Late to the Meeting

[Guest Tanesha]

While voting on bylaw recommendations, some members arrived after the voting began. Are they allowed to vote if the voting is actively happening and has not ended or results been called?

[Bruce Lages]

Yes - "   it is a fundamental principle of parliamentary law that the right to vote is limited to members of an organization who are actually present at the time the vote is taken ..., although it should be noted that a member need not be present when the question is put" (RONR, 45:56). 'When the question is put' means when the chair begins the process of taking the vote.

[Josh Martin]

On 3/12/2023 at 5:24 PM, Guest Tanesha said:

While voting on bylaw recommendations, some members arrived after the voting began. Are they allowed to vote if the voting is actively happening and has not ended or results been called?

Yes.

"It is a fundamental principle of parliamentary law that the right to vote is limited to the members of an organization who are actually present at the time the vote is taken in a regular or properly called meeting, although it should be noted that a member need not be present when the question is put." RONR (12th ed.) 45:56, emphasis added