Parliamentary Procedure Voting Rules

To adjourn

• second required, debatable,

  amendable,

  interrupt a speaker, vote required,

  can consider

• no second,

  not debatable, amendable,

  interrupt a speaker,

  no vote required, cannot consider

• second required,

  not debatable,

  not amendable,

  cannot interrupt speaker,

  majority vote required, cannot consider

• no second,

  amendable,

  can interrupt speaker

  2/3 vote required,

  cannot consider

Lay on the table

• no second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  cannot interrupt speaker

  majority vote required

  can consider

• second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  cannot interrupt a speaker

  majority vote

  cannot consider

• second required

  debatable

  amendable

  interrupt a speaker

  2/3 vote

  can consider

• no second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  cannot interrupt a speaker

  2/3 vote

  can consider

Previous question

• second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  cannot interrupt speaker

  2/3 vote required

  can consider

• second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  cannot interrupt a speaker

  majority vote

  cannot consider

• second required

  debatable

  amendable

  interrupt a speaker

  2/3 vote

  can consider

• no second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  cannot interrupt a speaker

  2/3 vote

  can consider

Amend

• second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  cannot interrupt speaker

  2/3 vote required

  can consider

• second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  cannot interrupt a speaker

  majority vote

  cannot consider

• second required

  debatable

  amendable

  cannot interrupt a speaker

  majority vote

  can consider

• no second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  cannot interrupt a speaker

  2/3 vote

  can consider

Commit / refer to a committee

• second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  cannot interrupt speaker

  2/3 vote required

  can consider

• second required

  debatable

  amendable

  cannot interrupt a speaker

  majority vote

  consider

• second required

  debatable

  amendable

  cannot interrupt a speaker

  majority vote

  can consider

• no second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  cannot interrupt a speaker

  2/3 vote

  can consider

Point of Order

• second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  cannot interrupt speaker

  2/3 vote required

  can consider

• second required

  debatable

  amendable

  cannot interrupt a speaker

  majority vote

  consider

• second required

  debatable

  amendable

  cannot interrupt a speaker

  majority vote

  can consider

• no second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  interrupt a speaker

  chair vote

  cannot consider

Appeal

• second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  cannot interrupt speaker

  2/3 vote required

  can consider

• second required

  debatable

  not amendable

  interrupt a speaker

  chair vote

  consider

• second required

  debatable

  amendable

  cannot interrupt a speaker

  majority vote

  can consider

• no second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  interrupt a speaker

  chair vote

  cannot consider

Suspend the rules

• second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  cannot interrupt speaker

  2/3 vote required

  cannot consider

• second required

  debatable

  not amendable

  interrupt a speaker

  chair vote

  consider

• second required

  debatable

  amendable

  cannot interrupt a speaker

  majority vote

  can consider

• no second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  interrupt a speaker

  chair vote

  cannot consider

Division of the assembly

• second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  cannot interrupt speaker

  2/3 vote required

  cannot consider

• second required

  debatable

  not amendable

  interrupt a speaker

  chair vote

  consider

• second required

  debatable

  amendable

  cannot interrupt a speaker

  majority vote

  can consider

• no second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  interrupt a speaker

  no vote

  cannot consider

close nominations

• second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  cannot interrupt speaker

  2/3 vote required

  cannot consider

• second required

  debatable

  not amendable

  interrupt a speaker

  chair vote

  consider

• second required

  not debatable

  amendable

  cannot interrupt a speaker

  2/3 vote

  cannot consider

• no second required

  not debatable

  not amendable

  interrupt a speaker

  no vote

  cannot consider