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Table of Rules Relating to Motions: Can be Reconsidered Flashcards

1
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main motion or question can be reconsidered

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yes

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Adjourn, ordinary case in societies can be reconsidered

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no

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Adjourn at or to a future time, or in advance of a time already set, or when the assembly will thereby be dissolved can be reconsidered

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no

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4
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adopt, accept, or agree to a report can be reconsidered

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yes

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adopt bylaws or constitution, initially in forming a society can be reconsidered

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negative vote only

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adopt revised bylaws or constitution can be reconsidered

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negative vote only

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adopt special rules of order can be reconsidered

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negative vote only

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adopt ordinary standing rules can be reconsidered

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negative vote only

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adopt parliamentary standing rules in a convention can be reconsidered

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negative vote only

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10
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adopt agenda or program can be reconsidered

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negative vote only

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amend a pending motion can be reconsidered

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yes

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12
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amend an amendment of a pending motion can be reconsidered

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yes

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13
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amend something previously adopted, general case, including ordinary standing rules can be reconsidered

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negative vote only

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14
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amend parliamentary standing rules in a convention, when they are not pending can be reconsidered

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negative vote only

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amend adopted agenda or program with reference to items not yet reached can be reconsidered

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negative vote only

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amend bylaws or constitution, when not pending can be reconsidered

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negative vote only

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amend special rules of order, when not pending can be reconsidered

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negative vote only

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18
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appeal, general case can be reconsidered

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yes

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19
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appeal, relating to indecorum or transgression of rules of speaking, or to the priority of business, or if made when an undebatable question is immediately pending or involved in the appeal can be reconsidered

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yes

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20
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ballot, to order the vote on pending question to be taken by can be reconsidered

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yes

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21
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blank, to create by striking out can be reconsidered

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no

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22
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blanks, proposal for filing can be reconsidered

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yes

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23
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change or depart from adopted convention agenda or program, immediately to take up a matter out of its proper order can be reconsidered

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no

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24
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commit, refer, or recommit a pending question can be reconsidered

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if committee has not begun consideration of the question (a negative vote on this motion can be reconsidered only until such time as progress in business or debate has made it essentially a new question)

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25
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can be reconsidered

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if committee as not begun work on the matter

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26
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consider informally can be reconsidered

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negative only

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27
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consider by paragraph or seriatim can be reconsidered

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no

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28
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continue speaking after indecorum, to grant permission to can be reconsidered

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yes

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29
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debate and amendment, to obtain immediate closing of can be reconsidered

A

yes; but if vote was affirmative, only before any vote has been taken

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30
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Debate, to limit or extend limits of, on a pending question can be reconsidered

A

yes; but if vote was affirmative, only unexecuted part of order (a negative vote on this motion can be reconsidered only until such time as progress in business or debate has made it essentially a new question)

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31
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debate, to limit or extend limits of, for the duration of a meeting can be reconsidered

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yes

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32
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discharge a committee can be reconsidered

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negative vote only

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33
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discharge a committee, when it has failed to report at prescribed time, or while assembly is considered partial report of committee can be reconsidered

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negative vote only

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34
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division of the assembly (call for verification of a voting result by an uncounted rising vote) can be reconsidered

A

no

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35
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count of vote on division, to order, if chair does not do so can be reconsidered

36
Q

division of a question can be reconsidered

37
Q

call for separate vote on a resolution which is one of a series on different subjects offered by a single motion can be reconsidered

38
Q

duty, to be excused from can be reconsidered

A

negative vote only

39
Q

effect, fix time for taking can be reconsidered

A

yes (see, however, Standard characteristics 2, pp. 318-19 and pp.327ff)

40
Q

extend time for consideration of pending question, or time until announced or scheduled adjournment or recess can be reconsidered

41
Q

fix the time to which to adjourn, if moved while a question is pending can be reconsidered

42
Q

fix the time to which to adjourn, if moved while no question is pending can be reconsidered

43
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information, request for

44
Q

lay on the table can be reconsidered

A

negative vote only (a negative vote on this motion can be reconsidered only until such time as either (a) progress in business or debate has made it essentially a new question, or (b) something urgent has arisen that was not known when the assembly rejected the motion

45
Q

minutes, to approve (when proposed by a motion) can be reconsidered

46
Q

minutes, to correct before adoption (when done by a motion) can be reconsidered

47
Q

minutes, to correct after approval can be reconsidered

A

negative vote only

48
Q

minutes, to dispense with reading of can be reconsidered

49
Q

nominations, to make can be reconsidered

A

election cannot be reconsidered after person elected learns of it, and has not declined

50
Q

nominations, to make can be reconsidered

51
Q

nominations, to reopen can be reconsidered

A

negative vote only

52
Q

nominations, motions relating to (except to close or reopen nominations) made while election is pending) can be reconsidered

53
Q

nominations, motions relating to, made while election is not pending can be reconsidered

54
Q

objection to consideration of a question can be reconsidered

A

negative vote (sustaining objection) only

55
Q

order, to make a special, when question is not pending can be reconsidered

56
Q

orders of the day, to call for can be reconsidered

57
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orders of the day, to proceed to can be reconsidered

58
Q

orders of the day, when pending can be reconsidered

59
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order, point of question of, or calling a member to can be reconsidered

60
Q

parliamentary inquiry can be reconsidered

61
Q

postpone indefinitely can be reconsidered

A

affirmative vote only

62
Q

postpone to a certain time, of definitely, applied to a pending question can be reconsidered

A

yes (a negative vote on this motion can be reconsidered only until such time as progress in business or debate has made it essentially a new question)

63
Q

postpone a pending question to a certain time and make it a special order can be reconsidered

A

yes (a negative vote on this motion can be reconsidered only until such time as progress in business or debate has made it essentially a new question)

64
Q

postpone an event or action previously can be reconsidered

A

negative vote only

65
Q

previous question (immediately to close debate and the making of subsidiary motions except the motion to lay on the table) can be reconsidered

A

yes; but if vote was affirmative, only before any vote has been taken under it (a negative vote on this motion can be reconsidered only until such time as progress in business or debate has made it essentially a new question)

66
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proviso can be reconsidered

67
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questions of privilege, to raise while regular introduction as main motion is not in order can be reconsidered

68
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question of privilege in the form of a main motion, whether introduced when an ordinary main motion is in order or admitted by raising a question of privilege can be reconsidered

69
Q

can ratify, or confirm be reconsidered

70
Q

can be reconsidered

71
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recess, to take a, if moved while business is pending can be reconsidered

72
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recess, to take a, if moved while no question is pending can be reconsidered

73
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can reconsider by reconsidered

74
Q

reconsider, in a committee can be reconsidered

75
Q

reconsider, call up motion can be reconsidered

76
Q

rescind and expunge from minutes can be reconsidered

A

negative vote only

77
Q

rescind, repeal, or annul can be reconsidered

A

negative vote only

78
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can refer be reconsidered

A

if committee has not begun consideration of the question (a negative vote on this motion can be reconsidered only until such time as progress in business or debate has made it essentially a new question) OR if committee as not begun work on the matter

79
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can substitute be reconsidered

80
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uspend the rules (as applied to rules of order) can be reconsidered

81
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suspend ordinary standing rules, or standing in a convention can be reconsidered

82
Q

can take from the table be reconsidered

83
Q

take up a question out of its proper order can be reconsidered

84
Q

voting, motions relating to, if made while subject is pending can be reconsidered

A

to close polls, no; to reopen polls, negative vote only; (the vote on a motion ordering that the polls be closed or reopen at a specified time can be reconsidered at any time before the order has been carried out)

85
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voting, motions relating to, if made while no question is pending can be reconsidered

86
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withdraw or modify a motion to grant maker permission to, after motion has been stated by the chair can be reconsidered

A

as to withdrawal, negative vote only; as to modification, yes

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