[spoon-discuss] Standard Voting

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been thinking about the long-unused plans for a standard voting 
procedure... Is this overly complicated?

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__Voting Procedure__ {*(Voting,Proposals:Voting)*}

A Poll is an event used to make a decision. A Poll has three primary 
attributes: a list of Eligible Voters, a Duration, and an Issue to be 
decided.
The Eligible Voters set is the set of all Game Objects who are allowed 
to cast votes in the Poll. Each Voter may cast a single vote on the 
Poll; this vote may be Yes, No, or Abstain. (note: if a Voter submits 
more than one vote, the *last* one submitted is their actual vote; so 
votes can be changed by resubmitting them).
The Duration of a Poll is an amount of time signifying how long voting 
will continue. When the Duration of the Poll Concludes, the Issue is 
resolved. The Issue is said to have Passed if more Yes votes than No 
votes were cast on the Poll; otherwise, it Fails.

Polls are only called when specified by the rules. If a poll is called, 
but no list of Eligible Voters is specified for it, it is assumed that 
all Players are Eligible Voters, and nothing else is.
If a Poll is called, but no Duration is specified, it is assumed that 
the Duration is until the end of the current nweek.

_Types of Durations_

The Duration of a Poll may be any of the following:
* An absolute point in ntime, such as "nweek 212, nday 6". In this 
case, the Duration Concludes at that point in ntime, or, if it has not 
elapsed but that time has already passed, immediately.
* A relative point in ntime, such as "three ndays from the calling of 
the Poll". In this case, the Duration Concludes at the end of the 
specified period. A <T> Poll, where <T> is a unit of ntime, is a Poll 
with <T> as its Duration (for example, a 3-nday Poll)
* Either of the above, with a point/amount in real time/wtime 
substituted for the point in ntime. This use is strongly discouraged 
except in cases where ntime would be unsuitable.
* Indeterminate. An Indeterminate Duration does not Conclude based on 
time. Indeterminate Polls should generally be Short-Circuited (see 
below), but don't have to be...

_Special Polls_

A Poll may have any of the following optional flags:
* Short-Circuited: The Duration of a Short-Circuited Poll Concludes as 
soon as every Eligible Voter has cast a vote.
* Very Badly Wired (VBW): A VBW Poll's Duration Concludes as soon as 
enough Eligible Voters have cast votes that the outcome of the Poll 
could not be changed by the votes cast by the rest of the Voters.
* Strict: In a Strict poll, each Voter gets exactly one Vote; this 
sentence takes precedence over any rule that would allow players to 
cast multiple votes on a Poll.
* Imperial: In a Imperial poll, the Administrator has the power to Veto 
the Poll, at any time up to the official posting of the results. If e 
does so, the Issue only Passes if the number of Yes votes cast exceeds 
twice the number of No votes (at the time of resolution).
* Despotic: A Despotic poll is an Imperial Poll, except that if the 
Issue is vetoed, it Fails regardless of what votes are cast.

}}

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