Whilst this is clearly sensible, will it actually enact if the Dynasty ends before it passes?

It should do, as it will amend the Core rules as well. It can still be pending in hiatus, and then be enacted after the new dynasty starts, surely?

As long as our Beloved New Emperor does not veto this proposal it will be fine.

Hum. This makes a lot of sense for talking about “a Majority of survivors”, but it’s a little odd for phrases like “a Majority of FOR votes”. Sometimes it’s useful to have a deliberately obscure jargon word so that people stop and think (and new players stop and look it up), rather than lapsing into common English interpretation. Not sure how much we gain on balance, here.

How about adding Quorum to the glossary as a keyword - with a specified definition?

Actually, it might make more sense just to rewrite phrases like “Majority of FOR votes” as “a Majority of Players have voted FOR”.

Also, it might make sense to try to construct a standard template for votes of different kinds so that new rules which want a voting mechanism don’t have to build things from scratch every time.

The ideal end result would be something which lets you say any of:

* “Players may vote on this. If it passes, X happens.”
* “Players may vote on this. Once two Votes are cast in favour, X happens.”
* “Players may vote on this for 24 hours. If it passes, X happens.”

...with all the unstated aspects being filled in by defaults (voting lasts for 48 hours unless specified, voting can end early if a Majority is reached before the deadline, only Survivors can vote etc.).

Not quite sure how best to word it, though.

Kevan: That seems to be the best solution to me.

Bataleur: I’m in favour of that in theory, depending on how well it would be worded.

until there’s a fixed version that cleans up the “Majority of FOR votes” type wordings.

Quorum makes sense as a keyword, even if it’s not the strict dictionary definition.

Then.

I have a procedural question. When this was posted, Kevan was Captain. Now Kevan’s an Artist and I am Critic. What do ‘IMPERIAL’ votes count as in this case? And if they defer to me, what does mine count as? (Obviously I can revote… but as my original vote implied I’m not sure which way to go on this.)

They defer to you.

Your vote just counts as explicit abstention - and thus any other IMP votes don’t count for either side.

OK. Having pondered this a little in the meantime…

(CoV)

...for basically the reason Kevan gives. We should clean up the questionable wordings before making this change, particularly since it’s only really a cosmetic change if done correctly.