Guest Pastor Gary Posted March 7, 2012 at 06:48 PM Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 at 06:48 PM What restrictions does RROONR place on a motion to limit the number of names on succeeding ballots? (I have observed, at several district assemblies (church conventions) the chairman rule that a motion to eliminate names from the immediately imminent ballot cannot be made, stating that such limits can only be made on the following ballot). The only relevant item I can find prohibits the changing of ballots already distributed.So, for example, following a report of the chairman of the board of tellers (which shows that, of five names on the ballot, the top three each have approximately 25-30% of the vote and the lowest two split the other 15%) is it legal to move to limit the number of names to the top three?Thanks for your assistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted March 7, 2012 at 07:06 PM Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 at 07:06 PM Is it legal to move to limit the number of names to the top three?Yes but it would take Suspending the Rules (2/3 vote) or adopting a Special Rule of Order (2/3 vote if previous notice was given or a majority of the entire membership if notice wasn't given) in order to do so (RONR p. 441 ll. 5-8 and footnote). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ed Posted March 7, 2012 at 09:12 PM Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 at 09:12 PM But why would you really want to do that? Members should be allowed to vote for whoever they want to vote for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted March 7, 2012 at 09:32 PM Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 at 09:32 PM But why would you really want to do that? Members should be allowed to vote for whoever they want to vote for.They still can. Did you see the footnote Chris referred to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted March 7, 2012 at 09:40 PM Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 at 09:40 PM Yes but it would take Suspending the Rules (2/3 vote) or adopting a Special Rule of Order (2/3 vote if previous notice was given or a majority of the entire membership if notice wasn't given) in order to do so (RONR p. 441 ll. 5-8 and footnote).The cited footnote reads as though only the last place finisher could be dropped, suggesting you can only thin the field one candidate at a time, not by two as Pastor Gary asks. Is that a fair reading, or am I picking too close to that nit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted March 7, 2012 at 10:33 PM Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 at 10:33 PM The footnote does talk about dropping the candidate who gets the least votes but I see no reason why the rule suspension or SRO couldn't thin the herd to the top 3 or top 2 or whatever the assembly wishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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