Guest John Hendrix Posted September 17, 2020 at 04:36 PM Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 at 04:36 PM What is the proper way for an individual to change their vote after the vote is recorded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted September 17, 2020 at 04:55 PM Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 at 04:55 PM (edited) 18 minutes ago, Guest John Hendrix said: What is the proper way for an individual to change their vote after the vote is recorded? If the result of the vote has not yet been announced, the member may simply inform the chair that they wish to change their vote. If the result of the vote has been announced, but the assembly has not yet moved on to the next item of business, the member may request permission to change their vote, and such permission may be granted only by unanimous consent. If the assembly has moved on to the next item of business, the member may not change their vote. "Except when the vote has been taken by ballot (or some other method that provides secrecy), a member has a right to change his vote up to the time the result is announced but afterward can make the change only by the unanimous consent of the assembly requested and granted, without debate, immediately following the chair’s announcement of the result of the vote (see below)... After the result of a vote has been announced, members can still propose or demand certain actions that may change the result. A member may raise a point of order regarding the conduct of the vote, demand a division of the assembly, move to retake the vote under another method, move for a recapitulation of a roll-call vote, or request unanimous consent to change his vote. With the exception of a point of order raised against a breach of a continuing nature (23:6–9), if any of these actions is to apply to a vote after the result has been announced, it must be taken immediately after the chair’s announcement, before any debate or business has intervened. For example, it is too late to take these actions after any member has been recognized and begun to speak in debate or to give a report or presentation, or after the chair has stated the question on a subsequently made motion, or after the chair has begun to take the vote and any member has voted on another motion that was pending." RONR (12th ed.) 45:8-9 Edited September 17, 2020 at 04:55 PM by Josh Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atul Kapur Posted September 17, 2020 at 04:57 PM Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 at 04:57 PM After the result has been announced, the member can only request unanimous consent to change their vote. This must be done, "immediately after the chair’s announcement, before any debate or business has intervened." RONR (12th ed.) 45:9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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