SD69 has previously had a go at me for referencing previous Councils and previous elections; but here goes anyway. Previously, the Council has put the effort in to liaise with Reggie and the election technodude (previously dneary, but this time X-Fade) to find eligible talk.maemo.org account holders and email them specific instructions to create, and link, a Garage account.

This isn't something which happens automatically, and requires the current council members (out of the three, only SD69 is active) to do some additional work to ensure as wide a constituency as possible.