On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 12:44 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Look, I can't tell what you're arguing here. Whether or not it's a good > thing to have, ratification doesn't have precedence over the proposal > mechanism, and can't cause incorrect voting reports to make proposals > be adopted. It's a straightforward conflict with R208, and R208 wins. > How exactly does ratification get around a rule that directly contradicts > it?
No, but it can enact the effects of the proposal _as if_ it were adopted. This is how I've always interpreted it. -- -c.