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A proposed ByLaw Amendment was voted on utilizing a secret ballot and passed by the necessary 2/3 vote. It is coming up for the required 2nd vote this month. Is it proper practice to utilize the same form of vote on 2nd vote or can a different form of vote be used. Thanks much for any help in this matter.

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A proposed ByLaw Amendment was voted on utilizing a secret ballot and passed by the necessary 2/3 vote. It is coming up for the required 2nd vote this month. Is it proper practice to utilize the same form of vote on 2nd vote or can a different form of vote be used. Thanks much for any help in this matter.

RONR utilizes the one-vote-per-motion approach. You have a proposed bylaw amendment on the floor, you debate it, and then you vote on it -- either it passes or it is defeated. If your rules (which supercede those found in RONR) require a second vote to be taken, the membership will need to determine how that needs to be handled. You should codify that in your rules as well, so everyone knows what's what next time.

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For what it's worth (and what RONR says is always worth something) "The final vote on a bylaw amendment should be counted and recorded in the minutes unless it is nearly unanimous." RONR (11th ed.), p. 594 ll. 28-29. Your group's own rules, if conflicting, would take precedence.

Never noticed how ambiguous-sounding that sentence is. I mean, I know what it means, and yet...... does "final vote" mean there might be a preliminary vote taken first, perhaps by voice? If the "final vote" is nearly unanimous, does it not need to be recorded in the minutes? :)

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A proposed ByLaw Amendment was voted on utilizing a secret ballot and passed by the necessary 2/3 vote. It is coming up for the required 2nd vote this month. Is it proper practice to utilize the same form of vote on 2nd vote or can a different form of vote be used.

As noted, the "second vote" is unique to your rules. Nonetheless, it would seem to me that since the initial vote was taken by ballot, the second vote must also be taken by ballot (RONR, 11th ed., pg. 413, lines 1-4). While this situation is not directly addressed, it seems analogous to the situations discussed in RONR, 11th ed., pg. 286, lines 3-13.

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