I'm not saying that it DID - I'm just saying that if you want a quick result (which in a lot of cases is necessary when someone's kicking up) the minimum amount of time you'd have to allow for a vote is 24 hours because that's the length of a day.

If I were to open up a vote and set the limit to 12 hours, then because I'm in the UK then potentially half the world to the east of me might miss out on the vote because they're asleep. With 24 hours, every member of UT is awake at some point and is therefore able to vote if they visit the board.

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