Voting Procedure - PPTQ Sec 45

Members who do not pay their dues and are not formally dropped from the membership roll have

• the right to vote if not under disciplinary suspension (unless the bylaws provide otherwise)

• no right to vote

• a right to attend meetings but not to vote

• no rights, and are no longer members

How should a member vote on a motion that would result in a direct personal monetary profit?

• Vote in the negative

• Vote in the affirmative

• Abstain

• Only vote to break a tie

If you were chairman, what ruling would you make if a member voted for herself for president of your society?

• Tell the member that she may not vote for herself

• Have the assembly decide by a vote if she may vote for herself

• Tell the member that she may vote only if there is a tie

• Do not make a ruling. Allow the vote

Members can change their votes on motions without permission from anyone in the assembly

• anytime

• up to the time the result is announced

• until the results of an adjournment vote is announced

• up to the time the chairman puts the next question

The method of voting by rising is usually used to verify an inconclusive voice vote and

• on the initial vote of a main motion in a large assembly

• on motions requiring a two-thirds vote for adoption

• on all motions that require a majority vote for adoption

• in small assemblies in the place of a show of hands

Which one of the following statements is false regarding voting by a show of hands?

• It can be used in the place of a voice vote in a small assembly

• It is always used in large assemblies on motions requiring a two-thirds vote for adoption

• It can be used in the place of a rising vote in small assemblies

• It should never be used in large assemblies

Which vote is always taken first by the chairman?

• Negative

• Affirmative

• Abstentions

• None of the above. It doesn’t matter

What can the chairman do if the rising vote that is taken on a voice vote is still inconclusive?

• Ask the assembly to propose a motion to take a rising, counted vote

• Take a rising, counted vote

• The chair can propose a motion to take a rising, counted vote

• Nothing. Announce that the vote is a tie and the motion is lost

When counting a rising vote, the

• affirmative is always counted first.

• chair should always make the count without assistance.

• negative is always counted first.

• chair must report the abstentions when announcing the final results.

Which of the following is a method of voting which should only be used when expressly ordered by the assembly or prescribed in the bylaws?

• Show of hands

• Rising

• Voice

• Ballot