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Lodge Officers Training Course Module II - Lesson III

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BALLOTING AND VOTING

NAME                                               LODGE                                      NO.                 

OFFICE HELD                                  SCORE                GRADED BY                                                                      

1. Voting is accomplished by what method?

 

2. Describe four items of business before the Lodge, not mentioned in text, that require voting (show of hands).

 

3. May a Lodge use black balls in the ballot box?  Explain.

 

4. May a Brother discuss how he balloted on a question?

 

5. Is it permissible for a Lodge to ballot on petitions at a called Communication?

 

6. May a Brother be excused from balloting upon a petition if he is uncertain about his feelings?

 

7. Must a Lodge wait one year before requesting a waiver of jurisdiction on a petitioner when that waiver was previously rejected?

 

8. How many petitions may be balloted upon at the same time in a collective ballot?

 

9. If it is expected that there is no objection to a certain petition, must there be enough black cubes in the ballot box for every member present?  Explain your answer.

 

10. Can the Lodge vote on a petition for the Symbolic Degrees and a petition for reinstatement collectively in the same ballot, if those are the only two petitions being balloted upon that night?

 

11. Why must the sides and bottom of the ballot box be lined with felt or some similar material?

 

12. What two types of ballot require a paper ballot?

 

13. If a petition is balloted upon before the Investigating Committee reports, is it valid?

 

14. Where on the Altar is the ballot box to be placed for balloting?

 

15. May the ballot box be placed somewhere besides the Altar for balloting?  Explain your answer.

 

16. Who is the last member of the Lodge to ballot?

 

17. If either the Junior or Senior Warden reports the ballot to be something different from what the Master finds, what is the procedure?

 

18. What is a "CLOUDY" ballot?

 

19. The ballot for reinstatement of a resigned petitioner must be by:

a.  Paper ballot
b.  Ball ballot
c.  Either paper or ball ballot

20. What effect does a single black cube have on a collective ballot?

 

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