The Law of Order Blog

So, while you might not be the sort who ever even thinks about running for office—let alone two at a time, there are people who do. There are also people...

Here’s a common parliamentary procedure question: “Can the chair vote?” Robert’s Rules gives us some preliminary help on chair participation with a vague “yes, but only sometimes.” I’d like to take this a...

It’s safe to say, I think, that we’re all more familiar with Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, and the like than we had planned on being two years ago. When it...

Among the parliamentary procedure and Robert’s Rules questions that I’m asked, a surprising number of them relate to minutes. Today’s post is a Q&A that covers the questions I’m asked...

It’s probably a stretch to say that life is incomplete without a glossary of parliamentary procedure voting terms. But…understanding basic voting concepts is key to tracking with what’s happening in...