Please consult the MCC Laws of Cricket for comparison: 42 detailed laws each with numerous subclauses, 4 appendices, and a preamble. Cricket might be described as a game of trying to hit a bowled ball with a bat while surrounded by obstacles. And indeed if you play on the beach with the family, that just about covers it, because any disputed detail will be resolved in trust, a sense of fairness and the knowledge that it is being played for fun only.
But as you move up from fun to school to amateur to professional games and gamesmanship, it becomes necessary to define, with ever-increasing detail, a universal set of rules that cover every possible bureaucratic anomaly.
All games are inherently emergent. And democracy too. We are still in the process of defining the new rules of emergent democracy.
I would hope however that we could find very simple rules for interaction that would still produce the required complexity of output. You can't be me, I'm taken
MCC and the Art of Democracy is a good start!
European Tribune - Iowa Caucus -- More Than You Want to Know
VII. Formation of Presidential Preference Groups Before Presidential preference groups form, the caucus chair must read [a] statement to all caucus attendees [saying the caucus is open to any member of the Democratic Party -- see link for text.] At this point the caucus will divide into Presidential preference groups. Caucus participants have up to 30 minutes to align with a preference group. If the caucus wishes for more time, it should go to a vote of the whole caucus. When the caucus divides, the caucus chair will direct the various preference groups to different areas of the room or different rooms, as the case may be. Each group will then select a preference group chair. The first formal action of the preference group chair shall be to count their members and report the size of their preference group to the caucus chair. At this time any preference group(s) that is not viable (has fewer members than the viability threshold) must be given an opportunity to realign. Non-viable groups can join with other viable preference groups or with other non-viable preference groups in order to attain viability. Members of non-viable groups can choose not to realign, however they will not be awarded any delegates if they remain non-viable. Members of viable preference groups are also allowed to realign if they so desire. VIII. Awarding Delegates When all the remaining preference groups are viable, the caucus chair will determine the number of delegates that each preference group is entitled to elect. The number of delegates to be awarded to each preference group is determined by: ... the SAME number that was used to calculate viability, above. After delegates are awarded to all viable preference groups, the caucus chair will total up the delegates awarded and compare it to the number of delegates to be elected at the precinct. Note: See link, Steps 23 and 24 for special situations.
VII. Formation of Presidential Preference Groups
When all the remaining preference groups are viable, the caucus chair will determine the number of delegates that each preference group is entitled to elect. The number of delegates to be awarded to each preference group is determined by: ... the SAME number that was used to calculate viability, above. After delegates are awarded to all viable preference groups, the caucus chair will total up the delegates awarded and compare it to the number of delegates to be elected at the precinct.
The number of delegates to be awarded to each preference group is determined by: ... the SAME number that was used to calculate viability, above.
After delegates are awarded to all viable preference groups, the caucus chair will total up the delegates awarded and compare it to the number of delegates to be elected at the precinct.
Note: See link, Steps 23 and 24 for special situations.
