuron can be configured to vote automatically...