@Huji, thank you for stepping up! This particular area of code is going to deserve extra scrutiny during elections, so I'd like to ensure I'm not the only person looking at @Huji's request. I haven't looked at this area of code and haven't been involved in the Wikimedia election process for a couple of years, and there could be ramifications that I haven't fully considered. Thus, my support does come with that caveat. I love the idea of someone outside of WMF stepping up and assuming this responsibility.

@RobLa-WMF Thanks for the note. I agree with you that this is a sensitive part of the code base. The reason I got interested in it was because we were planning to hold a SecurePoll-based election in FA WP (which was eventually successfully held last month). I noted several outstanding and unreported issues with the code during this process and therefore have been actively submitting tasks and patches.

Note that my intention here is not to +2 my own patches (after all, it is not a good idea to do so anyway) but rather, to help preserve the continuity and integrity of the development of this important extension. That being said, I am happy to wait until more people express their support here. I invite @aaron (who has reviewed most my patches) or @Jalexander (with whom I directly worked for the FA WP election) to weigh in as well.

This sounds good to me. Huji is a trusted user; he is a checkuser and has served on the Ombudsman commission for quite some time. Given his active interest in the project, I support this request.

In T147935#2711763, @Deskana wrote:

This sounds good to me. Huji is a trusted user; he is a checkuser and has served on the Ombudsman commission for quite some time. Given his active interest in the project, I support this request.

This.

I love the idea of someone outside of WMF stepping up and assuming this responsibility.

I love the idea of anyone stepping up and assuming this responsibility. (:

Thanks. I will.

After the fact +1 from me.