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    Robert's Rules of Order, often simply referred to as Robert's Rules, is a manual of parliamentary procedure by U.S. Army officer Henry Martyn Robert. "The...
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    parliamentary practice, legislative procedure, rules of order, or Robert's rules of order. Rules of order consist of rules written by the body itself (often referred...
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  • may be a standard order of business or a sequence listed on an agenda that the assembly has agreed to follow. Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR)...
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    parliamentary procedure, Robert's Rules of Order, which remains today the most common parliamentary authority in the United States. Robert was born in Robertville...
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  • authority in the United States after Robert's Rules of Order. It was first published in 1950. Following the death of the original author in 1975, the third...
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  • Official Robert's Rules of Order Web Site. The Robert's Rules Association. Archived from the original on 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2015-12-26. Robert III 2011...
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    Minutes (redirect from Minute order)
    15)". The Official Robert's Rules of Order Web Site. The Robert's Rules Association. Retrieved 2015-12-15. Robert 2011, p. 468 Robert III 2011, p. 146 "The...
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  • Assemblies ("Robert's Rules of Order 3rd" ed.). Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company. pp. 60–62. Robert, Henry M.; et al. (2011). Robert's Rules of Order Newly...
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  • Special rules of order (with a few exceptions) supersede the rules in an adopted parliamentary authority such as Robert's Rules of Order. These rules continue...
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  • (Question 1)". The Official Robert's Rules of Order Web Site. The Robert's Rules Association. Retrieved 2015-12-19. Robert 2011, p. 406 "Frequently Asked...
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  • NCSL, one of the many reasons that most state legislatures use Mason's Manual instead of Robert's Rules of Order is because Robert's Rules applies best...
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  • rising vote, and a show of hands. Additional forms of voting include a recorded vote and balloting. Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR) states...
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  • only vote to break an equality of votes. Under some rules of parliamentary procedure, notably Robert's Rules of Order, the presiding officer does not...
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    a point of order occurs when someone draws attention to a rules violation in a meeting of a deliberative assembly. In Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised...
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    formula of a law. In parliamentary procedure using Robert's Rules of Order, a preamble consists of "Whereas" clauses that are placed before the resolving...
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  • be brought back again through the motion to reconsider. Under Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR), this motion must be made within a limited...
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  • "kill" in parentheses in reporting congressional votes. Under Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, the subsidiary motion to lay on the table is properly...
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  • Questions about RONR (Question 2)". The Official Robert's Rules of Order Web Site. The Robert's Rules Association. Archived from the original on 2018-12-24...
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  • suspend the rules is allowed only with notice or by unanimous consent. Nuclear option Robert, Henry M.; et al. (2011). Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised...
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  • Forms Robert Marleau, co-editor of the 2000 edition of House of Commons Procedure and Practice Robert's Rules of Order, popular American publication, 1876...
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    Quorum (redirect from Call of the house)
    Quorums are often required by traditional handbooks of parliamentary procedure such as Robert's Rules of Order. However, quorums have been criticized by social...
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  • right of office'; its use dates back to the Roman Republic. According to Robert's Rules of Order, the term denotes only how one becomes a member of a body...
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  • Robert's Rules of Order is the short title of a book, written by Henry Martyn Robert, that is intended to be a guide for conducting meetings and making...
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  • Majority (redirect from Majority of votes)
    Official Robert's Rules of Order Website. The Robert's Rules Association. Retrieved 2021-02-21. Robert 2011, p. 416 The Standard Code of Parliamentary...
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    decided by majority rule. It is one of the basic rules of parliamentary procedure, as described in handbooks like Robert's Rules of Order. One alternative...
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  • single race with the instruction "Vote for not more than one." Robert's Rules of Order notes that such votes are illegal. Undervotes combined with overvotes...
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  • Disciplinary procedure (category Articles that cite the 2000 edition of Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure)
    2016-02-04. Robert 2011, p. 6 "2006-2: SUSPEND THE RULES TO REMOVE PRESIDENT". The Official Robert's Rules of Order Web Site. The Robert's Rules Association...
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    Ellen Street Estates v. Minister of Health [1934] 1 KB 590 Robert, Henry M.; et al. (2011). Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (11th ed.). Philadelphia...
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  • where you ask for clarification of a statement that is not clearly stated. Robert, Henry M. (2011). Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th ed., p. 294–295...
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  • enter on the minutes and the renewability of the motion to suspend the rules. Under Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, a motion to recess may not...
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