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 ### Background and basic objectives
 
-One of the core planks of my [steering committee candidacy](https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/blob/main/candidates/Ericson2314.md) were that
+One of the core planks of my [steering committee candidacy](https://github.com/NixOS/SC-election-2024/blob/main/candidates/Ericson2314.md) was that
 
 - Nix should be properly usable as an incremental build system, not just "package manager"