Coercive Portal — ruling 1

Because the votes are cast in turn order, each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.

Coercive Portal — ruling 2

You must vote for one of the available options. You can't abstain.

Coercive Portal — ruling 3

No player votes until the spell or ability resolves. Any responses to that spell or ability must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.

Coercive Portal — ruling 4

Players can't do anything after they finish voting but before the spell or ability that included the vote finishes resolving.

Coercive Portal — ruling 5

The phrase "the vote is tied" refers only to when there is more than one choice that received the most votes. For example, if a 5-player vote from among three different choices ends 3 votes to 1 vote to 1 vote, the vote isn't tied.

Coercive Portal : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Coercive Portal is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

Will of the council — At the beginning of your upkeep, starting with you, each player votes for carnage or homage. If carnage gets more votes, sacrifice this artifact and destroy all nonland permanents. If homage gets more votes or the vote is tied, draw a card.

How it works : Coercive Portal

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1May 29, 2014· Wizards of the Coast
Because the votes are cast in turn order, each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2May 29, 2014· Wizards of the Coast
You must vote for one of the available options. You can't abstain.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3May 29, 2014· Wizards of the Coast
No player votes until the spell or ability resolves. Any responses to that spell or ability must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#4May 29, 2014· Wizards of the Coast
Players can't do anything after they finish voting but before the spell or ability that included the vote finishes resolving.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#5May 29, 2014· Wizards of the Coast
The phrase "the vote is tied" refers only to when there is more than one choice that received the most votes. For example, if a 5-player vote from among three different choices ends 3 votes to 1 vote to 1 vote, the vote isn't tied.
No other card is named in this ruling.