On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Sean Hunt <ride...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Aaron Goldfein wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Ed Murphy <emurph...@socal.rr.com > > <mailto:emurph...@socal.rr.com>> wrote: > > > > Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=2454 > > > > ============================== CFJ 2454 > ============================== > > > > A player CAN deputize for the IADoP to end an election before > > its voting period has ended. > > > > ============================== > > ========================================== > > > > Caller: Wooble > > > > Judge: Yally > > Judgement: > > > > ============================== > > ========================================== > > > > History: > > > > Called by Wooble: 19 Apr 2009 17:59:07 GMT > > Assigned to Yally: (as of this message) > > > > ============================== > > ========================================== > > > > > > Rule 2160 lists four requirements for deputization: > > > > (a) the rules require the holder of that office, by virtue of > > holding that office, to perform the action (or, if the > > office is vacant, would so require if the office were > > filled); and > > > > (b) a time limit by which the rules require the action to be > > performed has expired, or the office is vacant; and > > > > (c) if the office is held by an active player, the deputy > > announced between two and fourteen days earlier that e > > intended to deputise for that office for the purposes of the > > particular action; and > > > > (d) it would be POSSIBLE for the deputy to perform the action, > > other than by deputisation, if e held the office. > > > > Parts b and c are not applicable. Part d is trivially true. > > > > Rule 2154 requires that: > > > > If there is exactly one valid option for the > > Decision, the IADoP SHALL, in place of initiating the > > Decision, announce the valid option (the candidate), thus > > installing that candidate into the office and ending the > > election. > > > > As such, part a is satisfied as the rules would require the IADoP to end > > the election before its voting period has started. > > > > I therefore judge this case TRUE. > I intend, with 2 support, to appeal this decision on principle; while I > believe this judgment was the correct one, the judge's arguments are of > no relevance whatsoever to the case at hand. > I apologize if that's so. I was not familiar with the background of the case and nothing was given in the form of arguments.
