Paul VanKoughnett wrote: >> * if the deck's dealer is part of an Officer's duty, then, >> during an election for that office but before the last >> four days of the election's voting period, a candidate for >> that office CAN make and publish a pledge explicitly, >> clearly, and obviously describing changes e intends to >> make to the frequencies of cards in eir deck. If e wins >> the election, e CAN and SHALL make the described changes >> by announcement asap after the election ends. > > On an unrelated note, I would like to see this incorporated into more > offices. I think campaign speeches are a good idea and a much better > way to decide than "this guy messed up fewer times in the past."
A good general policy, certainly. But I'm not sure it needs to be quite this explicit in the rules. A candidate already SHALL obey pledges to which e is party; a simple "SHOULD publish a campaign speech in the form of a pledge governing eir administration of the office's powers" should suffice.