AMENDMENTS

Perhaps the most common subsidiary motion is to amend. A motion to amend must be germane –
it cannot introduce a new subject – and may take several forms: to insert or add; to strike out;
and to do both (strike out some words and insert/add others).

It is in order to move to amend a proposed primary amendment to a main motion, but a further level of amendment is not in order until the secondary amendment (“amendment to the amendment”) has been disposed of.

There is no such thing as a “friendly amendment,” however welcome it may be to the maker of the main motion. Once a motion has been made, seconded, and stated by the moderator, it belongs to the body and any amendments must be moved, seconded, and voted upon.


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