Board Thread:Staff/@comment-8846246-20190901072436/@comment-8846246-20190901072907

-Retroactive Voting Reform

The COA has a feature called "retroactive voting" that allows members to vote after a vote has been moved on from. The COTP lacks this, and it should gain it. However, there needs to be some changes. The following is the new rules.

COA rules: A member may issue a retroactive vote in the following events; so long as it doesn't change the outcome, is given before Phase 3, and it's one of the following cases;
 * The member didn't vote.
 * The member voted neutral
 * They are switching from the minority opinion to the majority.

COTP rules: A member may issue a retroactive vote in the following events; so long as it doesn't change the outcome, is given before end of meeting, and it's one of the following cases;
 * The member didn't vote.
 * The member voted neutral
 * They are switching from the minority opinion to the majority.

The only difference is the "before Phase 3" and "before end of meeting". The COTP's Phase 3 is our Phase 2, and they lack our Phase 3 and use the CFMs for it.

The reason the vote isn't allowed to change the outcome is because it'd re-open the entire debate. Additionally, with the COA a vote may of gone into effect by the time the decision changes.

Here's an example; The COA passes a rule that can result in a ban. Near the end of the meeting the votes change and now we have a ton of banned users for no reason and need to issue an apology to each one.

Another example; the COA establishes a new Committee, but by the end of Phase 2, the vote changes after a Senior Chairman has been hired. Now we'd have to fire the Senior Chairman, anyone they hired, and give the Historical Committee a headache trying to figure out what the hell to do about documenting it.