I intend not to recreate the finger pointing contract, which is a workaround of the Rules. Summary Judgment exists for a reason. However, I will propose (as, in fact, I did last time) reasonable reform of the position, and I do intend not to be overly harsh with the imposition of Blots.
On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 2:38 PM, Aris Merchant <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 9:17 PM Edward Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> G. wrote: >> >> > Claim of Error: As Prime Minister my voting strength is 2 (R2423), >> > which makes a difference in this case. >> >> Accepted. Corrected results of the Referee election: >> >> > On Sun, 24 Jun 2018, Edward Murphy wrote: >> >> Voting for Referee ended a few hours ago. Quorum was met (unless I was >> >> badly mistaken about it). >> >> >> >> Aris withdrew as a candidate. Rule 2154 regulates ceasing to be a >> >> candidate and does not include "by announcement" as a mechanism, so >> >> votes including em are still valid. However, it may be interpreted as >> >> withdrawing consent, which would cause Rule 1006 (which takes precedence >> >> over 2154) to prevent em from being installed. >> >> >> >> Votes: >> >> Corona and 天火狐 voted {Corona, V.J. Rada, Aris} >> >> Aris voted {Corona, Aris, V.J. Rada} >> >> V.J. Rada voted {V.J. Rada, Aris, Corona} >> >> ATMunn voted {Aris, Corona, V.J. Rada} >> >> G., o, and Telnaior voted {V.J. Rada} (G. changed eir initial vote) >> >> twg voted PRESENT >> >> PSS voted {Aris, Corona, V.J. Rada} >> >> Murphy votes PRESENT >> >> >> >> First pass: >> >> Corona got 3 votes (Corona, 天火狐, Aris) >> >> V.J. Rada got 4 votes (V.J. Rada, G., o, Telnaior) >> >> Aris got 2 votes (ATMunn, PSS) >> >> No majority >> >> Candidate with least votes (Aris) eliminated >> >> V.J. Rada actually got 5 votes, still no majority, Aris still >> eliminated. >> >> >> Second pass: >> >> Corona got 5 votes (Corona, 天火狐, Aris, ATMunn, PSS) >> >> V.J. Rada got 4 votes (V.J. Rada, G., o, Telnaior) >> >> Corona is selected >> >> V.J. Rada still got 5 votes, still no majority, Rule 955 requires the >> vote collector to pick exactly one candidate to eliminate. In the spirit >> of IRV, I do so as follows: >> >> * Among those voting for Corona, two originally had V.J. Rada as their >> second choice (Corona, 天火狐) and three had em as their third (Aris, >> ATMunn, PSS). >> >> * Among those voting for V.J. Rada, one originally had Corona as their >> third choice (V.J. Rada) and three didn't have em at all (G., o., >> Telnaior). >> >> Accordingly, I choose Corona to eliminate. V.J. Rada is selected. > > > V.J., congrats on your election! I hope you will consider taking a more > cooperative stance than you did during your previous time in the office. > G.'s policies have been both just and fair, and I hope you will consider > continuing them. > > Corona, commiserations on the narrow loss. > > -Aris > >> >> -- >From V.J. Rada
