On 7/3/2022 8:37 PM, ais523 via agora-business wrote:
> On Sun, 2022-07-03 at 20:30 -0700, Forest Sweeney via agora-business
> wrote:
>> I intend, with 2 support, to start an election for Referee with
>> myself as a candidate.
>
> I support.
>
> (For anyone who's confused, like I was – under the current rules, only
> the ADoP can do this unilaterally for a vacant office, other players
> need 2 support. We used to allow this unilaterally throughout most of
> the time I've been playing; I'm not sure why it changed.)
>
The usual mechanism since the change has been to deputize by publishing a
report (becoming the interim officeholder) and use the bit[0] in the rule
that says the officeholder CAN initiate an election by announcement. This
provides a useful (but maybe over-cautious/unneeded?) filter of "show that
you're interested either by getting support or by getting to grips with
the office via a report or other duty".
-G.
[0]From Rule 2651/0
b) By announcement, if e is the ADoP (or, if the office is the
ADoP, if e is the Assessor) and the office is interim, or if e is
the holder of that office.
