Rule 5E32

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Rule 5E32: Decisions (Essential)

Decisions are a type of Game Object consisting of a specification of:

  • the valid Votes on that Decision
  • the list of Eligible Voters for that Decision, by default all non-Bum, non-Prisoner, non-Dead Players at the start of that Decision's Voting Period
  • the Decision's Deadline, a point in time after the start of Ballotday of the nweek, by default the end of the nweek (where "the nweek" is the nweek that the Decision was created), or the end of next nweek if it is after Ballotday
  • a list of valid Outcomes of the Decision, and how to determine them at the end of the Voting Period
  • what happens when the Decision's Voting Period ends

A Decision's Voting Period is the duration of time between Ballotday of the nweek it was created and its Deadline.

A Decision in its Voting Period is said to be in Voting.

A Decision before its Voting Period is said to be Pending.

There exists a ministry known as the Ministry of Change. The Minister of Change, also known as the Chairman or Barack Obama, is responsible for maintaining a Public Display of the current Decisions and their attributes.

At the end of the nday prior to the beginning of Ballotday, the Minister of Change is obligated to publish a Game Document known as a ballot. Such a document should list all Decisions to be voted on.

Any Eligible Voter for a Decision can cast a valid Vote on it as a Game Action.

Any Eligible Voter may retract their Vote on a Decision at any time.

At the end of a Decision's Voting Period, its Outcome is evaluated, and whatever is specified to happen at the end of its Voting Period happens. Unless specified otherwise in a another Rule, if two or more Decisions have the same Deadline, the events in the previous sentence happen in order of the Decisions' creation, earliest first. This is the process of Resolving. The Minister of Change is then obligated to publish the results of the voting, including each Vote received, the final Outcome, and the changes to any scoring as a result of voting.

Unless specified otherwise in another Rule, Decisions submitted simultaneously are destroyed post-Resolving.

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