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@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Substantial amendments to the Nix Community Values require 90% agreement in a po
 
 #### Ordinary decisions
 
-Everything within the authority of SC that doesn't require an extraordinary decision can be decided with a simple majority (more than 50%) of a full SC (vacant seats count as abstaining).
+Everything within the authority of SC that doesn't require an extraordinary decision can be decided with a simple majority (more than 50%) of a full SC (vacant seats count as abstaining, [except when voting for reelection](#full-reelections)).
 
 An exception to that is when there is when the [conflict of interest balance](#conflict-of-interest-coi-balance) condition is suspected to be violated. In that case, all non-involved currently serving SC members will have a simple majority decision over whether there is a violation.
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ In the event of a resignation or other loss of a steering committee member (incl
 
 #### Full Reelections
 
-A simple majority within the SC may call a reelection of the entire SC based on perceived loss of confidence. In this case, it also has to be decided whether this election is considered a special election for the remainders of all the corresponding terms, or an initial election for full 2-year terms for half of the seats rounded up and 1-year half-terms for the remaining seats.
+A simple majority within the SC may call a reelection of the entire SC based on perceived loss of confidence. In this case, it also has to be decided whether this election is considered a special election for the remainders of all the corresponding terms, or an initial election for full 2-year terms for half of the seats rounded up and 1-year half-terms for the remaining seats. Vacant seats vote in favour of reelection, and between initial election and special election they count towards special election.
 
 ### Removal for conduct