The Administrator shall, prior to the close of voting each nweek, distribute to all Players the Ballot for that nweek. Each nweek's Ballot shall list all Ballot Issues for the nweek.

The following become Ballot Issues at the start of a nweek's voting:

1. Proposals then active
2. Motions requiring a vote introduced since the previous nweek's voting
3. Elections to replace elected Officers whose terms expire that nweek
4. Elections to fill vacant elected Offices

The Roster is a list of all Players. Whenever a new Player is added, or a Player forfeits, the Administrator shall update the Roster to reflect that change.

An entity may initiate changing its name to another uniquely identifying name by notifying the Administrator. The Administrator shall, in a timely fashion, record the name-change on the Roster. Entities may change only their own names.

The Term of Office for an Office is five nweeks, unless otherwise specified in the Rules.

An Officer ceases to hold eir Office Upon expiration of eir Term unless e is eir own successor.

An Officer shall convey to eir successor, in a timely fashion following the expiration of eir Term, all materials necessary to carry out the duties of the Office.

Each Officer shall, during each nweek, issue a Report summarizing actions during that nweek falling within eir jurisdiction.

The Administrator is the Officer responsible for all game duties not assigned by the Rules to other Officers. The Player whose real name is Joel Uckelman is the Administrator. The Administrator holds Office in perpetuity.

During the first nweek of play, any Agent otherwise qualified as a Player may become one by publicly declaring eir desire to be so.

Any Agent otherwise qualified as a Player may become one if a Motion to Add naming em is adopted. Motions to Add are Privileged Motions. A Motion to Add is adopted if its passage ratio is at least two-thirds.

The Motive Order corresponding to an adopted Motion to Add directs the Administrator to add the named Agent to the Roster.

Whenever an Agent's score reaches or exceeds 500 points, the Administrator shall credit em with a Win.

A Legislative Order is an Order issued in consequence of the adoption of a Proposal. Rule Changes may be affected only through the issuance of Legislative Orders.

An Administrative Order is an Order issued by an Officer in the the course of performing the duties of that Office.

A Judicial Order is an Order issued by a Judge or Appeals Court in conjunction with eir Judicial duties. A Judge may, in the course of making a Judgment, issue one or more Judicial Orders to bring the game state into accord with the result of the Judgment.

A Motive Order is an Order issued in consequence of the adoption of a Motion.

A Private Order is any Order that is not Legislative, Motive, Administrative, or Judicial.

An Order later found to be invalid may be vacated by a Judicial Order. In the event that an Order is vacated, the Agent who executed it shall, if possible, take such actions as to reverse the effects of the Order.

The Administrator may designate a Forum public if it is reasonably accessible to all Players. The Administrator may designate a Forum private only if it is not the sole extant public Forum. Only the Administrator may redesignate Fora. The Administrator shall maintain a list of public Fora.

If at any time there exist no public Fora, the Administrator shall take such steps as are necessary to designate one. Designation of a Forum as public when there are no extant public Fora need not [[and cannot!]] be done publicly.

The Administrator shall, within a reasonable time after receiving a new or revised Proposal, assign it a serial number. Proposals and their revisions are not officially recognized until assigned a serial number.

An Agent may submit a new Proposal whenever e owns fewer than ten live Proposals and has submitted fewer than ten new Proposals that day. The Agent who submits a Proposal is its owner. Only the owner of a Proposal may alter it, but only if the Proposal is both live and not on the nweek's Ballot. The owner of a live Proposal not on the nweek's ballot may alter its title or text, activate it if it is inactive, deactivate it if it is active, or withdraw it from consideration. Only the owner may take such action.

Proposals withdrawn or conclusively voted on are "dead"; all other Proposals are "live". Proposals on the Ballot become dead upon the close of voting, regardless of the outcome of the vote, unless a quorum was not achieved.

Live Proposals not deactivated are "active"; all other Live Proposals are "inactive".
Dead Proposals withdrawn are "withdrawn"; dead Proposals adopted are "passed"; all other dead Proposals are "failed".

A Proposal is adopted iff, at the close of voting, its passage ratio exceeds one-half. Legislative Orders in the text of an adopted Proposal shall be executed in a timely fashion by the appropriate Officers.

Each eligible voter may cast one vote on each Ballot Issue.

Only votes equivalent to "yes" or "no" are counted toward adoption of Proposals and Motions. Abstentions and other non-committal votes are considered neutral. Only votes cast during voting are counted for voting purposes. The Administrator shall, in a timely fashion after its closure, tally the votes and make known the results of voting.

A Player may vote privately if e so desires by notifying the Administrator. Votes cast privately shall not be revealed until voting ends.

Quorum is achieved when a simple majority of eligible voters cast votes on any Ballot Issue. If quorum is not met for a nweek's voting:

1. all Ballot Item Proposals revert to their previous state
2. all Ballot Item Motions fail
3. all Ballot Item Elections are held again in the next nweek

The Administrator shall, within a reasonable time after receiving a new Motion, assign it a serial number. A new Motion is not officially recognized until it is assigned a serial number.

A Motion is adopted iff it receives unanimous consent, or at the close of voting, its passage ratio exceeds one-half. Motive Orders in an adopted Motion shall be executed in a timely fashion by the appropriate Officers. Only Motions defined in the Rules have effect if adopted.

An Agent introducing a Motion may request unanimous consent at the time of introduction, unless the Rules explicitly prohibit it. Unanimous consent is granted if no eligible voters object within one day of the Motion's introduction.

The Administrator shall, in a timely fashion following the close of nweekly voting, for each Proposal adopted during that voting, credit each Agent who voted against the adopted Proposal with a number of Points equaling 5 times its passage ratio.

The Administrator shall, in a timely fashion following the close of nweekly voting, for each Proposal failed during that voting, debit the owner of the failed Proposal 5 Points.

The Administrator shall, in a timely fashion following the close of nweekly voting, for each Proposal adopted during that voting, credit the owner of the adopted Proposal an number of Points equaling 20 times its passage ratio.

A Request for Judgment is a Personal Order. An Agent may, at any time, initiate judicial proceedings in any matter by making a Request for Judgment. That Agent shall be known as the Plaintiff with regard to the Request. A Request for Judgment consists of a Statement to be judged, and analysis as the Plaintiff deems appropriate. The implicit recipient is the Administrator.

Within a reasonable time after receipt of a Request for Judgment, the Administrator shall assign the Request the next Judgment number, and shall select a Judge to handle the Request as per the Rules on Judge selection.

The following are excluded from serving as Judges on a Request for Judgment:

1. the Plaintiff
2. Judges previously recused from the Request

If these exclusions leave no Players eligible to serve as Judge, exclusions may be waived from highest-numbered to lowest until at least one Player becomes eligible.

A Judge shall, within three days of eir selection, give one of the following responses to the Request for Judgment to which e was assigned, accompanied by analysis and Judicial Orders as appropriate:

1. Refused: A Judge may refuse to hear the Request if it lacks a clear Statement or is not germain to the game.
2. True: The Statement is true.
3. False: The Statement is false.
4. Undecided: It cannot be determined at the time of the Judgment whether the Statement is true or false.

The Administrator shall, in a timely fashion, recuse any Judge failing to issue a Judgment within three days of eir selection, and replace em with a new Judge.