Thanks to this discussion and Maths on vote majority discussion, I adjusted votes in my PEP 8015: Annex: Summary on votes
- Vote on promoting a contributor and on PEPs now requires >= 2/3 rather than 50%+1.
- Vote on changing this PEP now requires >= 4/5 rather than 50%+1.
- (Also: Specify the Condorcet method: use Schulze/Beatpath/CSSD variant to elect Python Steering Committee members. Specify how to deal with tie and the constraint on the employers.)
I now agree that 50%+1 was too weak to justify a change/promotion. It’s hard to deal with half of core developers who disagree with a change/promotion.