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Voting Issues

2022-07-25

General Definition: Key points in a debate that are crucial to the outcome; reasons why the judge should give the decision to a team. Public Forum: see general definition. World Schools Debate: see general definition. British Parliamentary: see general definition. Canadian National Debate Format: see general definition.

Weighing Mechanism

2022-07-25

General Definition: The standards by which a judge evaluates the impacts of a debate, including explicit means of comparison like magnitude/scope, probability/likelihood, or timeframe. See also “Impact Weighing“. Public Forum: In PF, students may explicitly or implicitly state their weighing mechanisms, including magnitude/scope, probability/likelihood, and timeframe. World Schools Debate: In …