09-23-2018, 03:48 AM
As someone who works with law every day, honestly our laws are often not at all specific or precise. 
But that's also why we have so many court cases so it's not exactly something we want to replicate.
This is reasonable to me. I don't think we need to make an exhaustive list, just allow for something slightly more modern than "Nay". "For" and "Against" are much clearer and straightforward words than "Aye" and "Nay" anyway -- modern simple language is always preferable in law to archaic words or legalese.
But that's also why we have so many court cases so it's not exactly something we want to replicate.Quote:Why not just allow votes of Aye or For, Nay or Against, Abstain or Present?
This is reasonable to me. I don't think we need to make an exhaustive list, just allow for something slightly more modern than "Nay". "For" and "Against" are much clearer and straightforward words than "Aye" and "Nay" anyway -- modern simple language is always preferable in law to archaic words or legalese.