Arr, this has been bugging me since last dynasty.  If the Captain hasn’t voted, all Deferential votes become explicit votes of abstention, which still count as votes, so some wording needs to be fixed in Law 5 or in some cases the proposal cannot be enacted or failed since there is no majority of FOR or AGAINST votes. This change will also handle other voting types such as PARROT, or what have you.

Change:

If the oldest pending Proposal has enough AGAINST votes that it could not be Enacted without one of those votes being changed, or if all Swashbucklers have voted on it and it still cannot be Enacted, or if the Swashbuckler who proposed it has voted AGAINST it, or if it is more than 48 hours old and at least half of its votes are AGAINST, then any Admin Staff may mark that Proposal as Failed.

To:

If the oldest pending Proposal has enough AGAINST votes that it could not be Enacted without one of those votes being changed, or if all Swashbucklers have voted on it and it still cannot be Enacted, or if the Swashbuckler who proposed it has voted AGAINST it, or if it is more than 48 hours old and half or fewer of its votes are FOR, then any Admin Staff may mark that Proposal as Failed.