spoon-business: voting prop

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The following is a Proposal entitled "Voting Clean-up". It doesn't change 
much in practice, but it does simplify and tighten the Rules covering 
voting. Note that this will up for voting next nweek, not this nweek.

BEGIN

1. Amend R201 to read:

"The Administrator shall, at least 48 hours prior to the close of voting 
each nweek, distribute to all Players the Ballot for that nweek. On the 
Ballot shall be a list of the following:

i. Approvable Motions which were at the time when voting began both live 
and not awaiting consent.

ii. Candidates to fill Elected Offices which are vacant or for which the 
current Officer's term will expire at the end of the nweek."

2. Repeal R202.

3. Retitle R227 as "Quorum and Voting", and amend it to read:

"Quorum is the minimum number of eligible Agents needed to cast votes on an 
issue during a single voting period in order for the results of voting to 
have effect.

Motions for which quorum is not met remain alive, but are not adopted.
Elections for which quorum is not met are held again in the next nweek, and 
the term of the current Officer is extended by one nweek."

Motions for which quorum has been met become dead at the close of voting, 
regardless of their adoption."

4. Repeal R304. 

5. Replace "Ballot Items" in R309 with "issues on the Ballot".

6. Retitle R312 as "Nominations" and amend it to read:

"Prior to the start of voting during a nweek in which an Elective Office is 
either vacant or an Elected Officer's term will expire, any Player may 
nominate any Player, including emself, as a candidate for that Elective 
Office.

Any Player who declines nomination for an Office prior to voting ceases to 
be a candidate for that Office."

7. Create a new Rule entitled "Elections" as follows:

"Voters may cast exactly one vote for a candidate for each Elective Office 
on the Ballot.

Whichever candidate receives a plurality of the votes cast for an Elective 
Office shall assume that Office upon the expiration of the erstwhile 
Officer's term. In the event of a tie for the most votes among two or more 
candidates for an Elective Office, the Administrator shall select one of 
those candidates to hold the Office."

8. Amend R118 to read:

"Each Player is eligible to vote on each issue on any given Ballot for the 
duration of the voting for which the Ballot was issued. Other Agents may be 
eligible voters, if allowed by the Rules."

9. Amend R224 to read:

"Each eligible voter may cast exactly one vote on each issue on any given 
Ballot, unless otherwise provided for in the Rules."

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-- 
J.