Question | Answer |
Reports of officers and committees which are for information only and do not require action by the convention: | may be printed and distributed in advance and it may not be necessary to read the report. |
A convention program should include: | the location of the meeting rooms and the registration desk. |
An order of the day can be taken up before the time for which it is set: | by reconsidering the vote that established the order. |
Aspecial order for a particular hour cannot be considered before that hour except by: | a two-thirds vote. |
From the examples below, select the one which would adopt a motion requiring a two-thirds vote with the minimum number in favor | 50 in favor, 25 opposed. |
The unqualified term "majority vote" means: | more than half of the votes cast, excluding blanks and abstentions. |
When the chair announces that a two thirds vote has been abtained and refuses to count the vote, how may the losing side verify the count? | Move to have the vote counted, which requires a majority vote |
Which of the following adopts a main motion when the voting requirement of a majority is based on the number of members present, a quorum is 20 and 25 are present? | 13 voting in favor, 12 opposed. |
Voting requirements based on the number of members present: | deny members the right to maitaim a neutral position by abstaining. |
All vacancies in a 12-members board are to be filled by a two-thirds vote of the legally fixed membership. There are two vacancies. What is the minimum vote needed to elect? | Eight. |
Election by plurality vote requires that the minimum number of candidates or positions be at least: | three. |
A tie vote: | permits the chair to break the tie. |
In the absence of a rule establishing the method of method of voting: | the custom that the organization has used in the past would be followed. |
On a question of direct personal interest, a member: | should abstain from voting on the motion. |
Before a motion has been stated by the chair: | if the motion is modified, the seconder can withdraw his second. |
A motion to make unanimous a ballot vote is out of order, unless: | voted on by ballot. |
If the bylaws require the election to be by ballot: | no vote is in order that would force disclosure of a member's vote. |
If during a ballot vote, a member votes for too many candidates for a given office: | the section of the ballot for that office is illegal. |
In recording ballots cast: | if a member leaves one or more of the choices blank on a ballot, the choices filled should be credited with one legal vote. |
Th tellers' report | begins with the number of votes cast. |
When is a ballot signed? | When a motion is adopted "that a signed ballot be taken by tellers." |
Which of the following is true regarding preferential voting? | When voting on a single ballot of more than two choices, less preferred choices of the voters can be taken into account is no candidate recieves a majority vote. |
A nomination committee, when selection nominees for cadidacy: | may nominate more than one candidate for an office for an office unless the bylaws prohibit it. |
If a portion of the membership of the board changes periodically: | it becomes a new board each time a new group assumes board membership. |
A special committee is discharged or ceases to exist when: | its final report is submitted to the assembly. |
If the assembly instructs the chair to appoint a committee, how is the committee chairman selected? | The first person appointed is the chairman. |
When the bylaws provide that the president is exofficio a member of all committees except the nominating committee, it means that: | the president is not obligated to attend meetings nor is he counted in the quorum. |
A vacancy in a committee is filled by: | the appointing power. |
To adopt the entire report of a board or committee, as opposed to just the recommendations contained at the end of the report, requires a: | majority vote. |
The vote of a majority of the entire membership: | is required to rescind and expunge from the minutes. |
A partical report of a committee: | is handled in the same way as the final report. |
The presentation of a minority report in an assembly: | is a privilege that may be granted by the assembly. |
The formal presentation of a dissenting opinion of committee members not concurring with the committee report is a: | minority report. |
A committee of the whole in its deliberations can: | adopt an amendment to its recommendations. |
In a committee of the whole, appeals from the decision of the chair: | are debatable under the same rules as in the assembly. |
If the committee of the whole originates a resolution, it concludes by voting to: | report the resolution as perfected. |
Motions that are in order in quasi committee of the whole are: | the same as in the assembly. |
During informal consideration: | limitations on the number of times a member can speak are removed. |
The motion to consider a question informally is: | debatable only as to the desirability of considering the question informally. |
When a motion is being considered informally: | the proceedings are placed in the minutes of the formal meeting. |
A member who has exhausted the number of speeches permitted him on a pending main motion: | may still seek recognition to move its referal or amendment. |
When a mail vote authorized in the bylaws is to be secret: | an inner return envelope--with a space for th voter's signature placed on its face instead of on the ballot--should be sent to the voter along with the ballot, and the ballot should be returned sealed in the inner envelope. |
In an assembly that has no special rule permitting a small fraction of the voters to require a two-thirds vote to be counted, the chair, in judging whether to obtain a count of the vote at his own instance: | must be careflu to leave no room for anyone to doubt the result is he finds there are two-thirds on the side that prevails. |
Nomination and election of officers at a convention: | should take place early in the convention. |
In a society where members are permitted to serve in only one office at a time, if a member is present and elected to more than one office: | he can choose which of the offices he will accept. |
In an election of members of a boardor committee, if less than the prescribed number recieve a majority, the places are filled by: | those with a majority, with repeated balloting for the remaining candidates. |
If the bylaws allow cumulative voting or a member to transfer votes, and three directors are to be elected, each member: | may cast all three votes for one, two, or three candidates. |
If a member is absent when elected and has not consented to his candidacy, the election becomes final: | when he is notified of his election and does not immediately decline. |
The officers who must be present for the conduct of business in any deliberative assembly are: | a presiding officer and a secretary or clerk. |
The chair should not hesitate to put the question on a motion: | to elect officers or appoint delegates or a committee even if he is included. |
If the assembly wishes to discuss and take a vote on a matter without the vote constituting the final action, the assembly may: | Fo into the committee of the whole. |
In elections by ballot | "for" or "against" spaces should not be used. |
Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, a standing committee of the society reports to: | the assembly. |