I am open to negotiation here because I am a reasonable American. But the point I want to stress here is that when we set deadlines for things, the majority of our community shouldn't be inconvenienced.

Taking the current election deadlines, for example. The 3:00 (am) UTC Oct 7 deadline is highly susceptible to mistakes. If we say the deadline is at a certain time on Oct 7, the timezone we use should not, when converted, lead to a day in the past. 3:00 UTC Oct 7 is a 11PM UTC Oct 6. So if someone is on the fence about running for office, but decides on the last day to do so, they may be looking at "Oct 7" and reasonably assume the deadline falls on, well, Oct 7. But if they live in the US (where the vast majority of our community lives), they will find themselves knee-capped by the UTC timezone because the deadline was the day before.