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Can you vote against your own motion


Guest George Mervosh

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The only limitation to the person who makes the motion is that he can't speak against it in debate. However, I don't see why the motion maker couldn't in debate state that they are on the fence about the motion and speak to the pros and cons of adopting "

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During the process of debate, information and opinions may come forward that would cause the mover of the motion to reconsider his own support for his own motion. He may chose to vote against it as a result. Another alternative, if he sees that there is"

Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle
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>>Although mentioning "cons" might be construed as speaking against.<<

Might be? :)"

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I think the circumstances would factor into whether mentioning "cons" would constitute speaking against the motion. If the person making the motion is actually in support of it then yes mentioning "cons" would be speaking against it. "

Guest George Mervosh
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I wonder why we just can't answer the question, yes, without all the hubub that always follows and has nothing to do with the actual question, which pertains to Voting."

Guest Gary c Tesser
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Because the question sparked an interesting side discussion, George, and the regulars aren't even approaching getting away with naughtiness.

("Irrelevance" might be harder to dodge. I wanted to chime in on this side discussion, but I'l"

Guest George Mervosh
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Hey discuss away, but this question's side discussion always devolves quickly into varying viewpoints and mumbo jumbo about postponing indefinitely, and "your own motion", blah blah blah, all of which don't answer the poor guy's initial question"

Guest Robert B. Fish
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At the risk of repeating the answer to the original post:

Yes, you can vote against a motion you made but you cannot speak against it.

Yes, you can vote against a motion you seconded and you may also speak against it. Seconding a motion"

Guest Gary c Tesser
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Thanks George, but the inspired vigorous rant will wait, as the day's events have bummed me.

In outline: a debater will often put forward opposing views, and then rebut them. Goes back to Thucidides, off the top of my head."

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