Jargan
What does it mean to PQ?
Previous Question: Moving on from speeches to voting
How long is one congressional session?
10 minutes per person in chamber is the minimum, average is 1-2 hours
How long does a chairman preside?
What are the topics of speeches?
Legislation.
Bills, Acts, and Resolutions.
Who are the only people allowed to ask questions on speeches?
All representatives except for the chairman and judges?
How do you present a motion?
Raise your placard and verbally announce motion
How many members are in a chamber?
10min-30max
How long does a chairman get to campaign for?
10 seconds on the spot
How many contentions should each speech have?
At least 2 or 3
How many blocks of questioning are there in the first AFF/NEG cycle?
8 blocks total, 4 blocks each speech
What are the two different sides that arguments are formed on?
Affirmative (AFF) & Negation(NEG)
How many Judges are in each chamber?
Three
How does chairman know who to select next for speaking or questioning?
Tracked priority
What is the maximum amount of time aloted for one speech?
3 minutes and 10 seconds of grace
T/F questioning period can be extended.
True, as long as it is approved by the chairman
How does one get permission to talk to the chairman?
"motion to address chair"
what are the number votes for congress?
majority, two-thirds, and one-thirds
what's the process to become chairman?
nomination, motion to close nomination, 10 second campaign, voting, an election.
How many speeches are you allowed to give in one session?
Unlimited, but priority will restrict you
How long can questioning be extended by?
30 seconds to 1 minute
Who is "The Parli"?
The head judge of your chamber
T/F prefacing is allowed during questioning.
Depends. UDCA says absolutely not, but the NSDA says that it is allowed if agreed upon by all representatives, questioning parties, chairman and judges
T/F Chairman can give speeches.
False. Chairman cannot give speeches themselves, but they do earn speaker points. 1 hour as chair = one speech
What does it mean to have authorship?
A member earns absolute priority because themselves, or another person from their school wrote the topic legislation.
A partially prohibited, and frowned upon debate tactic in which the questioner introduces new evidence that the speaker did not originally bring up in an attempt to contradict or weaken the speakers argument.