Proposal for elections:
Only those with a special role run for Mayor.
Why:
Mayor's four votes make it a risk to have a Mafia Mayor, especially later in the game. The Prophet can confirm that a Mayor is a townsperson only if they are a special role. Otherwise, the Prophet cannot distinguish a vanilla townie Mayor from a Mafia one.
We don't necessarily want to use the Prophet's one-use power on the Mayor, but the threat of doing so at some point make it very risky for Mafia to run for Mayor.
There's another cool benefit. The Prophet can then tell the Mayor what the Mayor's special role is to confirm his or her identity as the Prophet, as Mafia cannot fake this except by guessing.
Given that most townies have a special role, I believe the decrease in possible candidates under this proposal is outweighed by the increased trust we can have in our Mayorship.
I realize this reveals that Mayor is a special role, but a majority of townies are special roles and they are all so diverse that little is lost to reveal that a Mayor is also a special role. I do feel bad that this strategy limits the awesome fun of being mayor to players who already had the luck to get a special role, but I think it's the right way to go for town.
(I committed to supporting this before anyone was assigned roles in front of Daniel Grazian and aok. So, my role assignment has no influence in this proposal.)
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