Aris, I'll pay you back for a fix proposal if you find that oerjan is correct and if you can get it into this week's distribution.
On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 at 19:58 Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > On Mon, 16 Oct 2017, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > > I make two CFJ, and request that they be linked: > > > > There exists a Rule entitled "Campaign Proposals, with power 3", > > with power 1. > > This is CFJ 3577. I assign it to Aris. > > > and > > > > The ADOP SHALL NOT distribute Campaign Proposals for ongoing > > elections. > > This is CFJ 3578. I assign it to Aris. > > > Caller's Arguments: > > > My argument for the first one is that proposal 7912 contains an obvious > typo: > > > > > Enact a new rule entitled (Campaign Proposals, with power 3), reading > as > > > follows: > > > > My argument for the second one (which I thought of first) applies only > if the > > first one is FALSE. > > > > In that case, the new rule entitled "Campaign Proposals" and having > power ) > > states (possibly due to a missing "except"): > > > > > A Campaign Proposal is an Official Proposal exempt from automatic > > > distribution, and SHALL NOT be distributed as required by the rules. > > > The election with which a Campaign Proposal is associated, as well as > its > > > Commitment, are essential parameters for an Agoran decision to adopt a > > > Campaign Proposal. > > > > That's a pretty strong prohibition, which seems to have no exemption for > > elections. Rule 2154 states the opposite, of course: > > > > > When an election is initiated, it enters the nomination period, > > > which lasts for 7 days. In a timely fashion after the nomination > > > period ends, the ADoP CAN and SHALL, in the same message: > > > 1) If the election is contested, initiate an Agoran decision > > > to select the winner of the election (the poll). For this > > > decision, the Vote Collector is the Assessor, the valid > > > options are the candidates for that election (including > > > those who become candidates after its initiation), and the > > > voting method is instant runoff. > > > 2) Distribute all pending Campaign Proposals associated > > > with the election. > > > 3) If POSSIBLE per the following paragraph, end the election > > > immediately. > > > > However, Rule 2154 only has power 2. > > > > Greetings, > > Ørjan. > > > > On Sun, 15 Oct 2017, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > Enact a new rule entitled (Campaign Proposals, with power 3), reading > as > > > follows: > > > > > > During the nomination period of an election, any candidate for that > > > election > > > CAN submit a Campaign Proposal for that election, provided e does not > > > currently have a pending Campaign Proposal for that election, using > the > > > normal > > > mechanism for proposal submission. Campaign Proposals SHOULD relate > to the > > > duties of the office up for election. Commitment is an untracked > Campaign > > > Proposal switch with values Committed (default) and Uncommitted. The > author > > > of a Committed proposal may flip it to Uncommitted by announcement. > > > > > > [A Campaign Proposal is basically an extension of a candidate's > platform, > > > allowing them to propose changes to any office that they wish to > associate > > > with > > > their election. > > > > > > Commitment is basically stating whether a candidate wishes to be > elected > > > only > > > if their proposal passes. They can opt out of commitment, so that they > can > > > be > > > elected if it fails. This allows a player to encode "I will take this > office > > > only if I can change it in this fashion." into the election system.] > > > > > > A Campaign Proposal is an Official Proposal exempt from automatic > > > distribution, and SHALL NOT be distributed as required by the rules. > > > The election with which a Campaign Proposal is associated, as well as > its > > > Commitment, are essential parameters for an Agoran decision to adopt a > > > Campaign Proposal. > > > > > > [The election procedure dictates when Campaign Proposals should be > > > distributed; they don't follow the normal distribution system. They > also > > > have some additional essential parameters, although note that a player > > > can opt out of Commitment even after the proposal is distributed.] > > > > > > When a Campaign Proposal is adopted, it CANNOT take effect until > > > the associated election ends. When the election ends, if the winner > was the > > > proposal's author, then any player CAN once make it take effect by > > > announcement (with its power set as usual for an adopted proposal). > If the > > > conditions for a Campaign Proposal to take effect are met as a result > of an > > > action in a public message, the author of the message SHALL make it > take > > > effect in that message. > > > > > > [Campaign Proposals need to meet two requirements in order to take > effect: > > > their author must win the election and they must pass. The former is > what > > > ties > > > them to the election and allows candidates to safely submit conflicting > > > proposals. The latter is the safety guard (reinforced by rule 106 which > > > prevents non-adopted proposals from taking effect) to ensure that a > > > candidate can > > > > > > This also means that voters can vote on the Campaign Proposals based on > > > whether or not they would be okay with the rule changes, knowing that > > > the actual choice of which one takes effect is dictated by the election > > > outcome. > > > > > > Requiring them to take effect by announcement is a safety guard to > > > ensure that they don't take effect with no one noticing. In practice, > > > the Assessor will nearly always do this in the same message as > resolving > > > the decision (and the poll, if applicable), however.] > > > > [snip] > > > > > Amend rule 2154 (Election Procedure) to read as follows: > > > A player CAN initiate an election for a specified office: > > > a) With 2 Support, if either the office is interim or the > > > most recent election for that office was resolved more > > > than 90 days prior, and provided that the initiator > > > becomes a candidate in the same message. > > > b) By announcement, if e is the ADoP and if the office is > > > interim, or if e is the holder of that office. > > > The above notwithstanding, an election for an office CANNOT be > > > initiated if one is already in progress. > > > > > > [This cleans up when elections can start. Basically, anyone can > > > challenge the existing officer if they are interim or if they have been > > > in their office for a long time; the ADoP can open an election for an > > > office that needs one; and the current officer can always open > > > competition for the office.] > > > > > > After an election is initiated and until nominations close, any > player CAN > > > become a candidate by announcement. A candidate ceases to be a > candidate if > > > e > > > ceases to be a player during the election. An election is contested > if it > > > has > > > two or more candidates at the end of the nomination period, and > uncontested > > > otherwise. For a contested election, nominations close at the end of > the > > > poll's voting period. For an uncontested election, nominations close > at the > > > end of the nomination period. > > > > > > [Players must explicitly opt-in to become candidates, and can do so up > until > > > the winner is locked in, effectively.] > > > > > > When an election is initiated, it enters the nomination period, > > > which lasts for 7 days. In a timely fashion after the nomination > > > period ends, the ADoP CAN and SHALL, in the same message: > > > 1) If the election is contested, initiate an Agoran decision > > > to select the winner of the election (the poll). For this > > > decision, the Vote Collector is the Assessor, the valid > > > options are the candidates for that election (including > > > those who become candidates after its initiation), and the > > > voting method is instant runoff. > > > 2) Distribute all pending Campaign Proposals associated > > > with the election. > > > 3) If POSSIBLE per the following paragraph, end the election > > > immediately. > > > > > > [After the nomination period, the ADoP kicks off the election by both > > > starting > > > the election poll (if needed) and distributing its Campaign Proposals. > The > > > Assessor is the vote collector for the poll because that seemed less > > > invasive > > > than forcing the ADoP to be vote collector for the proposals.] > > > > > > If at any point an uncontested election has a single candidate, and > that > > > candidate either is not the author of a Committed Campaign Proposal > for > > > that > > > election or that proposal was adopted, then any player CAN declare > them the > > > winner of the election by announcement. If at any point an uncontested > > > election has no candidates, or a single candidate who is the author > of a > > > failed Committed Campaign Proposal for that election, then any player > CAN > > > declare the election ended with no winner by announcement. The > Assessor > > > SHALL > > > do one or the other in the same message in which e resolves a > decision to > > > adopt a Campaign Proposal for an ongoing uncontested election. > > > > > > [This paragraph is a bit of a doozy, but basically it means that > uncontested > > > elections work the way you think: if there are no candidates, they > end, and > > > if > > > there is only won, they win. The complexity comes from the fact that > if the > > > one > > > candidate has a Committed Proposal, then things must wait until it > > > concludes, > > > although they can flip it to Uncommitted and then end the election > > > themselves. > > > > > > No provision is made for contested elections where all but one > candidate has > > > dropped out, since I didn't want to have to write rules to allow > > > cancellation > > > of Agoran decisions.] > > > > > > A poll CANNOT be resolved until the decisions to adopt all associated > > > Campaign > > > Proposals are resolved. When resolving the poll, if a given candidate > > > authored > > > one of the associated Campaign Proposals, that proposal is Committed, > and > > > it > > > was not adopted, then that player is disqualified. > > > > > > [This provides that a player with a Committed proposal that failed is > > > not permitted to win the election, as part the intent of Commitment.] > > > > > > When the poll is resolved, its outcome, if a player, wins the > election. > > > When > > > a player wins an election, e is installed into the associated office > and > > > the > > > election ends. > > > > > [snip] >
