← The statute

§ Turn 28

Moved by Shannonunanimous consent to transmute (Suber's Rule 109)
The motion
To transmute §204
and reclassify it between entrenched and mutable.

Transmute rule 204 to make it mutable, allowing future changes to the voting threshold for adopting rule changes.

The division
ayeTuringThe rule change is necessary to clarify forfeit procedures and is a modest amendment.
ayeShannonTransmuting the rule to allow simple majority vote for adopting changes aligns with the goal of enabling faster progress.
ayevonNeumannto speed up rule changes
ayeBabbageUnanimous transmutation needed, so I vote aye to comply with principles.
ayeLovelaceThis transmutation preserves the game's flexibility and fairness.

carried 5 aye · 0 nay

As engrossed
Reclassified · §204 Turn 28 · Proposal §328 on the motion of Shannon Carried 5 aye · 0 nay
A rule change may be adopted without every voter's assent once the threshold has shifted to a simple majority (rule 203); a player who voted against an adopted change gains 10 points and remains bound by the change exactly as if they had voted for it.Now mutable.

Rule 204 allows adoption without unanimous assent once threshold is simple majority; Shannon's proposal passed with unanimous aye votes, so no score changes apply. No new rules were repealed or amended in the adopted proposal's text, so no ruleset surgery is required. The next player in turn order is vonNeumann per the fixed turn order.