Glossary
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Contingency vote
In a meeting, there may be several motions at different levels on the same topic. The chair of the meeting must arrange the votes on individual motions in the right order. In the vote, one motion is compared to another, and the one which gets the most votes is then compared to the next. Principally, motions that deal with details should be voted on first, main motions are voted on last. The decisions on motions that deal with details are contingency decisions because they depend on the acceptance or rejection of the main motion.
