Publish the update to vote for the governing board (#3437)

* Update elections page to reflect current status

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* Publish blog post announcing the voting period

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* Add link to the blog post

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* Announce voting period in banner

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* Use internal links

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Signed-off-by: Thibault Martin <thibaultamartin@users.noreply.github.com>

* Use more internal links

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* Format lists

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Signed-off-by: Thib <thib@ergaster.org>
Signed-off-by: Thibault Martin <thibaultamartin@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Kim Brose <2803622+HarHarLinks@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: thibaultamartin

config.toml

@@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ skip_anchor_prefixes = [
 banner = """
 📢 We are happy to launch [The Matrix Conference](https://conference.matrix.org) on 20th-23rd October in Malmö, Sweden. [Submit a proposal](https://cfp.2026.matrix.org/matrix-conference-2026/cfp) and [get your ticket](https://conference.matrix.org/register/)!
 
-🗳️ We are holding our Governing Board elections. Find all the information [on the elections page](/foundation/governing-board-elections/2026/).
+🗳️ The voting period for the Governing Board has started. Find all the information [on the elections page](/foundation/governing-board-elections/2026/).
 """

content/blog/2026/05/2026-05-29-kicking-off-gb-voting.md

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
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+date = "2026-05-29T13:00:00Z"
+title = "Kicking off the voting period for the Governing Board election"
+
+[taxonomies]
+author = ["Amandine Le Pape"]
+category = ["Elections", "Foundation", "Governing Board"]
++++
+
+🚥 And off we go!
+
+At midnight tonight representatives of the Platinum members, Silver members and Ecosystem members, as well asIndividual members, Spec Core Team members and Guardians will be able to start voting to choose the representatives of their constituency on the Governing Board!
+
+The [final list of candidates for the 2026 election of the Foundation's Governing Board](@/foundation/governing-board-elections/2026/index.md) and their details are available on the website for reference, and folks have been campaigning in [the bonfire rooms](https://matrix.to/#/#governing-board-nominee-campaigning-bonfire:matrix.org) during the last two weeks. 
+
+This is the penultimate milestone in our election schedule and runs until the 12th of June 11:59pm UTC:  
+
+✅  Announcement on Monday 27th April  
+✅  Nominations from Saturday 2nd May to Friday 15th May  
+✅  Campaigning from Saturday 16th May to Friday 29th May  
+➡️  Voting from Saturday 30th May to Friday 12th June  
+◻️  Results announced on Monday 15th June
+
+All voters should keep an eye out for an email from [OpaVote](https://opavote.com/), the platform we will be using to run the election.
+
+A big thank you again to [all our candidates](@/foundation/governing-board-elections/2026/index.md#nominees) who have stepped up to drive the growth of Matrix, and good luck to all!
+
+I, for one, am looking forward to announcing the results in two weeks!
+
+Amandine

content/foundation/governing-board-elections/2026/index.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ We encourage you to read our [membership page](@/foundation/members/index.md) an
 * 2026-04 [Announcing the 2026 Governing Board elections](@/blog/2026/04/2026-04-27-election-announcement.md)
 * 2026-05 [Kicking off the nomination period for the 2026 Governing Board elections](@/blog/2026/05/2026-05-02-election-nomination.md)
 * 2026-05 [Announcing the candidates and kicking off the campaigning](@/blog/2026/05/2026-05-16-election-campaigning.md)
+* 2026-05 [Kicking off the voting period for the Governing Board election](@/blog/2026/05/2026-05-29-kicking-off-gb-voting.md)
 
 Read on for our [election schedule](@/foundation/governing-board-elections/2026/index.md#schedule) and more information about the election process.
 This page will be continually updated over the course of the elections to list all of the [nominees](@/foundation/governing-board-elections/2026/index.md#nominees) and eventually [elected representatives](@/foundation/governing-board-elections/2026/index.md#elected-representatives).
@@ -149,23 +150,20 @@ We have [a dedicated Matrix space](https://matrix.to/#/#governing-board-nominee-
 
 All members of each constituency group are entitled to vote on
 the candidates within that constituency group.
-We will be reaching out to everyone we have contact information for,
-to ensure we have our voter rolls together before voting begins at the end of May.
 Anyone who has
 [signed up to be a member to one of the constituencies](@/foundation/members/index.md)
 before 15th May is eligible to vote for it.
 
-We will hold an election in each of the constituencies that are up for election this year,
+We are holding an election in each of the constituencies that are up for election this year,
 even if a given constituency has fewer candidates than there are seats allocated
 for them on the Governing Board.
 This is, effectively, a vote of confidence.
 
-If you believe you are eligible to participate but have not heard from us or
-[OpaVote](https://www.opavote.com/) – the election system we have chosen for this year’s elections – by 23rd May,
+If you believe you are eligible to participate but have not heard from
+[OpaVote](https://www.opavote.com/) – the election system we have chosen for this year’s elections – by 1st June,
 [please email us promptly](mailto:elections@foundation.matrix.org).
-We cannot change our voter rolls after voting begins on 30th May!!
 
-All of the candidates will be listed
+Check out the candidates listed
 [below](@/foundation/governing-board-elections/2026/index.md#nominees)
 starting 16th May.