I expect testing to start on MapChooser Extended 1.8 later this week.
Here's what's new in 1.8:
Bugfixes:
- Votes from all sources now trigger the warning countdown. This includes round end votes, and any external sources such as rockthevote.
- Fixed a bug that made it possible to start an external vote while the warning counter was counting down. This is much more important now that all sources are using the warning countdown.
New Features:
- New command: mce_forcertv. This command starts a map vote that changes the map as soon as it finishes. It is similar to sm_mapvote, which starts the end of map vote immediately.