Credentials and voting

[Guest Sandy]

When voting must a delegate be seated to vote or must they be in the room with the credentials to vote?

 

[Josh Martin]

2 hours ago, Guest Sandy said:

When voting must a delegate be seated to vote or must they be in the room with the credentials to vote?

The latter. (Although it would also be prudent to check whether the convention's rules say anything on this subject.)

Edited August 23, 2021 at 10:16 PM by Josh Martin

[Richard Brown]

guest Sandy, a little more information would be helpful, but since you mention "delegates", I assume you are talking about a convention.  If RONR is your parliamentary authority and you do not have a customized rule to the contrary, in order to vote a delegate must be physically present in the room at the time he casts his vote.  He does not need to be there when the motion is made or debated, but may vote if he is there when the vote is taken.  RONR does not require that delegates be seated, as in sitting down, but they must be checked in with the credentials committee and credentialed as being registered and present.  I'm not sure in which context you are using the word "seated".