About Current Rules
These are the current rules for playing Pokey 2, listed in the order of adoption.
The numbers and titles are not part of the rules. They are added for
ease of reference.
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NOTE: These rules include a procedure for adopting new rules. However, the
new rules do not take effect immediately, and are listed in a separate document.
Current Rules
Admitting Players
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1.
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A new player will be admitted by two-thirds majority vote.
Terms Of Debate
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2.
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The order of agenda for debating proposals is the order in which they are
proposed. Only the first proposal on the agenda may be debated. The proponent
may withdraw a proposal from the agenda at any time.
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3.
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Debate of a proposal must end when the proponent withdraws it from the agenda.
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4.
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Debate of a proposal must end when a majority votes to table the proposal.
Tabling a proposal pushes it back to the end of the agenda so that the next
proposal may be debated.
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5.
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Debate of a proposal must end when the proponent calls for a vote on on the
proposal itself. If a two-thirds majority votes to adopt the proposal, it
becomes a rule. After the vote, the proposal is removed from the agenda.
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Rules agreed to under these terms of debate do not take effect immediately.
Rather, when all players agree that the new rules are capable of enough
flexibility and stability to continue the game using them alone, these terms
of debate are immediately stricken from the game and all the new rules take
effect. Any player may call for a vote for such a transition at any time.
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6.1.
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When a player leaves the game all that player's proposals are implicitly
withdrawn.
Voting
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7.
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A vote ends one week after it is begun, if it hasn't ended before that time.
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| Editor: Ed McGuire |
Created: March 17, 1997 |
Revised: August 20, 1998 |
