The teams which aren't debating (Slytherin and Hufflepuff) in this particular debate have now placed their initial votes and the results are:
Hufflepuff
In favour of the no-smoking law: 0% (0 votes)
Against the no-smoking law: 100% (1 vote)
(Yikes, I should have realised this before but there should only have been an
against and
for option in Hufflepuff's vote options...the majority of Hufflepuffs voted for a third option, to wait and "decide after the debate", which defeats the reason for having a pre-debate and a separate post-debate poll (the reason being to measure the swing of votes, in order to calculate the score based on how the debate has swung people's opinion)....ah well, this is a trial anyway....sorry, I should have mentioned this earlier).
Slytherin
In favour of the no-smoking law: 71% (5 votes)
Against the no-smoking law: 28% (2 votes)
1% of votes were eaten by li'l monster as a snack! (or maybe it's a mathematical "rounding" thing)
If the debating teams can post here to confirm they're ready, then we can start the trial debate (or set a day to start it)!