- Quorum: In order for a vote to pass, it must achieve quorum of 4% of all UNI (40M) voting in the affirmative. The purpose of the quorum is to ensure that the only measures that pass have adequate voter participation.
https://docs.uniswap.org/concepts/governance/glossary
Established rules should have been contingent on the delegate reward program proposal being passed. It seemed to be rushed after the protocol fee switch proposal was floated. There is now very little oversight to how delegates are operating between DAO’s and within proposals themselves, as seen here.