2018-2020 Charter Commission - Proposed Rules of Procedure - final

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c. Abstentions. No member shall refrain from voting unless excused by the Chairperson or is otherwise excused by law. Unless a member is excused from voting, silence shall be recorded as an affirmative vote. d. Rule of the Majority. Procedural matters, requests for information, and internal Commission matters shall require the approval of a majority vote of those present at any meeting. Voting on the initial review of proposed Charter amendments for further consideration shall be considered a procedural matter under this Rule. Matters of substance, including all votes other than the initial vote on any proposed Charter amendment, shall require the approval of at least six (6) members of the Commission. Proposed Charter amendments require a minimum of two approvals before inclusion on the general election ballot. e. Reconsideration. A vote of the Commission may be reconsidered at the same meeting or the next regular meeting of the Commission. Only those commissioner's voting on the prevailing side of a motion may request reconsideration of the subject motion. A request to reconsider the vote on a motion at the next regular meeting of the Commission shall be filed with the Chairperson no later than five working days after the matter to be reconsidered was voted upon, and shall be subject to the notification requirements of HRS 92-7. VII. SUSPENSION OF RULES a. When the Commission proposes to do something that it cannot do without violating one or more of these rules, it can adopt a motion to suspend the rules interfering with the proposed action; provided, however, that neither the proposal nor the suspension shall result in a conflict with any constitutional provision, local, state, or national law or the fundamental principles of parliamentary law. b. A motion to suspend the rules is: An incidental motion, and no subsidiary motion can be applied to it. ii. Out of order when another has the floor. iii. Not debatable or amendable. c. Such a motion requires a two-thirds vote of the entire membership, unless otherwise provided, and cannot be reconsidered. VIII. ORDER OF BUSINESS a. The order of business shall be as follows: Roll Call 11