{
  "handle": "Vote",
  "mechanism": "N-agent decision mechanism with configurable rules and integrity guarantees. Initiator sends 'VOTE_CALL' with question, options, and {{quorum}} requirement. Eligible agents respond 'CAST' via {{ballot}}. {{system}} enforces: one vote per agent, deadline, and {{quorum}} check. After deadline: compute result. Broadcast 'VOTE_RESULT'. Simple case optimization: binary decisions use lightweight 2-message flow. Tallying is performed by {{aggregate}}; a vote that selects a leader hands off to {{elect}}; a vote that fails its quorum announces that coordination failure via {{break}}.",
  "gloss": "Provide standard decision mechanism with integrity guarantees",
  "failure_modes": [
    "{{quorum}} not met (insufficient participation, decision invalid).",
    "Tie with inadequate tie-breaker (deadlock).",
    "Strategic voting (agents vote tactically rather than honestly—inherent to voting).",
    "Sybil attack (fake agents stuff votes—mitigate via PROBE/RALLY membership).",
    "Vote coercion (agents pressured—hard to detect).",
    "Mechanism mismatch (wrong mechanism for decision type, e.g., plurality for binary)."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Votes immutable after cast.",
    "One vote per eligible agent.",
    "Casts arriving after the deadline are not counted.",
    "Declares a tie-breaker."
  ],
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "mechanism",
      "type": "Enum",
      "range": "{Majority, Supermajority, Quadratic, Ranked, Unanimous}",
      "description": "Counting method"
    },
    {
      "name": "quorum_required",
      "type": "Float",
      "range": "[0.0, 1.0]",
      "description": "Min participation to be valid"
    },
    {
      "name": "voting_period",
      "type": "Duration",
      "range": "[1min, 7d]",
      "description": "Window for casting votes"
    }
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 2,
    "related": [
      "sema:Rank#mh:SHA-256:0fe86cb00461171be3c1415fe2f41d3d48fcbf317eb014280eb0ef26e5b9404e"
    ],
    "ring": 2,
    "supersedes": [
      "sema:Vote#mh:SHA-256:30d0f73565ea6b9b3ec56cac26b7a54ae4533e9db9ea47b6a79691c5b9e69264",
      "sema:Vote#mh:SHA-256:05a759ba011ca83244099099274c4e69bac4b368000810fdb3096f8e740be1d9",
      "sema:Vote#mh:SHA-256:0affbbc722d42218027f581176be08d0a66c9a3dc99adbf94d411ef9fc38786c",
      "sema:Vote#mh:SHA-256:3b66510363464c335c95a843247ddd37bbb98616a17f6a8d4bb17b1ac91bd41c",
      "sema:Vote#mh:SHA-256:d3cbfb3d419b84397dff409d2f83271e9bcb1b6c16b79b0b3629cbe72bd7f3a8"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Society",
      "Coordination"
    ]
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:Vote#mh:SHA-256:84935dbc846bcd8fe2da01e9e04401f190769e87d0354e00c0986e43e414f300",
  "sema_ref": "Vote#8493",
  "sema_stub": "8493",
  "dependencies": {
    "accepts": {
      "ballot": "sema:Ballot#mh:SHA-256:e0e4a34b48dba4669e09b04c4b8c3202f95c878fc26c29480a298012753b1f3c"
    },
    "composes_with": {
      "quorum": "sema:Quorum#mh:SHA-256:2a33f05d34bfb2667645680393ca37865d4a7d05d2056eddf4c9df0c13b21744"
    },
    "references": {
      "aggregate": "sema:Aggregate#mh:SHA-256:2db6858c061515fa2257c96f4a6e4392164e9a118adc6874c69cf2279b877077",
      "break": "sema:Break#mh:SHA-256:5003e128ac02e7835d2094d72dc929ce4c96819b56ef167c2ca8da9f16aa402a",
      "elect": "sema:Elect#mh:SHA-256:53902a96572579889fc19d4c0100e7876fe566fba4cc846241e6b209b00bf52f",
      "system": "sema:System#mh:SHA-256:f8eb318a1113a10fead02fbf14ae433767ac1a69c9579cdb584cc622068e90b3"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Society",
  "sema_category": "Coordination",
  "used_by": {
    "composes_with": {
      "AmbiguityResolution": "sema:AmbiguityResolution#mh:SHA-256:0bd2dd6da1b71ae6670ec4b5cb5c9fb8f2652f94eecd452ad8f7f4bb11eacff2",
      "Consensus": "sema:Consensus#mh:SHA-256:b9a51a8b58edf41b9990f962ee403dbc03c6dd380d6bf178cf5403666ec77d32"
    },
    "references": {
      "PropheticQuorum": "sema:PropheticQuorum#mh:SHA-256:f7fff3a87881c7f923e067c30eee122443ae6ab47c2831edac0eccc1f1e01230"
    }
  }
}