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# Voting Process

> **1. The official site for voting, news and notifications on the cgDAO will be the** [**Governance** ](https://dao.chainguardians.io/)**portal. Voting can also be done on the** [**Snapshot** ](https://snapshot.org/#/cgdao.eth)**page. The voting process starts with picking a** [**proposal**](https://dao.chainguardians.io/proposals)**.** 

* [ ] Before voting on a proposal, check the [**Forum** ](https://forum.chainguardians.io/c/discussion/5)posts to see its previous discussions/feedback.
* [ ] Only proposals that are listed as “Active” can accept votes.
* [ ] Proposals marked as "Pending" will become active at a specified time.

> **2. After picking a proposal that you want to vote on, sign in with your wallet** **through the   governance portal.**

* [ ] Your Voting Power (VP) will be calculated from your balance at the time of the Snapshot. Any difference in VP after a Snapshot can only be used in future Snapshots taken after your balance changed. 
* [ ] Minimum of <mark style="color:red;">1000 Voting Power</mark> for Draft Reviewed Snapshot polls.&#x20;
* [ ] Minimum of <mark style="color:red;">1000 Voting Power</mark> for Proposal Snapshot polls.&#x20;

> **3. Depending on the voting system/strategy you might have to select the amount** **of VP you want to use for each choice. You have now completed the voting process.**&#x20;

* [ ] The voting period for Draft Review phase will be <mark style="color:red;">3 days</mark>.
* [ ] The voting period for Proposal phase will be <mark style="color:red;">4 days</mark> for low impact and <mark style="color:red;">7 days</mark> for high impact.

> **4. If the proposal has ended it will be displayed as “Closed”. You can now see if the proposal**&#x20;
>
> **has been Approved or Rejected.**&#x20;

* [ ] Any proposal that is <mark style="color:red;">"Approved"</mark> will have a 2 day failsafe period before its action is committed on-chain.
* [ ] Any proposal that is <mark style="color:red;">"Rejected"</mark> has to wait 30 days before re-submitting.&#x20;
* [ ] All closed proposal discussions will be stored in the [**Archives**](https://forum.chainguardians.io/c/archives/14) category on the governance forum.

{% hint style="warning" %} <mark style="color:orange;">**Warning:**</mark> CG NFTs and internally staked assets are currently weighted in the voting power calculations. External LPs are not included.
{% endhint %}