user9943: I was wondering if it would be an idea to ask a question on the main site making users aware that they can, and should vote for the coming moderator election? In the last election round the number of voters was disappointingly low (55 votes). This means a mod is chosen based mainly on a select elite group of hi-rep users (an inbred mod so to speak). Shouldn't a mod be chosen based on hundreds of votes instead of tens? We have thousands of users here at this stack.
Could we post a question on the main site urging users to vote? 
I am concerned another meta post on this wouldn't make any sense at all. To reach as many people as possible we could write a post as a question on the main site, and bump it up frequently to the top of the page by making small edits to the original post. We do have to make sure to not answer it multiple times in the first few hours after posting I guess as it may make it's way to the hot list :-) I do think a steady number of question upvotes would help though.
Any other ideas on this? 
Proposed question restrictions
- Removal of the question promptly after elections are over
- A moderator should post the question

user3624: The turnout to our last election seems quite normal, for a SE-site of this size. During the last election, Bio-SE had:  

891 voters were eligible, 226 visited the site during the election, 119 visited the election page, and 55 voted

In comparison, Chemistry-SE had a similar level of attendance when site was of similar size:

The same also goes for Physics-SE (slightly higher though):

Sure, you might still find this too low. My point is that the attendance at the latest BioSE election was normal (not abnormally low), which means that it will probably not be easy to increase it that much.

user16866: We could create a Community Promotion Ad.

My more serious attempt:  Voting Promotion Ad 
Update: Well, since I assume this linked ad will eventually be deleted when no longer relevant, I'll copy it below (in case we want to do something similar in the future).

 2019 update to make general: 


9943: <p>I was wondering if it would be an idea to ask a question on the main site making users aware that they can, and should vote for the <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/election?cb=1">coming moderator election</a>? In the last election round the number of voters was disappointingly low (<a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/election/1">55 votes</a>). This means a mod is chosen based mainly on a select elite group of hi-rep users (an inbred mod so to speak). Shouldn't a mod be chosen based on hundreds of votes instead of tens? We have thousands of users here at this stack.</p>

<p><strong>Could we post a question on the main site urging users to vote?</strong>   </p>

<p>I am concerned another meta post on this wouldn't make any sense at all. To reach as many people as possible we could write a post as a question on the main site, and bump it up frequently to the top of the page by making small edits to the original post. We do have to make sure to not answer it multiple times in the first few hours after posting I guess as it may make it's way to the hot list :-) I do think a steady number of question upvotes would help though.</p>

<p><strong>Any other ideas on this?</strong>  </p>

<p><sub><strong>Proposed question restrictions</strong><br>
<strong>-</strong> Removal of the question promptly after elections are over<br>
<strong>-</strong> A moderator should post the question</sub></p>
 3624: <p>The turnout to our last election seems quite normal, for a SE-site of this size. During the last election, <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/election/0">Bio-SE</a> had:  </p>

<blockquote>
  <p><em>891 voters were eligible, 226 visited the site during the election, 119 visited the election page, and 55 voted</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>In comparison, <a href="https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/election/0">Chemistry-SE</a> had a similar level of attendance when site was of similar size:<br>
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/7BulJ.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>The same also goes for <a href="https://physics.stackexchange.com/election/0">Physics-SE</a> (slightly higher though):<br>
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/2tm5B.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>Sure, you might still find this too low. My point is that the attendance at the latest BioSE election was normal (not abnormally low), which means that it will probably not be easy to increase it that much.</p>
 16866: <p>We could create a <a href="https://biology.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3521/community-promotion-ads-2017/3533#3533"><strong>Community Promotion Ad</strong></a>.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/g544c.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/g544c.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>My more serious attempt: <a href="https://biology.meta.stackexchange.com/a/3600/16866"><h2> Voting Promotion Ad </h2></a></p>

<p><strong>Update</strong>: Well, since I assume this linked ad will eventually be deleted when no longer relevant, I'll copy it below (in case we want to do something similar in the future).</p>

<p><a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/election"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/XwZvL.png" alt="Go Vote Now!"></a></p>

<h2> 2019 update to make general: </h2>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/UXxxY.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/UXxxY.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
