What if the Administration had the power to veto a turndown by the Council? And by Administration I mean, top three, not moderators. People who have a legitimate stake in the quality of the site.
I don't know, I do think this is a dicy situation, but it seems like a necessary evil. We're not preventing anybody from voting, we're just preventing certain people from running. We already need a majority from within the Council to forbid someone from running. I have no problem with Parsifal or pizza or Junker being able to overturn our decisions. Of course I wouldn't generally expect them to get involved, but if a legitimate claim of poor judgment (or outright foul play) on the matter were to somehow arise, maybe they wouldn't mind giving it their thought.