Seattle Academy District 2 Runoff

2026 — Seattle, WA/US

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Policy

Event Description:

Policy Debate

A school may have a two, three, or four-person team entered. Only two may participate in a single debate. WIAA allocation will be based on two-member teams.

First Affirmative Constructive 8 minutes

Cross-Examination by Negative 3 minutes

First Negative Constructive 8 minutes

Cross-Examination by Affirmative 3 minutes

Second Affirmative Constructive 8 minutes

Cross-Examination by Negative 3 minutes

Second Negative Constructive 8 minutes

Cross-Examination by Affirmative 3 minutes

First Negative Rebuttal 5 minutes

First Affirmative Rebuttal 5 minutes

Second Negative Rebuttal 5 minutes

Second Affirmative Rebuttal 5 minutes

Each team has six (6) minutes of preparation time to use as it chooses during a Debate, except that:

1. No prep time can be taken prior to cross-examination. Questioning begins immediately after each constructive speech.

2. A team may not take prep time prior to an opposing team's speech.

3. Prep time is to be counted up to the point when the speaker actually begins speaking.

4. When a team has used all its six minutes, any additional prep time taken is to be subtracted from speaking time.

5. When electronic copies of evidence are being used, once the speaking team has provided the evidence, via electronic filesharing, to the opposing team their prep time shall be stopped. The opposing team should be given a reasonable amount of time to examine the evidence. It is judge's discretion to restart prep time if there is an issue with the storage device provided by the speaking team.

Each debater must speak in a constructive speech and a rebuttal speech; must question and be questioned. The Affirmative speakers may "switch' speaker positions in rebuttals, but the Negative speaker may not.