You don't get the recruitment results until after deadline. So Fred couldn't get recruited before day 1 and vote for X.
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Or not. The rules say it can happen anytime. Then it is indeed possible that Fred was recruited shortly before deadline on day 1.
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Also, the jailer.
Though I'm a bit curious to know what Fred's last, deleted post was all about.