I was hoping people would just vote for change 2 or 3, not both.

It brings me back to KotR when people voted for two separate CA's that gave the King of Outremer edicts.

So now everyone in the chain has to wait until everyone who is going to rise in rank, has met the time requirement.

If the Marquess has met his requirement, he still has to wait until at least one of his Counts has met his requirement. And if a Duke wants to be Grand Duke, he needs to not only wait for his own time requirement, but he has to make sure his Marquess and one Count meet theirs. If the Marquess or Count dies, then the Duke is stuck there waiting for the new Marquess/Count to start over even though he has met his requirement. In fact, the Marquess dying might even cause the Duke to drop because one of the Counts might not have had the "time served" to immediately rise up even if they find a new knight to join the House.