Re: [s-b] Elections revised

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 7, 2004, at 1.08 AM, Jeremy Cook wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 12:37:35AM -0400, Daniel Lepage wrote:
> > Ok, so now the caller has to count votes for the election, and Kurt
> > Godel has five days after a Ministry becomes Open when only e can 
> > start
> > the election. Godel is expected to always be the one to call these
> > things, but should e fail to do so in a timely manner, any player can
> > take it over for em.
>
> Godel is still the default Moderator for an election, rather than the
> caller, when the Moderator is unspecified.

Hmmm... when I wrote that, I was thinking about rule-called elections: 
if a rule says "An election is called" without specifying how called 
it, it would default to you.

But I suppose that doesn't fit well with the principle of only having 
things happen when a player makes them happen, and it shouldn't be too 
hard to specify the Moderator in all rules, so I'll fix that:

I amend 'Pick and Choose' to read:

{{
__Pick and Choose__

Reenact rule 1823 [[ Standard Election Procedure ]] and add the 
following subsections to section C (selection methods):
 {{
C.2. Approval Voting

Approval Voting is a Selection Method. In an election using Approval 
Voting, a legal vote consists of a list of any number of the choices.

 The choice selected by the Election is whichever choice appeared on 
the greatest number of Eligible voters' votes; in the event of a tie, 
the Moderator picks one of the tied choices to be selected.
 }}
 {{
C.3. Instant Runoff Voting (IRV)

IRV is a Selection Method. In an election using IRV, a legal vote is a 
list of all the choices, ranked in an order of the Voter's choosing.

 The choices are then eliminated, one by one, by repeatedly eliminating 
the choice which ranked highest on the fewest number of votes, and then 
removing that choice from each of the votes (so that those who ranked 
it highest have their votes transferred to their second choice). If 
there are multiple such choices, and removing them would not remove all 
remaining choices, then all of them are eliminated simultaneously.

 If this results in all but one choice being eliminated, then that 
choice is Selected by the election. Otherwise, the Moderator selects 
one of the winning choices to be Selected by the election.
 }}

 Then alter the preface (the bit before section A) as follows:
 Amend the first paragraph to read:
 " An Election is a type of event used to make a decision. An Election 
has five primary attributes: a list of Eligible Voters, a Duration, a 
Selection Algorithm, a list of choices, and a Moderator."

 Add a new second paragraph:
 "The Moderator is an Outsider. E is responsible for counting the votes 
and announcing the results of the election."

 Add to the end of the last paragraph:
 "If an election is called by an Outsider, but no Moderator is 
specified, it is assumed that the caller is the Moderator."

}}

--
Wonko

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