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“The ‘ayes’ have it, and the motion is adopted.” Have you ever heard these words announced after a voice vote in a meeting and thought, “Um, no. Pretty sure that motion didn’t...

This is a quick guide on a call for Division of the Assembly. The Skinny What motion should you use whenever you doubt the accuracy of the announced result of...

It’s a legit question: Should you ask everyone to “say ‘aye’”? Or use paper ballots? Or just have people to raise their hands? Within parliamentary procedure, what are your options...

Since today’s post is… [drumroll!...] the 100th post of The Law of Order blog!—it felt fitting to offer you a fun flyover view of 100 common parliamentary procedure questions we...

It’s one thing to make a motion during a meeting—but what if more than one motion gets proposed? How do motions work with one another? Which motion should be dealt...