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If the chair is the regular presiding officer, the motion to declare the chair vacant cannot be used. [2] However, the assembly could temporarily remove the chair for the meeting using a suspension of the rules. [3] The bylaws of the organization would determine how to permanently remove the officer. [4]
In many cases, the Senate votes by voice vote; the presiding officer puts the question, and Members respond either "Aye!" (in favor of the motion) or "No!" (against the motion). The presiding officer then announces the result of the voice vote. Any senator, however, may challenge the presiding officer's assessment and request a recorded vote ...
The presiding officer then announces who appeared to win the vote ("The ayes [noes] appear to have it."). [25] One variation of a voice vote is for the presiding officer to state: "Without objection the amendment [bill, resolution, motion, etc.] is agreed to [or not agreed to]."
A member may be removed from office. For example, the president could be temporarily removed from presiding over a meeting using a suspension of the rules. [11] Procedures to permanently remove members from office vary; some organizations allow removal only for cause, while in others, removal may be done at the pleasure of the membership.
A subsidiary motion is a type of motion by which a deliberative assembly deals directly with a main motion prior to (or instead of) voting on the main motion itself. [12] Each subsidiary motion ranks higher than the main motion and lower than the privileged motions, and also yields to applicable incidental motions.
May 7—You break a 10-year NCAA Tournament drought, you get a raise. Richard Pitino, entering his fourth offseason as the head coach of the UNM Lobo men's basketball team, has received a $50,000 ...
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