[Lnc-business] RONR and procedure of chair voting

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Here are the applicable provisions:

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 *Chair's Vote as Part of Announcement, Where it Affects the Vote*

 If  the presiding officer is a member of assembly or voting body, he has
the same voting *right *as any other member. Except in a small board or
committee however--unless that vote is secret (that is unless iti sb
yballot) the chair protects his impartial position by exercising his voting
right *ONLY *when his vote would affect the outcome, in which he CAN either
vote and thereby change the result, or he can abstain.

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If the presiding officer is *a *member of the society, he has -- as an
individual --the same *right *in debate as any other member, but the
impartiality required of the chair in an assembly *PRECLUDES *his
exercising those rights while he is presiding.

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If the presiding officer is a member of the assembly, he can vote as any
other member *WHEN *the vote is by ballot. In all other cases the presiding
officer, if a member of the assembly, *CAN *(but is not obligated to)
whenever his vote will affect the result -- that is, he can vote to there
break or cause a tie...

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The roll is called in alphabetical order except that the presiding's
officer's name is called last, *and only when his vote will affect the
results*.

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