Chapter 6: Subsidiary Motions - 12. Amend

The primary purpose of using the subsidiary motion to Amend is to...

• eliminate the main purpose of the main motion

• modify the wording of a pending motion

• lengthen the debate time on the main motion

• call for an immediate vote on the original main motion

When an amendment to a main motion is adopted, the motion that was amended...

• is also adopted

• is voted on immediately

• remains pending

• is postponed to the next regular meeting or until the adopted amendment is acted on

Rejection of the subsidiary motion to Amend leaves the pending motion voted on...

• rejected also

• worded as it was before the amendment was made

• closed for additional debate

• postponed to the next regular meeting

If a member votes in favor of the motion to Amend when the vote is taken on the motion to which the amendment applies, the member...

• must also vote in favor of the amended motion

• must abstain

• is not obligated to vote in any particular way

• can withdraw the vote on the amendment

To be in order, an amendment must always be...

• germane

• made by the member who proposed the motion that the amendment is applied to

• short

• in the form of a question

The subsidiary motion to Amend can be...

• referred to a committee

• applied to any main motion or any motion with a variable factor

• postponed indefinitely

• laid on the table

Which of the following is FALSE regarding an amendment?

• an amendment can be applied to itself

• cannot be applied to a motion that has a variable

• the presiding officer cannot debate an amendment unless the chair is given up to the next ranking officer

• an amendment requires a majority vote to be adopted

A primary amendment to a main motion...

• is always debatable but not amendable

• can be amended but not reconsidered

• is debatable whenever the motion to which it applies is debatable

• can introduce an independent question

When an amendment is pending...

• debate on the amendment is limited to one speech from each member

• the motion to be amended may not be discussed

• debate can extend into the merits of the motion to be amended

• another primary amendment may be applied to the motion to be amended

If you were chairman and a member moved to amend a Secondary Amendment, what would you do?

• call the motion to amend the secondary amendment out of order

• ask for a second on the third degree amendment

• vote immediately on the third degree amendment

• suggest that the proposed amendment to the secondary amendment be referred to a committee