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TOWN MEETING <br /> RULES AND DEFINITIONS <br /> i`9 . <br /> 1. The conduct of Mashpee's Town Meeting is governed by State Law, the <br /> Town's Charter, Bylaws and the publication Town Meeting Time. <br /> _.0 <br /> 2. Quorum. One hundred (100) registered voters shall constitute a quorum of a <br /> Special Town Meeting. Quorum for an Annual Meeting shall be zero (0). <br /> 3. The Moderator presides over the Town Meeting, decides all questions of order <br /> and procedure, and announces the results of all votes. The results of all votes <br /> i are announced by the Moderator, shall be final except on a voice vote which <br /> may be questioned by any voter standing in his/her place and questions any <br /> oral"yea" or"nea"vote. In such case, a hand-counted vote shall be taken <br /> without debate. <br /> 4. The main body of the house shall be reserved for registered voters; non-voters <br /> will be seated in a special section. <br /> 5. Articles in the Warrant give notice of the issues subject to discussion at a <br /> Town Meeting and establish the parameters of matters that can be debated and <br /> acted on. Amendments, motions and/or debate determined by the Moderator, <br /> with the advice of Town Counsel, to be "beyond the scope" of the Articles <br /> may not be permitted. <br /> 6. In order for the Town Meeting to act on or discuss an Article, a motion must <br /> be made. The Moderator will call for a motion on each Article and, if no <br /> motion is made after the second call, the Moderator will "pass over"the <br /> Article and move on to the next Article. In order to bring back a"passed <br /> over"Article for a motion and discussion, there must be an approved"motion <br /> for reconsideration". <br /> 7. Articles may be postponed by a majority vote or advanced by a 2/3 vote. <br /> i; 8. To address the Town Meeting, a speaker must be recognized by the Moderator <br /> I� „�'" ,• and once recognized, a speaker should first give his or her name and address <br /> it as„,�, • <br /> for the record. No speaker will be recognized while another person is <br /> speaking except to raise "a point of order", which is used to question a ruling <br /> of the Moderator or the conduct of Town Meeting. Points of Order are not to <br /> address the subject matter being discussed. <br /> *,r <br /> ua 22 <br />