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1. replace presiding officer with chair pro tem

   By Leo, September 12, 2014 at 10:48 AM
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   • Gary Novosielski
   • September 15, 2014 at 04:43 PM

2. Continuing Breach in Committee?

   By DrEntropy, June 16, 2013 at 04:11 PM
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   • DrEntropy
   • June 17, 2013 at 05:17 PM

3. Appeal Undebatable "...if involved in the appeal" - p. 257, l. 36

   By jstackpo, November 30, 2013 at 02:23 PM
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   • Dan Honemann
   • November 30, 2013 at 04:16 PM

4. What’s new in the 11th edition — Part 1: Resolutions

   By Shmuel Gerber, July 27, 2012 at 08:32 PM   

   • changes11
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   • Shmuel Gerber
   • July 27, 2012 at 08:32 PM

5. Permission Required for Bylaws Revision?

   By jstackpo, September 17, 2015 at 10:16 PM
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   • Dan Honemann
   • September 20, 2015 at 03:50 PM

6. Election eligibility evaluation

   By Sean Hunt, March 13, 2013 at 08:42 PM
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   • Josh Martin
   • March 16, 2013 at 04:36 AM

7. Distinction between suspension and request for a privilege

   By Sean Hunt, October 2, 2013 at 01:39 PM
   • 10 replies
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   • Josh Martin
   • October 8, 2013 at 02:40 PM

8. Voting question

   By Guest Chad, July 13, 2015 at 06:56 PM
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   • Timothy
   • July 14, 2015 at 12:07 PM

9. Incidental main motions

   By Sean Hunt, October 22, 2012 at 04:23 AM
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   • AnonymousBlue
   • October 22, 2012 at 04:21 PM

10. ASPA -- 2/3 or majority vote with all members present

    By Trina, April 1, 2012 at 12:46 PM
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    • Guest
    • April 20, 2012 at 07:46 PM

11. Inconsistency with privilege of vacancies

    By Sean Hunt, March 10, 2013 at 07:25 PM
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    • Gary c Tesser
    • March 13, 2013 at 04:30 AM

12. Staus of a motion after an invalid vote

    By Guest Kevin Pilla, December 2, 2015 at 02:53 AM   

    • motions
    • Invalid votes
    • (and 1 more)

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      • motions
      • Invalid votes
      • procedure
    • 7 replies
    • 903 views
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    • Dan Honemann
    • December 2, 2015 at 12:43 PM

13. RONR vs general parliamentary law

    By Chris Harrison, April 14, 2011 at 05:46 PM
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    • Kim Goldsworthy
    • April 14, 2011 at 10:26 PM

14. Interpreting motions not phrased directly as a special rule of order

    By Sean Hunt, October 24, 2013 at 07:53 PM
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    • Josh Martin
    • November 13, 2013 at 04:11 PM

15. Dealing with multiple voting thresholds in an election

    By Sean Hunt, May 17, 2014 at 06:44 AM
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    • J. J.
    • May 30, 2014 at 03:06 AM

16. Election to an office not vacant

    By Richard Brown, February 7, 2015 at 06:22 PM   

    • Elections
    • void election
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Elections
      • void election
      • continuing breach
    • 5 replies
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    • Bruce Lages
    • February 8, 2015 at 06:22 PM

17. Privileged Adjournment with Rotating Membership

    By Sean Hunt, November 9, 2014 at 08:18 PM
    • 12 replies
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    • Dan Honemann
    • November 12, 2014 at 11:12 AM

18. Special Meeting - Number of Days Notice.

    By George Mervosh, May 13, 2012 at 07:03 PM
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    • George Mervosh
    • May 14, 2012 at 12:49 PM

19. Assembly directing special rules for executive board

    By Atul Kapur, April 22, 2021 at 02:37 AM
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    • Dan Honemann
    • April 23, 2021 at 04:48 PM

20. Resigning after election and filling the vacancy

    By Alexis Hunt, March 21, 2017 at 06:03 PM
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    • 889 views
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    • Dan Honemann
    • March 22, 2017 at 11:52 AM

21. Re-hashing Appointees

    By HungryJack619, April 30, 2015 at 10:22 PM
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    • Gary Novosielski
    • May 4, 2015 at 01:49 PM

22. Order of Separate Resolutions

    By pwilson, December 5, 2017 at 01:45 PM
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    • pwilson
    • December 5, 2017 at 10:31 PM

23. Division of a Question

    By George Mervosh, January 20, 2016 at 08:38 PM
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    • George Mervosh
    • January 20, 2016 at 09:18 PM

24. Punishment Phase after a Trial

    By Guest Juan, August 4, 2015 at 07:55 PM
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    • Guest
    • August 24, 2015 at 06:51 PM

25. A procedure in the US Constitutional Convention

    By Gary c Tesser, October 20, 2016 at 06:26 PM   

    • agreed to
    • common consent
    • (and 2 more)

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      • agreed to
      • common consent
      • postponed
      • wilson
    • 17 replies
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    • Dan Honemann
    • October 29, 2016 at 11:36 AM