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ADA The battle for four seats, a deadline
Cardano is facing a critical governance test.
The network's governance framework is approaching a September 1 deadline-failing to pass a renewal vote for four Constitutional Council seats, most on-chain governance actions could fall into substantial stagnation.
Four of the seven seats on the committee will expire in 653 AD. If the renewal proposal is not approved, there will be only three members left, which is lower than the minimum five-member committee size set by Cardano.
The Intersect warned on August 14 that if this occurred, only the Information Action and Update Committee actions could be implemented until the committee returned to its minimum number.
The renewal proposal was submitted to the chain on July 31, after Cardano completed the 2026 Constitutional Council election and conducted an independent audit. The four elected candidates are ready, but entrusted representatives (DReps) and equity pool operators (SPOs) still need to approve the on-chain action. It is worth noting that the current Constitutional Council does not participate in the voting on its own renewal.
There is still a gap in votes.
GovTool's real-time snapshot on August 17 showed that the renewal proposal received a support rate of 32.46% from entrusted representatives (DReps) and a support rate of 1.95% from equity pool operators (SPOs). The threshold for passage is 67% and 51% respectively.
This means that both voting groups are far from reaching the threshold needed to approve the action before the deadline.
The blockchain itself will continue to operate: blocks are generated as usual and transactions are cleared as usual. However, the process of most major decisions will slow down, including changes in major agreement parameters, constitutional revisions, hard fork coordination, and treasury fund withdrawals.
A large number of ADA tokens that did not participate in the vote may still change the outcome, but strict term rules mean that renewal actions cannot be implemented in advance.
Cardano's governance model consists of three parties: delegated representatives (DReps), equity pool operators (SPOs), and the Constitutional Council. The Constitutional Council acts as a gatekeeper, responsible for determining whether actions on the chain are constitutional and approving decisions needed for network adaptation.
While Cardano's governance infrastructure is still maturing, a reduction in the size of the committee will weaken this check and balance mechanism.
With only about two weeks left before the deadline, the community needs a significant increase in the participation rate of DReps and SPOs to cross the required threshold and avoid governance gridlock.
