By the way, what's the point of the Prime Minister having two votes? If it's to protect against an invasion, it's terribly ineffective compared to festivals, as it's not that hard for the invaders to bring one more player (whether a real person or a sockpuppet) to bear.
~Corona On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 6:38 AM, 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 > > > > > >
