On Fri, 26 May 2017, Nic Evans wrote: > Second, performative utterances are not directly tied to verbs (though many > require formulas that include > a specified verb). I can say "FOR" to vote, and no verb was used.
I was going to say that the implied verb is "I vote FOR..." for which we accept shorthand, but then I reread Rule 683. And this one's interesting, because the verb in question is the act of sending. The message is the literal ballot, and the act of sending (submitting) it is the verb. So you don't actually, technically, vote "by announcement." (wherein you would generally need to supply a verb, or at least an implied verb, to specify your action as per R478). You vote by marking your email ballot and actually sending it.
