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tag-release-announcements-2 wpsp-col-6" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope><div class="wp-show-posts-inner" style=""> <header class="wp-show-posts-entry-header"> <h2 class="wp-show-posts-entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://vtools.ieee.org/now-available/" rel="bookmark">NOW AVAILABLE!</a></h2><div class="wp-show-posts-entry-meta wp-show-posts-entry-meta-below-title post-meta-inline"><span class="wp-show-posts-posted-on wp-show-posts-meta"> <a href="https://vtools.ieee.org/now-available/" title="9:35 am" rel="bookmark"><time class="wp-show-posts-entry-date published" datetime="2024-01-02T09:35:29-05:00" itemprop="datePublished">January 2, 2024</time><time class="wp-show-posts-updated" datetime="2024-01-08T12:29:37-05:00" itemprop="dateModified">January 8, 2024</time></a> </span></div> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="wp-show-posts-entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>The workflow that connects Nominations to Voting and Voting to Officer Reporting is now live!<br /> This means that if you start a nominations process in the Nominations application, your final slate of selected candidates can automatically be sent over to the Voting application where a draft …</p> </div><!-- .entry-summary --> </div><!-- wp-show-posts-inner --></article><article class=" wp-show-posts-single post-6772 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-release-announcements tag-nominations tag-release-announcements-2 wpsp-col-6" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope><div class="wp-show-posts-inner" style=""> <header class="wp-show-posts-entry-header"> <h2 class="wp-show-posts-entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://vtools.ieee.org/december-2023-release-nominations/" rel="bookmark">December 2023 Release – Nominations</a></h2><div class="wp-show-posts-entry-meta wp-show-posts-entry-meta-below-title post-meta-inline"><span class="wp-show-posts-posted-on wp-show-posts-meta"> <a href="https://vtools.ieee.org/december-2023-release-nominations/" title="9:32 am" rel="bookmark"><time class="wp-show-posts-entry-date published" datetime="2024-01-02T09:32:10-05:00" itemprop="datePublished">January 2, 2024</time><time class="wp-show-posts-updated" datetime="2024-02-08T14:37:13-05:00" itemprop="dateModified">February 8, 2024</time></a> </span></div> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="wp-show-posts-entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>Nominations v1.3.0 was released on 28 December and included the following enhancements:</p> <p>Once the final slate of candidates is confirmed, and the Nominations process has completed, users can now automatically bring the winning candidates over to vTools Voting to create an election ballot. 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