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move to call for the question," "I call for the question," "I call for the previous question," or "I move that we vote now.") (c) Postpone to a certain time. This is a motion that delays action on a pending question to a definite day, meeting, time, or until after a certain event. This motion requires a second, is debatable, must not debate the merits of the main question any more than necessary to decide if the main question should be postponed and to what time. The motion is amendable and requires a maiority vote. (Example: "I move to postpone this matter until `date or time'.") (d) Commit (or refer). This motion is generally used to send a pending question to a small group of select persons — a committee, for careful investigation and study. This motion must be seconded, is debatable and amendable, and requires a majority vote for passage. (Example: "I move to refer this matter to the `X' committee.") (e) Amend. This motion is used to modify the wording of a bill or resolution before it is acted upon. No floor amendment to a bill or resolution shall be considered unless a written copy of the amended version has been presented to the County Clerk for preparation and distribution to each Council Member present. However, a floor amendment may be verbal if limited to correction of manifest clerical or typographical errors or errors in numbering, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and gender terms, provided that the correction will not alter the meaning or effect of the underlying bill or resolution. It must be seconded, is debatable and generally amendable, requires a majority vote for passage, and can be reconsidered. (Example: "I move to amend Bill or Resolution `X' with the contents of Communication (f) Postpone indefinitely. When a question is postponed indefinitely, the same shall not be acted upon again or revived at any subsequent meeting of the Council which so disposed of such questions unless by consent of the majority of the Council. This motion indicates that the committee or council declines to take a position on the main question and the adoption of the amendment effectively kills the main motion. It avoids a direct vote on the question and is useful for disposing of a badly written main motion that cannot be adopted or expressly rejected without possible undesirable consequences. The motion must be seconded, is debatable, is not amendable, and requires a majority vote. (Some versions are: "I move to postpone this matter indefinitely," or "I move to postpone `Resolution or Communication X' indefinitely.")