This poll requires a 3/4 supermajority for the Constitutional Convention to proceed.

Any Constitution generated as a result of the Convention would still need to be ratified by the Manifold user-base.

I would urge you to vote carefully, and view your vote here as part of your sacred civic duty on this site. While ultimately the Manifold government will always be subservient to the site's Community Guidelines, Moderators, and Staff, this poll holds ramifications for the structure, form, and substance of that government. Leaving a power vacuum could allow an oligarchy or tyranny take hold, rather than the futarchic republic that many of the Framers would likely push for.

As described in this market, where context is provided...

https://manifold.markets/bens/will-i-receive-the-mandate-of-the-p

Any Manifold user is welcome to be a "framer" at the (virtual and potentially asynchronous) convention if they meet the following criteria:

• Have been a user of the site for at least a year at the time of creation of this market.

• Had created at least 10 markets AND/OR have a profit of at least 10k mana at the time of creation of this market.

Additionally, at the start of the convention, the Framers will vote on a proposal to open up the position of Framer to a broader class of newer users, if there is public interest.

Things I envision that this government might be useful for:

• Assisting users and moderators, as they see fit, in resolving controversial markets through a vote of the elected representatives.

• Providing a mechanism to create interesting and subjective markets that have no explicit criteria but require the consensus or vote of the elected representatives. This might make, for example, asking vibes-based questions about AI capabilities much more robust and less subject to rules-based litigation.

• Providing a form of collective financing for efforts in the shared interest of the Manifold community such as bailouts, liquidity provision, and prizes/rewards for interesting market creation of useful comments. This could occur through voluntary taxation or tithing (like a mutual aid fund), for example.