You're missing this from the same rule: "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."
-Aris On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 6:53 AM Edward Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Aris wrote: > > > I formally protest this confusion. I am unambiguously a candidate, and > > I respectfully request that competent authority explicitly and clearly > > recognize my candidacy and that people vote between me and the other > > candidates on our respective merits, rather than because of the mess > > created by the ADoP's office. If people keep endorsing G. solely > > because of how confusing the situation appears to be, then of course > > e'll win. I'd furthermore like to remind everyone of the active role > > I've taken in resolving our current crisis of inactivity [1] and > > suggest that they take that into account in their voting. To be > > perfectly clear, people are free to vote however they'd like. I'd > > simply prefer that if G. wins, instead of me, it is because people > > would prefer em as Prime Minister, not because of confusion over the > > valid candidates. > > Aris announced eir candidacy here: > https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-business/2019-April/040240.html > > The original point of confusion was the incorrect belief that there > were two separate elections for Prime Minister within the past couple > of months. The first one didn't end uncontested because it was > contested by Corona, and didn't end for lack of votes because voting > was never opened and doesn't automatically open after the nomination > period. > > The only other potential point of confusion that I know of is this > text from Rule 1006 (Election Procedure): > > When an election is initiated, it enters the nomination period, > which lasts for 4 days. After an election is initiated and until > nominations close, any player CAN become a candidate by > announcement. (etc.) > > and later: > > 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 ADoP, the valid options are the > candidates for that election (including those who become > candidates after its initiation), (etc.) > > Precedent seems to be to avoid equating "nominations close" with > "nomination period ends", so that that last parenthetical can do > its job. Still, I've been meaning to propose a fix and I don't think > I've gotten around to actually doing so; see upcoming message. > >
