Reconsider - PPTQ Sec 37

Which motion below enables a majority of the assembly to bring back for further consideration a motion that has already been voted on?

• Amend

• Postpone Indefinitely

• Reconsider

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At a regular meeting of a society, the motion to Reconsider can be made only by the

• presiding officer at a special meeting

• member who seconded the motion to be reconsidered

• secretary after stating the reason for the reconsideration

• member who voted with the prevailing side

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the motion to Reconsider?

• It must be made only on the same day the vote to be reconsidered was taken

• It must be made only by a member who voted with the prevailing side

• It can only be moved by a member who voted 'Aye' if the motion was adopted, or 'No' if the motion was lost

• It requires a two-thirds vote or a majority vote with previous notice

In a session of one day, the motion to Reconsider

• is not subject to time limits

• can be made at any future regular meeting within the current year

• must be made on the same day the vote to be reconsidered was taken

• cannot be made until two-thirds of the assembly adopts it

Which statement is false regarding the motion to Reconsider?

• It is in order when any other question is pending

• It yields to nothing

• The member who seconds the motion to reconsider must have voted on the prevailing side

• Debate is allowed on the merits of the question whose reconsideration is proposed

A motion to Reconsider may be made

• after another member has been assigned the floor, so long as he or she has not begun to speak

• during the time a member is actually proposing a motion

• immediately after the motion to adjourn has passed so that it does not interfere with the regular agenda

• just before the chairman takes a vote on the motion that is to be reconsidered

The motion to Reconsider is debatable if

• the member who proposed the motion to Reconsider voted on the prevailing side

• the motion that is to be considered is debatable

• members debate only in favor of the motion to be reconsidered

• there are amendments applied to the reconsidered motion

The minimum affirmative vote necessary to adopt a motion to Reconsider is

• a majority

• two-thirds

• one third

• Answer not given. It doesn’t require a vote since the chair makes the decision

"The right of each member to debate the motion to Reconsider is separate from the original consideration of the motion proposed to be reconsidered." This means that a member may debate and go into the merits of the question to be considered

• two more times

• three more times

• only if amendments to the motions to be reconsidered are offered

• Answer not given

Who is usually entitled to call up the motion to Reconsider if it cannot be taken up when it is made?

• The member who seconded the motion to Reconsider

• The member who made the motion to Reconsider

• The member who made the main motion that is to be Reconsidered

• Any member who spoke on the prevailing side