← all lessonsLESSON 6 OF 8 · TABLE 5: COUNTING YES/NO VOTES, MANAGING VIVID DISCUSSIONS
Structure
Does A significantly influence B? One pair at a time, settled at three quarters of the votes cast. A pair that cannot reach it is not a failure; it is a finding.
Day three. 83 of 90 pairs are settled, seven are open, and two of those split 8–7 twice. People are drifting. What do you do?
✓ That is what the method does.
Keep the stage open until all ninety settle.✗ not this
Seven pairs the room genuinely splits on will not settle by waiting. Attention is the scarce thing; you are spending it on the pairs least likely to yield.
Close the stage. The seven are recorded as contested — no verdict, ever — and appear beside the map as what the room could not agree.✓ what the method does · your pick
Correct. Contested is never a “no”. The rail warned you exactly this would happen, and the record is more honest for it.
Cast the deciding votes yourself on the split pairs.✗ not this
The steward’s vote counts once, like anyone’s. Forcing a split pair to a verdict is the one thing the whole method exists to prevent.
ON THIS PLATFORM
A deadlocked pair goes to two other groups in the room and settles only if they agree. The rail tells you how many are open and what closing will do. In a federation, a pair two rooms judged in opposite directions is referred to two more rooms.