Significance is a voting issue when the judge believes it is.
The judge is a stock issues judge. This judge believes that affirmatives have the burden to prove significance, inherency, solvency, and to not lose to disadvantages and topicality. The judge believes that the affirmative has the burden to justify change. This judge believes the affirmative has the burden of proof. To make a change, an debater must prove there is a good, strong reason to change and that means that there must be a problem that the affirmative will address.