In “Rules and Votable Matters” in the Appendix, replace
If the Puzzler has voted DEFERENTIAL on a Proposal, they are not considered to be a Wordsmith for the purposes of totaling quorum on that Proposal. Votes of DEFERENTIAL made by other Wordsmiths on the same Proposal are not considered to be valid, but the Wordsmiths who made them still contribute to quorum
with
If the Puzzler has voted DEFERENTIAL on a Proposal, they (and any other Wordsmiths who have voted DEFERENTIAL on it) are not considered to be a Wordsmith for the purposes of totaling quorum on that Proposal.
We’ve had a few cases this dynasty of players voting DEF on the Emperor’s DEF, and because these votes “are not considered to be valid”, we’ve had to duly wait (in some cases for the full 48 hour proposal timeout) to see if they might cast a FOR/AGA vote on it, in the same way that we’d wait for someone who hadn’t voted at all.
Maybe it would make more sense to also count these votes as abstentions? Even in cases where the player DEF is cast before the Imperial DEF, it still seems fair to interpret it as “I will vote FOR if the Emperor votes for, AGAINST if they vote against, and abstain if they abstain”, if they don’t check back in later to reconsider their vote.
JonathanDark: Puzzler he/him