Oh god no, whoever suggested the Real Life ID & Aurum ideas needs to be told to stop coming up with bad ideas.

If you have a voting system that has a benchmark requirement to vote that is say, spitballing here so take it with a pinch of salt, 20mil WarPoints it caters to the players who put effort into the game, and actually care about the "trivial" thing such as a CPM vote.

Figuring out the best level to set that bar at is the tricky part.

Personally, I'm not so concerned with "how people vote", so much as "who can be voted for". There needs to be some kind of filter process that ideally uses player and CCP judgement alike to weed out the "I wanna be on the CPM just cuz" crowd. I feel strongly that politics should have no place in this, and that campaigning should be expressly forbidden (or frowned upon) If someone submits their name (even if someone may not like them) an observer should be able to say "Yeah, this guy/girl has done a lot." without the person having to spam the forums/social media saying "Hey everyone I support everything you love and hate everything you hate!" which is something I find incredibly aggravating and unproductive, since these people usually won't do anything they promise.

Take for example : ContraBanJoe. I love this man to death, and whatever election system was implemented, if he wanted to run PXRXO could've easily gotten him into the CPM regardless of the fact that he'd be terrible for it. This is something I desperately wish to avoid.

Any and all candidates eligible for the final ballot should have a strong history of doing /something/ to involve themselves and make themselves a productive member of the community. This is not an attempt to silence 'power blocs' however, as most of these blocs would likely have a diplomat who is dedicated to maintaining a positive community presence, and these are the kinds of people who generally do well in a 'council' environment. (In most cases) All this does is create a more defined barrier to entry so that only those who fully understand what they are getting themselves into and will positively contribute (for better or worse) will be able to get elected.