ed,” as the case may be. So, if an amendment is reconsidered, the Chairman should announce the result of the vote and state the question before the assembly in a form similar to this: “The motion is carried—the vote on the amendment is reconsidered; the question recurs on the adoption of the amendment.”
After stating the question on a motion that can be debated or amended, the Chairman, unless some one immediately rises, asks: “Are you ready for the question?”[1] When the Chairman thinks the debate is closed, he again inquires: “Are you ready for the question?” If no one rises, he once more states the question as already described, and puts it to vote.
One of the commonest forms of putting the question (after it has been stated) is this: “As many as are in favor of the motion will say aye; those opposed will say no.” Another one is as follows: “Those in favor of the motion will hold up the right hand; those opposed will manifest it by the same sign.”[2]
