[tor-bugs] #4826 [Tor Directory Authority]: Write proposal for improved consensus voting schedules

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#4826: Write proposal for improved consensus voting schedules
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 Reporter:  arma                     |          Owner:                    
     Type:  enhancement              |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal                   |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor Directory Authority  |        Version:                    
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   Points:                           |   Actualpoints:                    
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 Sebastian suggests that we revise the schedule for consensus voting such
 that there's a cutoff after which we discard votes from the original
 authority. So phase 1a is to publish your vote to every authority, phase
 1b is to ask every authority for votes you're missing, and during phase 1b
 we won't accept phase 1a votes.

 The goal here is to avoid consensus failures that occur when an authority
 uploads a vote during phase 1b, and some authorities end up thinking
 everybody knows it, yet some don't know it.

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