Judge instructions - elimination rounds

If you are on an elimination round panel:

(1) As always, click START as soon as you get your ballot.  That way, we know you have received it and that we don't need to find a replacement judge.

(2) Elimination debates will be adjudicated by three-judge panels.  Please do *not* confer with other judges.  Each judge decides PRO or CON individually.

(3) You will NOT award speaker points.  Just a win and a loss.

(4) After the last judge enters their decision, Tabroom will display the panel decision (3-0 or 2-1 for one of the teams).  Watch for that information in case you are the last judge to enter a decision.  When Tabroom displays that information, we ask that you announce it to everyone in the room - including the winning SCHOOL and the SIDE (PRO or CON) - for example, "Keene Valley on the PRO won this round on a 2-1 decision". 

(5) All judges should then individually say how they voted (school you voted for AND side) and make sure that the panel decision just announced matches what the judges announce individually.  That way, we make sure that nobody confused the sides and that the decision was read correctly.

(6) After announcing your individual decision, each judge may (but is not required to) offer a brief oral explanation for their decision - 90 seconds at most, so that the entire panel takes no more than FIVE MINUTES. 

(7) As usual, we ask all judges to provide written comments - even if you provided oral comments.  You may continue to edit your ballot comments until the end of the tournament.