As you might remember from past discussions, with the v26 runtime being in Polkadot, [a bug](https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/pull/7384) that caused immature slashing of candidacy bonds in council was fixed, and now's the time to proceed with refunding affected accounts.

Based on our experience in Kusama Network, **Motion 43** aims to reimburse candidates and runners-up who were slashed due to this bug. In order to verify hash, please review this [gist](https://gist.github.com/kianenigma/93c3a86a72823a3f703c442e00929a0a) (generated using [this snippet](https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-debug-kit/blob/b6b818ae1bc6a834f2010e8a58726231034ed8c1/remote-ext-elections-phragmen/js/src/index.ts#L597-L624)). The motion wraps all of the reimbursement calls inside a `utility.batch`, creating a single batch of force transfers from the treasury to the affected accounts.

All councillors please vote at your convenience! If the motion passes, the proposal will be after voted by the community.

Original post can be found [here](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/post/165).

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- There was a bug in Polkadot that caused some people to lose money.
- Motion 43 wants to give the money back to the people who lost it.
- They made a plan to transfer the money back to the affected accounts.
- The councillors will vote on whether to approve the plan.
- If the plan is approved, the community will vote on it too.

#13 Incorrect Slashing on Council Caused by elections-phragmen Pallet Bug