[Nomic] Proposals (Creation of the Ministry)

[Stuart Moore]

Adam Biltcliffe wrote:

> On Sep 26 2004, Stuart Moore wrote:
> 
>> David (Birch) wrote:
>> > Change your vote to "no" - it doesn't retcart the proposal, but it > 
>> means it can't be passed. (Oh, if I voted yes on that, which I don't > 
>> think I did, I change it to no.)
>>
>> This is certainly true for anyone except the proposer. For the 
>> proposer himself, I'm not so sure
> 
> 
> Nup. The proposer technically has no say on eir own proposal, but since 
> e is the only one who can issue a Notice of Consensus on it, e actually 
> has the ability to prevent it passing anyway. However, for anyone else, 
> there is *no* way to retract your vote. Rule 4, Consensus of Opinion 
> simply says you have to obtain consent from each voting entity. It says 
> nothing about this consent being invalidated by later retractions. (I 
> note that this is another point in which your interpretation of the 
> rules in implementing the AutoNomic appears to differ from what they 
> actually say.)

As I understand it, and I believe someone else suggested this on IRC, 
the phrase "obtains unambiguous consent" gives leway since by posting "I 
consent" and then "I do not consent", unambiguous consent has not been 
obtained. However I also see your interpretation as a valid one. 
Possibly this should be clarified.

Stuart