Gov vote flow

GOVERNANCE.md

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 The JSON Schema Project uses 2 different mechanism for decision making:
 
-1. **Consensus**: The JSON Schema Project tries by default to find consensus in all the strategic decision by using the consensus mechanism described below. 
+1. **Consensus**: The JSON Schema Project tries by default to find consensus in all the strategic decision by using the consensus mechanism described below.
 
-2. **Voting**: It is OK use the voting process for those cases when the discussion has already occurred or discussion and discovery is not required. Voting is a simple yet powerful mechanism. 
+2. **Voting**: It is OK use the voting process for those cases when the discussion has already occurred or discussion and discovery is not required. Voting is a simple yet powerful mechanism.
 
 ### Decision-making via consensus
 
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ The topic and nature of private votes may remain private, including the results.
 
 The kinds of votes which should be private include things related to security reports or discussions with an entity where it might not be desireable to be made public knowledge to either party. This could include details of case studies or partnerships which are not yet concluded or published, where either party may need a final approval for publication or wishes for coordinated or scheduled public publication.
 
+(You can view the "Decision-making via vote" process as a runnable interactive Finite State Machine in the [governance supporting information document](./docs/governance/supporting-info.md).)
+
 ### Documenting decisions
 
 Either initially, or at any point during the process, any TSC member may suggest the issue being discussed is "significant or noteworthy." If there are no objections, the resolution actions for the issue must include the creation of an Any Decision Record (previously named Architectural Decision Record). The Any Decision Record (ADR) should include as much information as is thought to be useful, following the provided template. The Pull Request for the ADR must be approved by all those who were involved in the decision making process, which must also be documented in the ADR as the "deciders."

docs/governance/supporting-info.md

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+# Supporting information for the governance process
+
+For the governance process of the JSON Schema Project, see the primary [GOVERNANCE.MD](https://github.com/json-schema-org/community/blob/main/GOVERNANCE.md) document.
+
+This document provides supporting resources in acknowledgement that parsing legalistic governance process documents can sometimes take considerable effort, and humans are error prone.
+
+## Workflow for voting
+
+The governance document specifies two ways to make decisions, decision making via consensus and decision making via voting.
+
+This section details the workflow of the voting process.
+(The voting process may be different to the voting process found as part of the quick consensus process.)
+
+The following is a diagram generated from a Finite State Machine (FSM) created in Stately.ai.
+One output is Mermaid, which is a diagram format rendered by GitHub!
+It is not as good as viewing the Finite State Machine on Stately, which I would recommend, but it does give you an idea of what to expect.
+
+When you [view this FSM on Stately](https://stately.ai/registry/editor/embed/c53f8d7e-78fa-420e-bec7-59b8ce2471dd?machineId=140d0a50-b21c-462e-99d5-f13231127cb2), you can "run the simulation" (bottom right button) and step through the process, selecting the next action at each state.
+
+While this isn't a traditional flowchart, I feel the ability to interact with and step through the process outweighs any potential familiarity with flowchart diagrammatic representation.
+
+```mermaid
+%% Generated with Stately Studio
+stateDiagram-v2
+  state "votingMachine" as votingMachine {
+    [*] --> votingMachine.Idle
+    votingMachine.Idle --> votingMachine.Awaiting_public_vote_setup : Call TSC Vote Public \ndo / Call for TSC vote
+    votingMachine.Idle --> votingMachine.Awaiting_approval_for_private_vote : Request private vote \ndo / Contact TSC Chairs
+    votingMachine.Awaiting_approval_for_private_vote --> votingMachine.Awaiting_additional_comment_for_counting_votes : Create Issue in private repo\nif [TSC Chair approved]
+    votingMachine.Voting_open --> votingMachine.Awaiting_extension_approval : request_extension \ndo / requestExtension
+    votingMachine.Voting_open --> votingMachine.VotingClosed : xstate.after(604800000)#votingMachine.Voting open \ndo / calculateQuorum
+    votingMachine.Awaiting_extension_approval --> votingMachine.Voting_open : approve_extension \ndo / extendVotingPeriod
+    votingMachine.Awaiting_approval_for_private_vote --> votingMachine.Idle : Not approved by chairs
+    votingMachine.Awaiting_extension_approval --> votingMachine.Voting_open : Extension not approved
+    votingMachine.Awaiting_public_vote_setup --> votingMachine.Awaiting_additional_comment_for_counting_votes : Create Issue in public TSC repo
+    votingMachine.Voting_open --> votingMachine.Voting_open : Cast Vote
+    votingMachine.Awaiting_additional_comment_for_counting_votes --> votingMachine.Voting_open : Create specific comment for voting on
+    state "Idle\n\nThe system is idle, awaiting a call for a public TSC vote or a request for a private vote." as votingMachine.Idle
+    state "Awaiting public vote setup" as votingMachine.Awaiting_public_vote_setup
+    state "Awaiting approval for private vote\n\nA TSC member requests a private vote by contacting the TSC Chairs. The issue is created in the TSC-private repository." as votingMachine.Awaiting_approval_for_private_vote
+    state "Voting open\n\nVoting is open and members can cast their votes using GitHub Reactions on the specified comment." as votingMachine.Voting_open
+    state "Awaiting extension approval\n\nA TSC member has requested a 7-day extension to the voting period.\n\nThis will not be unreasonably withheld." as votingMachine.Awaiting_extension_approval
+    state "VotingClosed\n\nVoting has closed. The votes are tallied, and the result is determined based on whether quorum was reached." as votingMachine.VotingClosed
+    state "Awaiting additional comment for counting votes" as votingMachine.Awaiting_additional_comment_for_counting_votes
+  }
+```