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In 2023, the House of Delegates adopted a substantial rewrite of the House of Delegates Rules of Procedure. These new rules addressed many of the evolving issues that had arisen over the ten years since the last review of the HOD Rules, including the change to hybrid meetings, limitations on amendments to address technical limitations, and other technical changes.

In February 2024, the Board of Governors discussed the 2023 HOD meeting and its operation under the new Rules of Procedure. One issue identified was that the minimum time required under the new rules to allow delegates to submit votes electronically—two minutes—was too long. Board members noted that there was a substantial time after which all delegates had completed voting but were still waiting for the required two minutes to pass to see the results.

This amendment would shorten the minimum time required to one minute. Based on the experience at the 2023 HOD annual meeting, one minute should be sufficient time to submit a vote electronically under the vast majority of circumstances. The rule retains the president’s discretion to provide additional time to vote if needed.