election runner can deadlock in atomic release().
suppose election runner has two clients A and B.
if A is a leader and B is a follower, B obtains lock
for release() and waits for A to close(nextc) which signal
next round is ready. However, A can only close(nextc) if it
obtains lock for release(); hence deadlock.
this pr removes atomicity of validate() and release() in global.go
and gives the responsibility of locking to each runner.
FIXES#7891
