Objection to Consideration

[Guest Irene]

Is it possible to make an "Objection to Consideration" if the question you are objecting to is a Motion to "Suspend the Rules?" Also, is the 2/3rds vote required for both Motions 2/3rds of those present or 2/3rds of the Board?

[Kim Goldsworthy]

Is it possible to make an "Objection to Consideration" if the question you are objecting to is a Motion to "Suspend the Rules?"

Also, is the 2/3rds vote required for both Motions 2/3rds of those present or 2/3rds of the Board?

No, it is not possible to apply "Objection to the Consideration of a Question" to an incidental motion.

The motion "Obj. to Consid." can only be used against an original main motion.

A motion to Suspend The Rules is not an original main motion. So it cannot be objected to.

When RONR describes a "two-thirds vote", the application is ALWAYS "... present and voting," and not "present, whether voting or abstaining."

So, in directly reply, it isn't "2/3 of those present" and isn't "2/3 of the board."

It is "2/3 of those present and voting," and, in the case of a board meeting, "2/3 of the board members present and voting."

[Shmuel Gerber]

Is it possible to make an "Objection to Consideration" if the question you are objecting to is a Motion to "Suspend the Rules?"

No, and making such an objection would serve no useful purpose. A motion to suspend the rules is not debatable, and it can be defeated by any negative vote greater than one-third. So, why would anyone want to require a two-thirds negative vote to prevent consideration of the motion to suspend the rules?

Perhaps you are thinking of an "objection" to a unanimous-consent request to suspend the rules, which is when any member simply says, "I object." This objection requires that a vote be taken on the implied motion to suspend the rules. See RONR (10th ed.), p. 257, lines 13-22.