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302. Hastening the inevitable

Vote that Rule 203 shall be altered to read "A rule-change is adopted if and only if it is approved by a simple majority"
82% (23 votes)
or vote against it.
18% (5 votes)
Total votes: 28
 

I propose this rule not because it's necessarily ideal, but because it's going to happen automatically if we don't come up with some other voting system during this go-around (see Rule 203), and it seems unlikely that any other voting system will be approved unanimously before then, at which point this would become law anyway having wasted a lot of our (and our employers') time.

So please, vote YES on my totally boring proposal so that, on your next turn, your own EXCITING proposal won't need a unanimous vote to be adapted.

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  • By 1 at 03/30/2008 - 19:40
 
 

Minor pedantic nitpick: you can't technically alter an existing rule. What you're doing is creating a new Rule "302: A rule-change is adopted if and only if it is approved by a simple majority" that cancels Rule 203.

The only difference is what rule number the new rule has. No need to amend the proposal.

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  • By ctmf at 03/30/2008 - 22:28
 
 

No, 1 is correct. From rule 103: "A rule-change is any of the following: (1) the enactment, repeal, or amendment of a mutable rule..." [emph. mine]

It's true that if this proposal is successful, rule 203 will be renumbered to 302, in accordance with rule 108. But it would be the alteration of rule 203, not the creation of a new rule which simply supercedes 203.

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  • By Chuck at 03/31/2008 - 06:45
 
 

Sure. However you want to think about it, after the proposal passes there will be no 203, and there will be a 302. Just making sure everyone gets that.

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  • By ctmf at 03/31/2008 - 14:15