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Voting power in Lux governance comes from vLUX (vote-escrowed LUX). Before you can vote or have your tokens counted toward quorum, you must delegate your voting power -- either to yourself or to a representative.

How to Delegate

Go to lux.vote/delegate
Connect your wallet
Enter the delegate address (or your own address for self-delegation)
Confirm the transaction

Self-Delegation

You must self-delegate to activate your own voting power. vLUX holders who have not delegated cannot vote and their tokens are not counted toward quorum.

// Self-delegate on-chain
vLUX.delegate(myAddress);

Delegate to a Representative

If you do not want to vote on every proposal, delegate to a representative who votes on your behalf:

// Delegate to a representative
vLUX.delegate(representativeAddress);

Your delegate votes with the weight of your vLUX. You can change your delegate at any time.

Delegation Properties

Property	Behavior
Transfer	Delegation does not transfer tokens
Revocable	Change delegate at any time
Immediate	Takes effect in the next block
Single delegate	Each address delegates to one representative
Transitive	Delegation is not transitive (A delegates to B, B cannot re-delegate A's votes)

Checking Delegation

# Check who an address delegates to
curl -X POST https://api.lux.network/mainnet/ext/bc/C/rpc \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_call",
    "params": [{"to": "0xvLUX...", "data": "0x5c19a95c000..."}, "latest"],
    "id": 1
  }'

Vote Weight

Your vote weight is the sum of:

Your own vLUX balance (if self-delegated)
vLUX delegated to you by other addresses

Vote weight is snapshotted at proposal creation time. Acquiring or delegating vLUX after a proposal is created does not affect that proposal's vote.