Nominations and Elections - PPTQ Sec 46

Nominations from the floor are sometimes called

• "petition nominations."

• "proxy nominations."

• "open nominations."

• "ballot nominations."

Which statement below is true regarding making nominations from the floor?

• A. One member can nominate three persons for the same office.

• B. In large assemblies, members need not rise.

• C. A second is required.

• D. A member need not be recognized.

Which statement is false regarding nominating committees?

• A. Members of a nominating committee are not barred from becoming nominees.

• B. The nominating committee may nominate more than one candidate for each office.

• C. In an organized society, the chair should appoint the nominating committee.

• D. All nominees should be contacted by the nominating committee before announcing their nomination.

A nominating committee is automatically discharged

• A. immediately after the members vote.

• B. before its report is formally presented to the assembly.

• C. after the chairman announces the results of the voting.

• D. when its report is formally presented to the assembly.

After the nominating committee has presented its report and before voting for the different offices takes place,

• A. the nominating committee must call for further nominations from the floor.

• B. the chair must call for further nominations from the floor.

• C. members who want to be nominated rise and state their name and the office they wish.

• D. further nominations are declared by members and voted on to narrow the choices down to one new nominee for each office.

Assume that you are the presiding officer and the nominating committee has submitted a list of nominees to you. You asked for additional nominations from the floor, and no one responded. What should you do?

• A. Ask for a motion to close nominations.

• B. Call for a majority vote to close nominations.

• C. Declare that nominations are closed.

• D. Tell the nominating committee chairman to close nominations.

To determine the method of voting if there is no rule made before an election stating the method of voting in an election, a member may propose a (an)

The election of officers should take place

• A. early in a meeting.

• B. under new business.

• C. at the end of the meeting.

• D. during an executive session.

If more than two candidates are nominated for the same office, the

• candidates all remain on the ballot and the voting continues until one receives a majority vote.

• chairman should declare that the candidate who receives the highest number of votes is elected.

• candidate with the lowest number of votes should be dropped.

• candidates should confer in private and mutually decide which one of them should withdraw.

When repeated balloting for an office is necessary,

• the nominees who received the highest number of votes are the only ones retained on the next ballot.

• the nominee who received the lowest number of votes is removed from the ballot.

• all the names are kept on the ballot.

• the parliamentarian decides who will be retained on the ballot.