Overview
DRep Forum Governance Actions is a public tracker that lists the governance proposals put to a vote on the blockchain, what each one asks for, how the vote stands and what it needs to pass1. ADA holders can open any proposal and see who voted, how they explained their choice, and whether it reached the share of votes it needs2. Each proposal page also explains in plain language how votes are counted, including why stake that has not voted works against a proposal2.
The page is one part of DRep Forum, a Cardano governance site that also has a DRep directory, a stake pool directory, a treasury page and a Voting Bodies explainer1. Under Cardano's on-chain governance rules, set out in CIP-1694, anyone holding ADA can submit a governance action, a formal proposal such as a treasury withdrawal or a change to the network's settings3. Three groups vote on these: DReps (delegated representatives who vote with the ADA people delegate to them), stake pool operators, and the Constitutional Committee, a small panel that checks proposals against the Cardano constitution4.
Key Features
- Each vote's progress at a glance. Each entry in the list shows the action's type, its status (active, expired or enacted), the epoch (Cardano's five-day cycle) when voting closes, and the Yes share from each group that votes on it, against the share needed where the list shows one1,5.
- Find the proposals that matter to you. A search box and filters for action type and status narrow the list to, say, open votes or treasury withdrawals, and each withdrawal shows how much ADA it requests1.
- Read why people voted the way they did. On each proposal's page, a section called What voters are saying collects DReps' written explanations, with excerpts, links to the full rationale, and filters for Yes, No and Abstain2.
- The full tally, in percentages and ADA. A section called How the vote ended splits each voting group into Yes, No and not-voted shares, shows the ADA behind each, gives vote counts and says whether the threshold was reached2.
- Counting rules in plain words. A short note explains that unvoted stake counts against an action, that abstaining removes stake from the count, and how ADA set to always abstain or always no confidence is treated2.
What to Expect
You land on a list of proposals, 12 per page and newest first by default1. A proposal stays open for six epochs, roughly 30 days5. Opening a proposal takes you to its own page, which shows when it was submitted, when it took effect if it passed, its on-chain ID and a link to the submitting transaction on Cardanoscan2.
Further down, the same page shows the proposal's own abstract, motivation, rationale and references. A Who voted list for each group follows, with each voter's voting power, vote and date2. Each DRep in that list is named, so ADA holders can look for their own DRep there to see how it voted.
Readers new to governance can start with the Voting Bodies page. It explains which groups vote on each of seven kinds of proposal, the threshold each group needs, and the refundable 100,000 ADA deposit that comes with a proposal5. The site's footer says its figures are read from the Cardano blockchain1. Readers comparing trackers can browse other governance dashboards.
