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+---
+name: Request a vote
+about: Used to resolve a failure of community consensus on a specific technical
+issue
+
+title: ""
+labels: ""
+assignees: ""
+---
+
+**Background** What is the relevant background that led to this issue?
+
+**Data** Please include links to the data to substantiate the claims made in the
+background section. Please be specific and include relevant links to gerrit, the
+mailing list, or Github.
+
+**Action Requested** What action is being requested? Please point to the Gerrit
+review in the docs repo changing the policy. Please include other possible
+outcomes and propose the desired outcome in this section.