Talk:346

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Contents 1 Proposer's summary and declarations 2 Debate 3 Vote 3.1 For 3.2 Against

Proposer's summary and declarations

Those who make proposals should be obliged to vote for them. Debate on this proposal will end at 9 p.m. (EST) Dec. 7, 2006. Applejuicefool 11:45, 4 December 2006 (EST)

Made minor wording changes to replace "proposer of a rule" with "proposer of a rule-change". Applejuicefool 12:01, 6 December 2006 (EST)

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The wording of the fractional vote (and i understand why) almost suggests that if it is not your proposal, you could cast 1/2 your vote FOR, with 1/2 AGAINST, or 75/25, etc. I could support the proposal's passing, yet still be awarded points for voting against. This is a moot point if it is determined that it cannot be interpreted this way. --Tucana25 12:09, 6 December 2006 (EST)

The troubling thing is, I can find nothing in the wording of the rules to prevent this scenario. 207 says each player always has exactly one vote; it doesn't say that player can't split his vote or divide it as he wishes. It could be argued, I suppose, that if you're casting votes both for and against a measure, you're actually casting two votes, each of which is some fraction of a vote (Half a vote FOR, Half a vote AGAINST is actually voting twice, or casting two votes, which would be illegal). It's pretty shaky to base a concept on wording that shaky, so perhaps a rule is needed stating that players may not divide individual votes into fractions of votes, unless specifically allowed by the rules. Applejuicefool 12:57, 6 December 2006 (EST)

I think the tacit and shared assumption is that "a vote" and indeed all nouns in the ruleset are indivisible things unless otherwise specified. I can't split my vote any more than I can split myself into half-players or a proposal into half-proposals that somehow distribute the votes. --Chuck 17:33, 6 December 2006 (EST)

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