The rule is defined as follows: a cell will be alive the next generation if and only if there are currently 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 alive cells in its range-1 [[Moore neighbourhood]]. By including the center cell itself, the total number of neighbours is {{eq|{{times|3|3}}|9}}. Hence it has the totalistic rulestring 56789, as is used by [[Mirek's Cellebration]]. However, in the outer-totalistic birth/survival notation with 8 neighbours, birth conditions assume a dead center cell, so there are at most 8 alive neighbour cells; survival conditions assume an alive center cell, so there is one less alive neighbour cell required. Thus it is expressed as B5678/S45678, a rulestring used by [[Golly]] and [[LifeViewer]].
The rule is defined as follows: a cell will be alive the next generation if and only if there are currently 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 alive cells in its range-1 [[Moore neighbourhood]]. By including the center cell itself, the total number of neighbours is {{eq|{{times|3|3}}|9}}. Hence it has the totalistic rulestring 56789, as is used by [[Mirek's Cellebration]]. However, in the outer-totalistic birth/survival notation with 8 neighbours, birth conditions assume a dead center cell, so there are at most 8 alive neighbour cells; survival conditions assume an alive center cell, so there is one less alive neighbour cell required. Thus it is expressed as B5678/S45678, a rulestring used by [[Golly]] and [[LifeViewer]].
Most patterns in Vote stabilize quickly into amorphous aggregates; as there is no birth on less than 5 alive neighbours, no pattern is capable of escaping its initial [[bounding box]] or [[bounding diamond]], and [[spaceship]]s and [[infinite growth]] patterns are consequently ruled out. [[Natural]] objects include [[still lifes]] of 12, 16, 17, and 19+ cells, and period-2 [[oscillator]]s. It is unknown if oscillators with higher periods exist.
Most patterns in Vote stabilize quickly into amorphous aggregates; as there is no birth on less than 5 alive neighbours, no pattern is capable of escaping its initial [[bounding box]] or [[bounding diamond]], and [[spaceship]]s and [[infinite growth]] patterns are consequently ruled out. [[Natural]] objects include [[still lifes]] of 12, 16, 17, and 19+ cells, and period-2 [[oscillator]]s. No other oscillator periods have been discovered yet, although Keith Amling disproved the existence of oscillators with periods 3, 4, 5 in August 2026 using [[LLSSS]].<ref name="post232565"/>
This article needs to be expanded with: Gerard Vichniac's work on the rule as a majority voting model. (cf. Norman Margolus and Tommaso Toffoli, Cellular Automata Machines, MIT Press: Cambridge, 1987. ISBN 978-0-262-52631-9.)
The rule is defined as follows: a cell will be alive the next generation if and only if there are currently 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 alive cells in its range-1 Moore neighbourhood. By including the center cell itself, the total number of neighbours is 3 × 3 = 9. Hence it has the totalistic rulestring 56789, as is used by Mirek's Cellebration. However, in the outer-totalistic birth/survival notation with 8 neighbours, birth conditions assume a dead center cell, so there are at most 8 alive neighbour cells; survival conditions assume an alive center cell, so there is one less alive neighbour cell required. Thus it is expressed as B5678/S45678, a rulestring used by Golly and LifeViewer.
Most patterns in Vote stabilize quickly into amorphous aggregates; as there is no birth on less than 5 alive neighbours, no pattern is capable of escaping its initial bounding box or bounding diamond, and spaceships and infinite growth patterns are consequently ruled out. Natural objects include still lifes of 12, 16, 17, and 19+ cells, and period-2 oscillators. No other oscillator periods have been discovered yet, although Keith Amling disproved the existence of oscillators with periods 3, 4, 5 in August 2026 using LLSSS.[1]
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Vote 4/5 (or Anneal) is a modification to the Vote rule that has 4 and 5 swapped. Its totalistic rulestring is 46789 and its birth/survival notation is B4678/S35678.
Patterns under Vote 4/5 tend to have more active alive/dead borders. In particular, a single cell supported by a 2-cell thick line replicates following Wolfram's Rule 150.
Natural objects include still lifes with 4, 6, 8+ cells and oscillators of several periods.
