Elections and Technical Votes

The rules concerning 3GPP elections and other votes can be found in the following  3GPP Working Procedure articles:

• Article 22 - TSG and WG election of Chair and Vice Chairs.
• Article 25 - TSG and WG decision making.
• Article 26 - TSG and WG voting during a meeting.

A new version of the 3GPP voting tool was published on February 15, 2024. It now takes into account corporate groups and voting caps, as introduced by the PCG last year (see PCG51_07):

• the Voting Member shall not vote if 16 Voting Members associated with the same Corporate Group (as the Voting Member) have previously voted in the same ballot.
• the Voting Member shall not vote if 8 Voting Members associated with the same Corporate Group and Organizational Partner (as the Voting Member) have previously voted in the same ballot.

Corporate groups (either declared by official contacts of IMs, or implicit) can be found at https://www.3gpp.org/dynareport?code=corporate-groups.htm

TSG elections are held every two years, in the first semester of odd numbered years. Each TSG shall elect a maximum of three Vice Chairs.

WG elections shall be held when the corresponding terms of office expire or when an existing Chair or Vice Chair resigns. Each WG shall elect a maximum of two Vice Chairs.

This page is maintained by Elisabetta Comin.