On 4/15/26 00:58, Janet Cobb via agora-business wrote:
> I CFJ: Rule 2651 contains the text "the ADoP SHALL publish a document".
>
> Arguments:
>
> {
>
> Proposal 9254 (resolved at [0]) attempted to amend the penultimate
> paragraph of Rule 2651 but misquoted one part of the text it purported
> to change. In CFJs 4143 and 4144 (judged at [1]), Judge ais523 held that
> this amendment did in fact work. Because this was not reported in
> rulesets at the time (as I believed the change to have failed), another
> proposal, Proposal 9300, was submitted that quoted the text prior to the
> change; it was adopted at [2].
>
> Proposal 9300 significantly (and likely not "inconsequential[ly]")
> misquoted what we have now held to be the text of the rule it was trying
> to change. However, under Rule 105/25's test for ambiguity, it is quite
> possible that it was "clear to any reasonable player" what change was
> being specified (even when compared against the alternate text!).
>
> So, did the change work?
>
> }
Blegh, I should have included rule texts.
Initial text before P9254 (and published afterwards), including the
paragraph that P9300 quotes:
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Rule 2651/1 (Power=2)
The Election Cycle
A holder of an elected office who did not become its holder by
winning an election, and has not won an election for that office
since, is an interim holder. An elected office that is either
vacant or has an interim holder is an interim office.
An office is term-limited if the most recent election for that
office was resolved more than the length of that office's term
prior. The term for the office of Prime Minister is 90 days. The
term for all other elected offices is 180 days.
A player CAN initiate an election for a specified elected office:
a) With 2 support (if the office is either interim or term-
limited) or 4 support (otherwise), and provided that the initiator
becomes a candidate in the same message.
b) By announcement, if e is the ADoP (or, if the office is the
ADoP, if e is the Assessor) and the office is interim, or if e is
the holder of that office.
Once per quarter, the ADoP CAN and SHALL publish a Notice of
Election specifying between 2-4 term-limited offices (if there
fewer than 2 term-limited offices, the ADoP MUST instead list all
of them). Such a notice initiates elections for the specified
offices. The ADoP SHOULD prioritize offices that have gone
longest since their last elections.
The above notwithstanding, an election for an office CANNOT be
initiated if one is already in progress.
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Text that CFJs 4143 and 4144 have held to be the case after P9254:
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Rule 2651/? (Power=2)
The Election Cycle
A holder of an elected office who did not become its holder by
winning an election, and has not won an election for that office
since, is an interim holder. An elected office that is either
vacant or has an interim holder is an interim office.
An office is term-limited if the most recent election for that
office was resolved more than the length of that office's term
prior. The term for the office of Prime Minister is 90 days. The
term for all other elected offices is 180 days.
A player CAN initiate an election for a specified elected office:
a) With 2 support (if the office is either interim or term-
limited) or 4 support (otherwise), and provided that the initiator
becomes a candidate in the same message.
b) By announcement, if e is the ADoP (or, if the office is the
ADoP, if e is the Assessor) and the office is interim, or if e is
the holder of that office.
Once per quarter, the ADoP CAN by announcement and SHALL issue a
Notice of Election specifying between 2-4 term-limited offices
(or, if there are fewer than 2 such offices, all of them). Doing
so initiates elections for the specified offices. The ADoP SHOULD
prioritize offices that have gone longest since their last
elections.
The above notwithstanding, an election for an office CANNOT be
initiated if one is already in progress.
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Janet Cobb
Assessor, Rulekeepor
