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98 from the floor. When made by the chair, however it is in order to move to strike out the name of any nominee, and if adopted, the chair must replace it by another name. When nominations are made from the floor, no one can nominate more than one member of a committee or delegation if objection is made until every member has had an opportunity to make a nomination. Motions prescribing the method of nomination may be amended but not debated.

When nominations are from the floor and no more are being made, the chair asks, "Are there any more nominations?" If there is no response he continues, "Mr. A, Mr. B, and Mr. C are nominated. As many as are in favor of Mr. A," &c. If there are more votes for Mr. A than against him he says, "The ayes have it and Mr. A is elected." If the noes are in the majority he says, "The noes have it and Mr. A is not elected. As many as are in favor of Mr. B," &c. The motion to close nominations is not in order until every one has had a reasonable time to make a nomination. A two-thirds vote is required for its adoption, and in ordinary assemblies the motion should not be made since the chair is usually best able to judge as to the time when nominations should be closed. Nominations may be reopened by a majority vote. These motions closing and reopening the nominations may be amended, but not debated.

Motions Relating to Voting. While voting is usually done by ayes and noes, or in some small bodies