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# xGov Beta Architecture

xGovs vote **MUST BE** either _“Approve”_, _“Reject”_, _“Null”_, or _“Boycott”_.

xGovs **MAY** abstain from voting.

xGovs **SHALL** vote once per Proposal: the allocation of _“Approve”_, _“Reject”_, and _“Null”_ votes **MUST** be simultaneous.

Vote usage **MAY** be partial. Unused votes are default _“Null”_.

Vote is a _“Boycott”_ when:

- The number of _“Approve”_ votes equals the xGov voting power, and
- The number of _“Reject”_ votes equals the xGov voting power.

Vote is _invalid and rejected_ by the xGov Registry if:

- The sum of _“Approve”_, _“Reject”_, and _“Null”_ votes is _not equal_ to the xGov voting power, and
- The vote is not a _“Boycott”_.

Vote **SHALL NOT** be modified.

> Tip
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> Pooled Vote Example: Let’s have an xGov Staking Pool with `N` votes. The Pool **SHOULD** collect poolers’ opinions _before_ expressing the Pool vote accordingly. Once the Pool is ready to vote, the allocation of `N` votes among _“Approve”_, _“Reject”_, or _“Null”_ is simultaneous and can no longer be modified.

Vote **MUST BE** sent either by the xGov Address or the Voting Address.

The Voter Box **MUST** be deleted after the vote.

The xGov absence tolerance **MUST** be reset.

A Submitted Proposal is Approved _if and only if_ all the following conditions hold:

- A _democratic quorum_ of all xGov Committee (one xGov, one vote) is reached. _“Null”_ votes **affect** this quorum. _“Boycott”_ votes **do not affect** this quorum.

- A _weighted quorum_ of all xGov Committee voting power is reached. _“Null”_ votes **affect** this quorum. _“Boycott”_ votes **do not affect** this quorum.

- The _relative majority_ of _“Approve”_ over _“Reject”_ votes is reached. _“Null”_ votes **do not affect** the relative majority. _“Boycott”_ votes **do not affect** the relative majority.

And it is Rejected otherwise.

The Commitment Lock **MUST** be returned to the Proposer if the Proposal is Rejected.

The xGov Daemon **SHALL** delete Voter Boxes of absentees xGovs.

All (absentee) Voter Box **MUST** be deleted before the Council reviews the Proposal.

The absence tolerance of the absentee xGov **MUST** be decremented by one.

The xGov Council **MUST** review Approved Proposals.

The xGov Council **MAY** apply a veto to an Approved Proposal.

An Approved Proposal is considered either:

- Blocked, if the **veto is applied**;

- Reviewed, if the **veto is not applied**.

In case of a Blocked Proposal:

- The requested amount **MUST NOT** be paid.

- The Commitment Lock **MUST** be transferred (slashed) from the Proposal Escrow to the xGov Treasury.

In case of a Reviewed Proposal:

- The Commitment Lock **MUST** be returned from the Proposal Escrow to the Proposer.