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# Council Elections
In order to select a new council, you must wait for the minimum council voting period time to have passed since the last **succcessful** election as defined in the settings of the DAO.
Once the time has passed, enact a "**New Council"** proposal found under the Core proposals.
The current council members will be pre-filled. If you wish to select the same council, submit the proposal as is, otherwise change the members list as you see fit.
If the proposal passes and is processed, the new council immediately gets set and the old council become general members.
Inflation also gets updated for the DAO with the old council members getting their last inflationary shares awarded to them.
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