I propose that the Rule be changed to read:-

1.4 Voting

Any Deity may cast eir Vote on a Pending Proposal by declaring it in the comments of the entry. Valid votes are FOR, AGAINST, and DEFERENTIAL, which must be represented by appropriate icons. Additionally, a Deity may cast a vote of NULLIFY, which destroys every vote of eirs on that proposal.  When a Deity votes NULLIFY eir vote is also removed from any count towards quorum, it is as if e has not yet voted. It also must be represented by it’s appropriate icon.

If there exists more than one Vote from a single Deity on a single Proposal, only the most recent of those Votes is counted. If a Deity leaves the game or goes idle, eir Vote no longer counts. The NULLIFY, and any other vote, have no effect after a proposal has been Passed or Failed.

A vote of DEFERENTIAL is a vote of no opinion, or of faith in the decision of the Archon. The vote will count as the same as the Archon’s vote. The Archon cannot cast a vote of DEFERENTIAL. If there is no Archon, a vote of DEFERENTIAL counts as an explicit vote of abstention.

If the Deity who made a Proposal has not cast an explicit Vote on it, eir Vote is counted as FOR.

This proposal will not go into effect when enacted.  It will only go into effect when an icon for the NULLIFY vote has been created and approved in a subsequent proposal.

[This is basically the same thing as an extend debate option, if a player wants to stop something from passing.  It’s a more decisive option than allowing a player to abstain when we still have the DEFERENTIAL option, which was something I advocated in the past. 

As for the icon, I was thinking something blue or orange with the same size border as the current icons, and a “?’ in the center.]