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     Title: Expiring Votes for Witnesses
     Authors: Daniel Larmier <Dan@cryptonomex.com>
              Fabian Schuh <Fabian@BitShares.eu>
-    Status: Draft
+    Status: Deferred
     Type: Protocol
     Created: 2015-12-16
     Discussion: <https://github.com/cryptonomex/graphene/issues/265>