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19 changes: 14 additions & 5 deletions source/faq/replica-sets.txt
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Expand Up @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ inaccessible, the other members can autonomously :term:`elect
<election>` one of the other members of the set to be the new "primary".

By default, clients send all reads to the primary;
however, ":term:`read preference`" is configurable at the
however, :term:`read preference` is configurable at the
client level on a per-connection basis, which makes it possible to
send reads to secondary nodes instead.

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ For example, a deployment may maintain a :term:`primary` and :term:`secondary`
in an East-coast data center along with a :term:`secondary` member for disaster
recovery in a West-coast data center.

.. seealso:: ":doc:`/tutorial/deploy-geographically-distributed-replica-set`"
.. seealso:: :doc:`/tutorial/deploy-geographically-distributed-replica-set`

Can MongoDB replicate over a "noisy" connection?
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Expand Down Expand Up @@ -206,10 +206,19 @@ Which members of a replica set vote in elections?
-------------------------------------------------

All members of a replica set, unless the value of :data:`votes
<members[n].votes>` is equal to ``0`` vote in elections. This includes
<members[n].votes>` is equal to ``0``, vote in elections. This includes
all :ref:`delayed <replica-set-delayed-members>`, :ref:`hidden
<replica-set-hidden-members>` and all :ref:`secondary-only
<replica-set-secondary-only-members>` members as well as the
<replica-set-hidden-members>` and :ref:`secondary-only
<replica-set-secondary-only-members>` members, as well as the
:ref:`arbiters <replica-set-arbiters>`.

.. seealso:: :ref:`replica-set-elections`

What is the default voting behavior for hidden members?
-------------------------------------------------------

By default, hidden members of replica sets *do* vote in elections. To
change this behavior, change the hidden member's :data:`votes
<members[n].votes>` field to ``0``.

.. seealso:: :ref:`replica-set-elections`