What happens if a motion lacking a second is adopted?

• A. The motion is immediately reconsidered.
• B. It is still adopted.
• C. The chair must reopen debate.
• D. The motion fails.

Answer: (B)

The key idea here is that not every motion needs a formal second to be adopted when the group uses unanimous consent. If there’s no objection to adopting the motion by general consent, the chair can declare it adopted without a vote, even though no one formally seconded it. This streamlines routine or non-controversial actions. If someone does object, the motion would not be adopted by unanimous consent and would then proceed to a normal vote where a second would typically be part of the process. So, in this situation, the motion can still be adopted through unanimous consent despite lacking a second.