Proposal 130223E

Proposal text
1. When voting on a given proposal, each member may vote yea, nay, or abstain.

2. The voting period for a given proposal begins when the proposal was last opened for voting. At the end of the voting period for a given proposal, the proposal is accepted if the number of yea votes exceeds the number of nay votes, and otherwise it is rejected.

2a. If any eligible voter calls for more discussion on a proposal, the vote is postponed, and all votes already cast are void, and must be re-cast.

2b. The voter who initially introduced the proposal may call for another vote at any time.

2c. Any eligible voter (who is not the original poster of the proposal) can call for a vote, and if that call is seconded by another member, the discussion ends and a new voting period begins.

2d. There is no maximum number of times a proposal can be called into discussion or called to vote.

3. The voting period for a given proposal ends when one of the following occurs:

3a. All current voting members have voted on the proposal.

3b. The voting period has lasted for at least four days and at least half of the current members of the council have voted on the proposal

3c. If a proposal has enough yea votes to guarantee passage---namely, strictly more than half of (the total number of current members on the council, less the number of abstain votes)---any player who has voted yea may declare the proposal passed on the grounds of exigency, upon which it goes into immediate effect.

Vote
Yea: BrianBoru, LadyLouCupcake, LeJoker, Oneriwien, TawnyFrogmouth