# Audience Live Vote Specification

## Core Rules

1. Audience sees only projects within active cohort/window policy.
2. Vote submission requires valid session eligibility and dedupe key check.
3. Closed windows reject submissions with typed error.

## Voting Modes

- per-project window
- per-cohort window
- optional criteria mode or simple score mode

## Safety and Abuse Controls

- tokenized access policy
- optional identity requirement
- rate-limit and dedupe enforcement

## Realtime Requirements

- active project state and window state sync in near real-time
- reconnect path restores current eligible ballot context