Motions Test: Amend

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

• eliminate the main purpose of the main motion.

• alter the original main 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

• 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.

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.

Which of the following is false regarding an amendment?

• An amendment can be applied to itself.

• Debate on an amendment is permissible only for the member who proposed the amendment.

• 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.

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.