How to quit Polkadot election lock

If you have participate Polkadot council election, you will find there are still some DOT locked in the block explorer even after your unbonding.

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So you need to do the unvote process to get your DOT fully unlocked, the steps are:

Open PolkadotJS Dapp

The the menu click ‘Governance’-‘Council’, and then click “Vote”

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Click “Unvote all” and sign the transaction

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Based on the voting weight you select when election, there will be different unlock period. By default, the unlock period is 0 days, and you will get your DOT fully unlocked when the transaction has confirmed.