On 3/16/26 5:36 PM, Janet Cobb via agora-discussion wrote:
On 3/16/26 17:35, Mischief via agora-discussion wrote:
On 3/16/26 4:59 PM, Janet Cobb via agora-business wrote:
I vote [ais523, Janet] in the ongoing Prime Minister election.
Is this considered sufficiently clear to become a candidate by announcement?
At face value, I don't know if it meets R478's "both clearly and
unambiguously" test. (If there's existing precedent, though, that could
swing things the other way.)
Well, for what it's worth, I certainly didn't intend to become one.
I CFJ on the statement: Janet is a candidate in the ongoing Prime Minister
election
Arguments
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I believe the following facts are undisputed:
1. There is an ongoing election for Prime Minister, and it is still possible
to become a candidate by announcement
2. Janet had not, prior to voting, become a candidate in this election
3. Janet cast a vote in the election that, at face value, considered emself
a candidate
Does casting a vote for oneself pass the hurdles required by rules 2154
("any player CAN become a candidate by announcement") and 478 (excerpted below)?
Where the rules define an action that a person CAN perform "by
announcement", that person performs that action by, in a single
public message, specifying the action and setting forth intent to
perform that action by sending that message, doing both clearly
and unambiguously.
Janet later clarified that e did not intend to become a candidate, but that
may not be relevant here. If I intend to vote FOR proposal A and AGAINST
proposal B, but by mistake write it the other way around in my message, the
actual message trumps the intent. Likewise, if I specify an unintended but
valid recipient when transferring assets, my transfer would still stand.
(Note: Janet's clarification was not sent to a public forum, so if eir vote
did make em a candidate, the clarification did not subsequently satisfy
R2154's mechanism for ceasing to be a candidate by announcement)
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Mischief
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