# Special Council Elections September 2026 Cohort **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [September 2, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://horizen.discourse.group/t/special-council-elections-september-2026-cohort/1129 "2026-09-02T12:37:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![PVM](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/horizen.discourse.group/pvm/32/56_2.png) [@PVM](https://horizen.discourse.group/u/PVM)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://horizen.discourse.group/t/special-council-elections-september-2026-cohort/1129/8 "2026-09-07T10:16:39Z")
Hello ZEN community! I am announcing my application for my second term at the Horizen Special Council > [@Special Council Candidate: Paul Mihalache](https://horizen.discourse.group/t/special-council-candidate-paul-mihalache/1145): > > Warm greetings to all the Horizen community! I am writing to announce my candidacy for re-election to the Horizen DAO Special Council. Over the past year, I’ve been actively involved in the effort to bring ZEN staking back. I strongly advocated for reintroducing staking to empower long-term holders, and I’m now using the staking functionality myself with my long-held $ZEN. Throughout the year, I’ve also worked alongside the other Special Council members to keep governance active, effective, an… --- _[View the full topic](https://horizen.discourse.group/t/special-council-elections-september-2026-cohort/1129)._