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'''Objection to the consideration of a question''' is a method in [[parliamentary procedure]] of preventing a motion from coming before the assembly.<ref>{{cite parl|title = RONR|edition = 11th|pages = 267|year = 2011}}</ref> It is often used to prevent an embarrassing question from being introduced and debated in the assembly.

In [[parliamentary procedure]], an '''objection to the consideration of a question''' is a [[Motion (parliamentary procedure)|motion]] that is adopted to prevent an original [[main motion]] from coming before the assembly.

==Explanation and Use==

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| voterequired = Two-thirds against consideration sustains objection

| reconsidered = Negative vote (sustaining objection) only

}}If a member feels that an original main motion should not even be considered, an '''objection to the consideration of a question''' could be made.<ref>{{Cite book|title = [[Robert's Rules of Order]] Newly Revised|last = Robert|first = Henry M.|publisher = Da Capo Press|year = 2011|isbn = 978-0-306-82020-5|___location = Philadelphia, PA|pages = 267|edition = 11th|ref = harv|display-authors = et al.}}</ref> It is often used to prevent an embarrassing question from being introduced and debated in the assembly.

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===Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR)===

This motion is not debatable and requires a two-thirds vote against consideration.<ref name=":0">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Robert|2011|p = 268}}</ref> This objection may be applied only to an original main motion, that is, a main motion that brings a new substantive issue before the assembly,.<ref asname=":0" opposed to an incidental main motion./> The objection may be raised only before debate has begun on the motion, as the purpose is to completely suppress debate on the motion.<ref name=":0" />

It requires a two-thirds vote to be sustained and is not debatable. It is classed as an [[incidental motion]].

This objection may be applied only to an original main motion, that is, a main motion that brings a new substantive issue before the assembly, as opposed to an incidental main motion. The objection may be raised only before debate has begun on the motion, as the purpose is to completely suppress debate on the motion.

===Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure===

===The Standard Code (TSC)===

[[The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure|''The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure'']] does not have this motion and provides alternative motions for accomplishing the same purpose.<ref>{{cite parl|title=TSC|edition=4th|pages=233–234}}</ref>

===Legislative Use===

''[[Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure]]'' states that the purpose of the objection to consideration is to bar from discussion or consideration "any matter that is considered irrelevant, contentious or unprofitable, or that, for any reason, is thought not advisable to discuss."<ref>{{cite parl|title=MAS|edition=2000|year=2000|pages=218}}</ref>

===The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (TSC)===

[[The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure|''The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure'']] does not have this motion and provides alternative motions for accomplishing the same purpose.<ref>{{cite parl|title=TSC|edition=4th|pages=233–234}}</ref>

==References==