Otter Tail Delegates & Major Party Status
Mark Olsen recaps Day 1 of State Convention Discussing the Question of Privilege for the Assembly
Mark Olsen twice brought a Question of Privilege for the Assembly, which is a very high ranking device, and sought to attach a motion to vote upon the seating of Otter Tail delegates. Both times the Convention Chair Rich Stanek seems to have clearly broken the rules to avoid taking up the Question of Privilege for the Assembly relating to the Otter Tail delegates and its relationship to major party status.
(The Chair’s decision not to deal with the Question of Privilege and attached motion was also part of the reason for two later motions, both unfairly ruled out of order by the Chair, addressing his removal.)
No recording was permitted by the rules so we are to rely on eye witness accounts of the more than 1,200 delegates in attendance, plus a few hundred more alternates, guests, and 2024 Otter Tail County delegates still waiting to be seated.
Robert’s Rules of Order, 19.7 states that a question of privilege relates to the rights and privileges of the assembly or its members and should be addressed immediately.
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