status: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/#3779
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=============================== CFJ 3779 ===============================
I am a candidate for Prime Minister.
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Caller: twg
Judge: Jason Cobb
Judgement: FALSE
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History:
Called by twg: 06 Nov 2019 22:41:48
Assigned to Murphy: 08 Nov 2019 16:59:15
Murphy Recused: 04 Dec 2019 16:53:24
Assigned to Jason Cobb: 04 Dec 2019 16:53:24
Judged FALSE by Jason Cobb: 06 Dec 2019 04:23:14
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Caller's Evidence:
[Message from twg as it appeared]
On Wednesday, November 6, 2019 9:06 PM, Aris Merchant wrote:
On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 7:28 AM Kerim Aydin ke...@uw.edu wrote:
> On 11/3/2019 10:31 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote:
>
> > I initiate an election for Prime Minister.
>
> I nominate myself for P.M., for the sake of having a contested
> election, and I encourage other nominees. -G.
I stand for PM, in the interests of having fun and because it's
basically a tradition that G. and I both run at this point.
-Aris
And my axe!
Election speech: "CFJ: I am a candidate for Prime Minister."
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Judge Jason Cobb's Arguments:
It is undisputed that the nominations for the Prime Minister election had
not closed at the time that twg (possibly) attempted to become a candidate
in that election, so that criterion is fulfilled. Next, we must determine
whether or not twg succeeded in becoming a candidate "by announcement".
Per Rule 478, as interpreted under CFJ 3781, twg can become a candidate by
"unambiguously and clearly specifying the action and announcing that e
performs it." The phrase "and my axe" is not given meaning by the Rules, nor
any other in-game document that I am aware of. While an unenlightened person
(such as myself) could probably figure out the general meaning of the phrase
from some Googling (as I have attempted), I find that the phrase "and my
axe" is insufficiently clear and unambiguous to be EFFECTIVE in performing a
by-announcement action.
Twg never became a candidate for the Prime Minister election, so e is not a
candidate. FALSE.
Judge Jason Cobb's Evidence:
Rule 478/36:
Where the rules define an action that CAN be performed "by announcement", a
person performs that action by unambiguously and clearly specifying the
action and announcing that e performs it.
Rule 2154/53:
After an election is initiated and until nominations close, any player CAN
become a candidate by announcement.
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