NC GOP debates e-mail

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For more than an hour, delegates at the state Republican Party convention debated the way they should send and receive information, as well as the finer points of parliamentary procedure.

The delegates were debating a proposal that would allow members to receive information via e-mail, instead of through the postal system, if they so desire, Kevin Kiley reports.

The delegation got bogged down in amendments to clarify the proposal's language (including the necessity of requiring first class mail), at times making amendments to amendments to the initial proposal, and amendments to a motion to send the proposal back to committee to reconsider.

By the end of debate, members were noticeably frustrated by the procedural rules, as well as the time it took to vote on the amendment. When it was over, they cheered.

The amendment eventually passed, and will allow members to receive notification by means other than post, but did not specify how, which one delegate pointed out would allow members to receive information by personal courier.

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