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Cardano faces Sept. 1 deadline to renew Constitutional Committee seats
A renewal vote covering four seats needs 67% DRep support and 51% SPO support, with on-chain support still far below those thresholds as the action expires Sept. 1 at epoch 653.
Cardano’s governance framework is approaching a Sept. 1 deadline, when four Constitutional Committee seats tied to epoch 653 expire, and a failure to renew them could leave the committee below its minimum size. CryptoSlate reports that the committee has seven seats, and if the renewal does not pass, only three members would remain, falling under Cardano’s minimum committee size of five.
Intersect warned that if the renewal fails, only a limited set of governance actions would remain, even though the blockchain would continue processing transactions and producing blocks normally. The renewal was submitted on-chain July 31 after Cardano completed and independently audited its 2026 Constitutional Committee election, and four elected candidates are ready to take their seats.
A live Aug. 17 GovTool snapshot showed the renewal with 32.46% support from delegated representatives, or DReps, and 1.95% support from stake pool operators, or SPOs. The thresholds required are 67% for DReps and 51% for SPOs, with enough remaining uncast voting power for passage but Intersect characterizing the outcome as not probable.
CryptoSlate also notes that the incoming members’ terms would end at epoch 799, and the timing is constrained by Cardano’s committeeMaxTermLength of 146 epochs, which matches the gap between epochs 653 and 799. Intersect said the proposal expires Sept. 1 at epoch 653, with failure effectively stalling governance until the committee is restored above the minimum.