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Classic Conservative:
If a vote it is a tie it isn't adopted correct.

Fmr. Pres. Duke:
Aye to all

Unconditional Surrender Truman:
Quote from: Classic Conservative on November 08, 2015, 01:32:50 PM

If a vote it is a tie it isn't adopted correct.


There's nothing in the rules about this either way: however, I can see no reasonable argument for a tie vote representing a positive consensus. I will therefore consider Proposal 12 to have been rejected.

Lincoln Republican:
Quote from: Senator Truman on November 09, 2015, 07:32:34 PM

Quote from: Classic Conservative on November 08, 2015, 01:32:50 PM

If a vote it is a tie it isn't adopted correct.


There's nothing in the rules about this either way: however, I can see no reasonable argument for a tie vote representing a positive consensus. I will therefore consider Proposal 12 to have been rejected.



I concur.  In almost any legislative jurisdiction, a vote is considered lost on a tie, unless there is an officer who is eligible to cast a tie breaking vote.    

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