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> On Feb 11, 2018, at 11:30 PM, Aris Merchant
> wrote:
>
> I hereby distribute each listed proposal, initiating the Agoran
> Decision of whether to adopt it, and removing it from the proposal
> pool. For this decision, the vote collector is the Assessor, the
> quorum is 5.0, the voting method is AI-majority and the valid options
> are FOR and AGAINST (PRESENT is also a valid vote, as are conditional
> votes).
>
> ID Author(s)AI Title Pender Pend fee
> ---
> 8015* G. 1.0 There once was a Rule G. 3 sh.
>
> Proposals distributed this week:
>
> ID Author(s)AI Title Pender Pend fee
> ---
> 8010* Alexis 3.0 End of an Era Alexis 3 sh.
> 8011* G. 1.5 Patent Depowering G. 3 sh.
> 8012* CuddleBeam 1.0 AUEP [1]CuddleBeam 3 sh.
> 8013* G. 3.0 MEBP? [2] G. 3 sh.
> 8014* Trigon, [3] 2.6 Putting Agora on a Map v7 Trigon 3 sh.
> 8015* G. 1.0 There once was a Rule G. 3 sh.
>
> The proposal pool currently contains the following proposals (this is a
> revision):
>
> IDAuthor(s) AI Title
> ---
> pp1 G.1.0 Voluntary Silliness
>
>
> [1] An utmost excellent proposal
> [2] Must elections be political?
> [3] Aris, ATMunn, G., o, VJ Rada
>
> Legend: * : Proposal is pending.
>
> A proposal may be pended for 3 shinies.
>
> The full text of the aforementioned proposals is included below.
>
> //
> ID: 8015
> Title: There once was a Rule
> Adoption index: 1.0
> Author: G.
> Co-authors:
>
>
> Of silliness I am a fan
> So rulekeepor follow this plan
> Amend as I show
> Rule 1650:
> Replace 'SHALL' with a 'SHALL and CAN'
>
> //
> ID: 8010
> Title: End of an Era
> Adoption index: 3.0
> Author: Alexis
> Co-authors:
>
>
> THE YEAR OF CELEBRATION BEING COMPLETE, RULE 2486 IS HEREBY REPEALED.
>
> //
> ID: 8011
> Title: Patent Depowering
> Adoption index: 1.5
> Author: G.
> Co-authors:
>
>
> Amend Rule 649 (Patent Titles) by replacing "secured" with
> "secured at power 1".
>
> //
> ID: 8012
> Title: An utmost excellent proposal
> Adoption index: 1.0
> Author: CuddleBeam
> Co-authors:
>
>
> Ok so, hear me out, this is a limerick about butts
> It's pretty good, I've got this down, butts.
> give each Agoran a shiny, butts
> And a coin, butts
> This is a classy proposal - butts butts butts!
>
> //
> ID: 8013
> Title: Must elections be political?
> Adoption index: 3.0
> Author: G.
> Co-authors:
>
>
> Repeal Rule 2513 (Campaign Proposals).
>
>
> Amend Rule 2154 (Election Procedure) to read in full:
>
> A player CAN initiate an election for a specified office:
>
> a) With 2 Support, if either the office is interim or the most
> recent election for that office was resolved more than 90 days
> prior, and provided that the initiator becomes a candidate in
> the same message.
>
> b) By announcement, if e is the ADoP and if the office is interim,
> or if e is the holder of that office.
>
> The above notwithstanding, an election for an office CANNOT be
> initiated if one is already in progress.
>
> When an election is initiated, it enters the nomination period,
> which lasts for 4 days. After an election is initiated and until
> nominations close, any player CAN become a candidate by
> announcement. A candidate ceases to be a candidate if e ceases to
> be a player during the election or if holding the office would
> make em Overpowered.
>
> An election is contested if it has two or more candidates at the
> end of the nomination period, and uncontested otherwise. For a
> contested election, nominations close at the end of the poll's
> voting period. For an uncontested election, nominations close at
> the end of the nomination period.
>
> In a timely fashion after the nomination period ends, the ADoP
> CAN and SHALL:
>
> 1) If the election is contested, initiate an Agoran decision
> to select the winner of the election (the poll). For this
> decision, the Vote Collector is the ADoP, the valid
> options are the candidates for that election (including
> those who become candidates after its initiation), and the
> voting method is instant runoff. When the poll is resolved,
> its outcome, if a player, wins the election. If the outcome
>
