Move to amend Book of Order to speed up vote tallies defeated By Paula R. Kincaid The Layman Online Wednesday, June 19, 2002 214th General Assembly Columbus, Ohio June 15-22, 2002 COLUMBUS, Ohio – If the 214th General Assembly follows the recommendation of the Committee on Church Polity, there will be no change in the time frame in which the results of presbytery votes on amendments to the Book of Order must be submitted to the stated clerk's office. The committee voted to disapprove the Office of the General Assembly's request to amend G-1.03001 to add a section "d" that would have read, "Each presbytery shall vote upon such proposed amendments in time to permit the stated clerk of the presbytery to transmit the results to the stated clerk so that they are received no later than 45 days before the convening of the General Assembly." Because the request would have amended the Book of Order, it would have gone to the presbyteries for vote if it had been approved. The rationale behind the proposed amendment was so that an updated Book of Order could be ready for sale and distribution at the general assembly that receives the report of the votes. Neil Lloyd of the Advisory Committee on the Constitution said the ACC has sympathy with the need, but the new Book of Order does not go into effect until after the general assembly adjorns. "We don't feel amending the constitution for the convenience of the printing office is necessary," he said.

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