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===================  CFJ 2751 (Interest Index = 0)  ====================

    G.'s voting limit on the current decision to award coppro a
    thesis is 15.

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Caller:                                 G.

Judge:                                  Murphy
Judgement:                              FALSE

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History:

Called by G.:                           30 Nov 2009 22:28:41 GMT
Assigned to Murphy:                     06 Dec 2009 22:40:00 GMT
Judged FALSE by Murphy:                 06 Dec 2009 22:53:50 GMT

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Caller's Arguments:

Rule 1367/13 reads in part:
       - Each player's voting limit on the decision is thrice what
         their voting limit would have been on an ordinary decision
         initiated at the same time as this one, plus five for each
         degree e held at that time 
However, this limit varies based on the chamber of the ordinary decision
(Rules 2279/0 and 2156/15) so there is no Rules guidance on how to choose
"an" ordinary decision as a reference.  The value 15 is for green ordinary 
decisions which are the R2156 default (G.'s base voting limit on green 
proposals is currently 5).

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Caller's Evidence:

> As Herald (vote collector), I initiate an Agoran Decision initiate to award
> coppro a degree for eir thesis "The Propositional Nomic"
>
(http://www.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-official/2009-November/007387.html).
 Eligible voters are current active players.  Options are:
>      - Associate of Nomic                 (A.N.)
>      - Bachelor of Nomic                  (B.N.)
>      - Master of Nomic                    (M.N.)
>      - Doctor of Nomic History            (D.N.Hist.)
>      - Doctor of Nomic Science            (D.N.Sci.)
>      - Doctor of Nomic Philosophy         (D.N.Phil.)
>      - FAILING GRADE
>
> As G., I vote to my max. voting limit on this decision for B.N.
> (a reasonable thought essay on a straightforward concept - worthy of
> starting coppro on an appropriate progression through the education
> system).

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Judge Murphy's Arguments:

Rule 2222 sets a maximum of either 12 or 1, and no rule taking
precedence over Rule 2222 claims otherwise, so it certainly
can't be 15.

For completeness, I believe that either
  * Rule 1367 attempts to set it to some value >= 1
  * Rule 2222 then reduces it to 1 (non-ordinary decision)
or
  * Rule 1367 fails to set it due to ambiguity
  * Rule 683 then sets it to 1
so, either way, eir voting limit is 1.

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