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VirusLexicon:VirianPolicy:Voting
All Virians who have elected to join the 
"Reputation rating system" have a voice in the affairs of the Church of Virus, in that all Virians who have joined the "Reputation rating system" are able to vote in any Virian Vote to which they have access.
Virians may lose access to vote if they are silenced, but only for the period of silencing.
All Virians with sufficiently high reputations have the ability to establish votes.
All Virians are expected to vote on all issues put to the vote.
Some types of votes may require a minimum reputation in order to participate.
Some types of votes may be informational (i.e. not require participation).
Some types of votes may be "compulsory" and failing to vote in "compulsory votes" will result in possible penalties.
Votes have an abstain button. A vote for abstention is classed as a vote for the purposes of this rule.
New Suggestion: Alternate 1: Virians who do not vote in at least 60% of elections will be removed from the reputation system. The determination will be made from closed votes since the member became eligable to vote (i.e. from the date of first joining the rating system).
New Suggestion: Alternate 2: Virians shall receive an equity according to the current system, but their equity shall be adjusted by a "voting weight" based on whether they have voted in the last 4 elections closed (i.e. 25% of equity per vote cast, awarded as they vote, so their first vote earns them 25% of their available equity, etc). Where the member omits voting before a vote closes, their equity will be reduced by 25% for each vote missed.