Voted
A queue for what comes next.
A candidate is a post that has been suggested but not yet approved. Candidates are public here and nowhere else, and a vote is evidence the owner can weigh rather than a tally that publishes.
Nominate
Anyone can nominate.
A nomination carries the post's address, the lists it belongs to and an optional note saying why. Nominating a record does not publish it.
Rank
Votes order the queue.
The count decides the order a reader sees and nothing else. A rejected candidate stays visible as a tombstone, because a rejection is a state rather than a deletion.
Settle
Approval is a command, not a click.
Approving a candidate is a command the owner runs. The approval records the rank and the count at that moment, so a canvas keeps the decision even when the votes move later.