Rubik - I disagree. I think it's more likely to be a town role, and, if it were a scum role, I would expect it to be downplayed, rather than out in the open on D1. If scum had a powerful vote manipulation ability, I would expect it to be less in the open, until it can be used to start the hammer.
It's possible that the ability gets weaker as time goes on. I think being open about that sort of ability initially is necessary regardless of alignment. If you surprise hammer someone, you'll get a lot of heat the next day.
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Personally, my first guess is that it's PK. And PK is probably either scum or a 3p role that wins by itself. Failing that, it could potentially be a town-jester (maybe Ragnarokio).
I think it makes no sense for town to have that strong of a charismatic voter, I think it only makes sense if:
A. the player is aligned with themselves (and thus needs the added late-game power to have a viable chance at winning)
or
B. the player is part of a 2 man scum team and needs the extra power to make up for the lack of a third scum mate (and the fact there's likely a second [non-cult] threat to the town
The way JD is flaunting it makes it feel like he's fine getting targeted with abilities N1 (which also reinforces my belief that it's PK, who has apparently been targeted by something like 11 abilities N1 before). He's clearly got at least 2 abilities, probably more. His abilities seem to say "I control who dies, I control who lives, I don't even have to hide it." 90% sure he's PK. (That's a 9/10 chance for those of you who left your abacuses at home.)
Any role with this many abilities is extremely unlikely to be town or pro-town (unless he's the jester, in which case we still want him dead).