I guess this is the moment that I share the link for this proposal: https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=326311.0
This should be promoted more to get more responses from forum users. I already suggested that the admin might add to the news section instead of Vote for Senators.
Technically, it's not news though, it's just a proposal for now. Under the pre-title of "Latest proposal" would make more sense though I think. But this is just semantics.
No doubt admin doesn't want to "panic" users by suggesting that karma requirements could be implemented etc (I know him too well). The "if I were President" line is that I would have added it already
(but that's not my call to make anymore, nor do I want it to be). It might therefore be better to ask Freemind to do this, as someone with the executive power to update. I'm not suggesting skirting admin's authority here, only testing the boundaries, as he can always change/remove if disagrees etc. I see it as the same as when I update his topics with new links and info; he can obviously undo if disagrees with the updates etc, and has done so before even if rarely (which doesn't discourage me either).
Otherwise maybe the poll can just play out until the end of the month as it is. Even if only has twice as many votes by then, it'd reflect the active users most engaged with the forum itself (ie those who post in forum related sections). The only real issue so far is representation. At present, it reflects the users most actively engaged in the community, not the wider community as a whole. By adding a link to the top right corner, as you suggested, the poll would at least better represent all active users of the forum as a whole. Ideally we'd have a sample poll of 50-100 of the most active users, even if that sound optimistic, and better visibility is the only way this would be achieved. Aside from translations to others languages (specifially Russian).