Kerim Aydin wrote:
> We should make the rare, easily
>noticed and corrected case (second-class persons doing the actions) the
>case with extra reporting requirements, not the everyday one that is
>leading to the vast majority of trivial and annoying errors.
Fair point. How about this:
In rule 1728:
(h) If SUPPORT is a valid vote value, then the announcer, by
virtue of the announcement of intent, implicitly submits a
ballot of SUPPORT on the Agoran decision, if e is an
eligible voter and does not explicitly repudiate this
implication in the announcement.
In rule 2124:
(a) With N Supporters. For this method, the support index is
N+1 and the available option is SUPPORT. "With Support" is
synonymous with "With 1 Supporter". To resolve the
decision, the tally of votes must include:
(1) If the initiator cast an implicit vote which is valid,
at least N valid votes other than the implicit vote, or
all such votes if there are fewer than N.
(2) If the initiator did not cast an implicit vote which is
valid, at least N+1 valid votes, or all votes if there
are fewer than N+1, and (in either case) a note that
there is no implicit vote from the initiator.
(b) Without N Objections. For this method, the objection index
is N and the available option is OBJECT. "Without
Objection" is synonymous with "Without 1 Objection". To
resolve the decision, the tally of votes must include at
least N valid votes, or all votes if there are fewer than N.
A tally of votes that meets the requirements of this rule is
sufficient to resolve an Agoran decision on approving a
dependent action, rules to the contrary notwithstanding.
With this arrangement, reporting the implicit vote is entirely optional.
Reporting its absence (the much less common case) is mandatory, so that
it's always clear from the resolution whether there is one. In the case
of getting sufficient support it is required to report enough votes to
show that support was achieved, but any more is optional. If support
is not achieved, a complete tally is required to show that support was
not achieved. For a "without objection", likewise, only sufficient votes
need be reported to show that objection was achieved, but a complete
tally is required to show that there was not sufficient objection.
-zefram
