omd wrote:
- You can retract/change votes.
And if you've already cast all your votes on a given proposal, then you need to specify that you retract/change; simply casting more votes doesn't work. [Rule 683, "first N"]
- The ratio of FOR to AGAINST has to be >= the adoption index for the proposal to be adopted; higher AI lets the proposal affect higher-powered rules.
The ratio also has to be > 1, even if the adoption index = 1. [Rule 955 (b), "strength of FOR is greater than the strength of AGAINST"]
- Voting has been democratic for virtually all proposals for a long time, but afaik the recent reintroduction of VVLOP should change that (which makes the game more interesting); you can still submit Democratic proposals if you want a fair vote.
The default chamber was/is Ordinary [Rule 1950], but up until recently, that was pretty much small-d democratic in practice (each voter had two votes per proposal, allowing e.g. "1 FOR, 1 PRESENT" to indicate weak support).
