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On April 25, 2005, the house voted 101 in favor and 29 against the proposed amendment to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions, authored by Warren Chisum. [10] On May 21, 2005, the senate voted 21 in favor and 8 against the proposed amendment, and the ballot was set for November 8. [11]
If an amendment is proposed that the motion be changed by deleting "A" and inserting "B" then that is voted on. If the amendment is carried then the substantive motion becomes "individual B is elected". In either case the process returns to step 2. With no more proposed amendments, the substantive motion is put to the vote.
Using Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR), all main motions can be amended, [1] by so called "first-order" amendments. A first-order amendment can be amended, [2] by "second-order" amendments. However, the limit is that a second-order amendment may not be amended, because it would be too complicated. [2]
Understanding the ballot measures is anything but straightforward. Learn more about what you’re voting for.
A Texas judge ruled Wednesday that a new law eroding the power of the state's Democratic-led cities to impose local regulations on everything from tenant evictions to employee sick leave is ...
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a Texas woman who served on a small-town council to continue her lawsuit against her mayor after she was arrested for what she claims were political reasons.
An incidental motion is a motion that relates in varying ways to the main motion and other parliamentary motions. Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised lists the following incidental motions: appeal the decision of the chair, consideration by paragraph or seriatim, division of a question, division of the assembly, motions relating to ...
The United States Constitution provides that each "House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings," [1] therefore each Congress of the United States, upon convening, approves its own governing rules of procedure. This clause has been interpreted by the courts to mean that a new Congress is not bound by the rules of proceedings of the previous ...