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=== Role of the Ballot === | === Role of the Ballot === | ||
The role of the ballot establishes the conditions under which the judge ought to vote for you. In traditional LD, although not explicitly stated, the role of the ballot might be to vote for the debater who proves whether the resolution is morally desirable or not. In circuit LD, however, there are many more potential roles of the ballots which extend beyond substantively proving the resolution true or false. | |||
To start, however, two of the most common role of the ballots are [[truth testing]] and [[comparative worlds]]. Under truth testing, for instance, the role of the ballot is to vote for the debater who proves the truth or falsity of the resolution. If the text of the resolution is proven true you affirm, or if it is proven false, you negate. For instance, if the resolution is, "Resolved: States ought to ban lethal autonomous weapons," the affirmative would have to prove that statement true. Since the word "ought" is defined as having a moral obligation, the affirmative would need to prove that it is true that we have a moral obligation to ban lethal autonomous weapons. This necessitates justifying and winning a framework, too. | |||
This illustrates the important note that role of the ballots and frameworks are <u>not</u> the same concept. A role of the ballot establishes the conditions under which the judge should vote for you, whereas a framework establishes what actions are moral. In substantive debates, both the affirmative and negative will concede to a role of the ballot such as truth testing, and focus on the framework debate. | |||
Returning to the previous point, however, role of the ballots need not be entirely substantive. Meaning, debaters may argue that judges should vote for them for reasons other than directly affirming or negating the resolution. One clear example of this might be a role of the ballot of "deconstructing oppression in the debate space." Under this role of the ballot, the debater who best fights against discrimination in the debate space should win the round. Potentially, one debater could argue why certain groups are discriminated against in debate, raising more awareness and brining attention to the issue. Then, they would argue why they deserve the ballot for doing so, even if they didn't directly debate the resolution. | |||
=== Offense vs Defense === | === Offense vs Defense === | ||