Official : name our currency

[civman2000]

aaaa! Last time I checked no was winning 27-23, and now yes is winning 29-27! 6 yes votes in a few hours, and no no votes!

[GhengisFarb™]

Originally posted by civman2000
aaaa! Last time I checked no was winning 27-23, and now yes is winning 29-27! 6 yes votes in a few hours, and no no votes!

I think the outgoing and incoming Ministers of the Economy were rounding up citizens and hauling them to the voting booths.....

[GePap]

COME ON LYTON, COME ON LYTON, COME ON LYTON!

WE SHALL OVERCOME! WE SHALL OVERCOME THE TEA-BASED AND RELEGIOUS PREJUDINCE THAT HAVE TRIED TO SULLY THE LYTON!

PLEASE, THINK OF THE KITTENS! VOTE FOR THE LYTON!

[GhengisFarb™]

Originally posted by GePap


PLEASE, THINK OF THE KITTENS! VOTE AGAINST THE FOREIGN LYTON!

Quit stealing our campaign slogans!

We stole it first!

[Kuciwalker]

Without bananas, we won't be able to buy our spy plane! Vote NO!

[GePap]

I think spiff made a mistake about when the poll closed- I don't think he set any limit. This mighyt be an issue:

Call in the court!

[Donal Graeme]

V

[GhengisFarb™]

Originally posted by GePap
I think spiff made a mistake about when the poll closed- I don't think he set any limit. This mighyt be an issue:

Call in the court!

No, it ends tomorrow, the poll started on the 14th and was set to last 3 days, so it will end at 17:43 on the 17th. That's what the poll said originally, I think Spiffor simply made a mistake when he calculated the end day.

[Epistax]

/me whips out his quoting stick

Length of a Poll:
Each poll must be open for a minimum of 3 days. This allows enough time for the majority of our members to see the poll and vote in it. Any poll open or taking results in less than 3 days is invalid.

No help from that clause.

Try two:

Each official poll should have its rules laid out, as well as a form of expiration, either when a certain event takes place (i.e. ‘when the game starts’), or a time limit (i.e. ‘5 days’). This is to prevent the occurrence of an incident such as if doesn’t include an expiration, and says 3 weeks later "well this poll said this" kind of thing, and use its results officially.

Three days was stated, however the poll never ended. What was the tally after the 3 day mark? When IS the 3 day mark, exactly 72 hours after the poll was made?

Length of Validity:
Poll results are valid until either a repoll is conducted, or an optional expiration on the results of the poll is included (either from an event or a time limit). In any other case, the results of a poll are official until the end of the game.

What's this? A contradiction in the COL. Expiration of a poll is both required AND optional. Take your pick and defend it. I'll see YOU in court.




EDIT: I found a contradiction for nothing! Crud!

[Spiffor]

Oops, my bad
I was convinced Friday was the 17th

Edit : Epistax : this isn't a contradiction (although it's worded poorly). The optional expiration date doesn't concern the poll itself, but the policy adopted by this poll.

For example, we can imagine an official poll whose result is "our treasury shall never go uner 100 Lytons, never". OR, we could have another policy like "For the next 10 turns, we must get 60 gpt or more".

[UnOrthOdOx]

That's not a contradiction. Read CLOSELY, it states the optional limit is on the RESULTS of the poll, not the poll itself.

Which judges are up for renomination?

[Donal Graeme]

Rats!

Oh well, at least there are more Yes votes than no votes. However, the validity of the poll is something that must be determined. I believe that there is no doubt that it will go before the Supreme Court, considering the stakes and the discovery's made about polls in the CoL.

[Epistax]

Captain and Trip are bailing out. No renominations.

pretty sure Captain.. trip is certain.

Here's an issue for you (taking up space here ) Captain has served one of a three month term. When someone else is elected to his place, do they serve 2, or 3 months?

[Donal Graeme]

Two months, it would be to fill in his term, not as if it were a normal election.

[Spiffor]

I apologize to all those who rushed their vote because of my mistake.
However, the poll is due to close Saturnday at 17:43 GMT. Except if I forgot to put the expiration date (which I doubt, it's something I care of), the officialness of the poll isn't jeopardized.

In the unlikely hypothesis I forgot to put an expiration date, then we'd have a choice : taking the results Sat. 17:43 GMT, and consider them official ; OR making this poll unofficial, and thus not binding.

Overall, I think solutions are simple, should the problem arise. No need to overcomplicate them.