Guest Drake Posted December 28, 2014 at 08:06 PM Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 at 08:06 PM An organization has put a resolution on the floor to ammend it's bylaws. The resolution is signed by 54 members. The leadership is strongly opposed to the ammendments because current appointed agents will have to be elected if the resolution wins by a 2/3 vote and is adopted. Pusuant to the current bylaws, the resolution must be submitted at 1 more meeting and then notification of the changes mailed to the members before being voted on. Question: At the next reading of the resolution, can the assembly Divide the House in order to defeat the resolution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted December 28, 2014 at 08:27 PM Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 at 08:27 PM Question: At the next reading of the resolution, can the assembly Divide the House in order to defeat the resolution? If you're referring to a Division of the Assembly, that occurs when the result of an uncounted vote is inconclusive. It is not a tactic for defeating a motion. See pp.280-282. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted December 28, 2014 at 08:38 PM Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 at 08:38 PM How does "the assembly Divide the House in order to defeat the resolution"? I would think that having enough members of the assembly vote against the resolution would defeat the resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted December 28, 2014 at 09:32 PM Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 at 09:32 PM I think Guest Drake needs to tell us just what he means by his statement, ". . . can the assembly Divide the House in order to defeat the resolution?" It's a term I've never heard before. I suspect he is thinking of "division of the assembly" to verify the outcome of a vote, as Edgar Guest suggested, but that is speculation on our part and I fail to see how that can be used as a means of defeating anything.... other than to have an accurate vote count. In addition to the pages cited by Mr. Guest, it's also discussed on pages 46-47. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted December 29, 2014 at 12:13 PM Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 at 12:13 PM Nothing I saw quickly on Google, either. C'mon, Drake, work with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmuel Gerber Posted December 31, 2014 at 04:08 AM Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 at 04:08 AM Division of the House is what a division of the assembly is called in Jefferson's Manual and, not surprisingly, in the House (of Representatives). Of course that doesn't explain how a division can possibly defeat a motion that has not yet been stated by the chair (because additional notice is still required). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmuel Gerber Posted December 31, 2014 at 04:13 AM Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 at 04:13 AM Nothing I saw quickly on Google, either. In that case, I guess you should have started with Wikipedia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted December 31, 2014 at 10:03 AM Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 at 10:03 AM Nothing I saw quickly on Google, either. C'mon, Drake, work with us. In that case, I guess you should have started with Wikipedia. Pfui, Google usually starts with Wikipedia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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