Control is always needed.

I'd also like to ask you, who is paying for this stuff? Who has coded the sites so they work? Who updates it?

Election is pointless and impossible. Just because people are elected doesn't mean they know how to do anything or would. People that run the board generally have something to do with the people that pay for the board or the server and those who they have choosen to help. If you wish to have elections and what not buy your own server and set up your own site.