Editing Robert's Rules of Order (section)

== Alternative rules for organizations ==
=== Other parliamentary authorities ===
Parliamentarians have estimated that about 85 to 95 percent of organizations in the United States use ''Robert's Rules of Order''.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":14" /><ref name="Notes and Comments"/> The remaining percentage of organizations use other books on meeting procedures. Notable examples of such books on [[parliamentary authority]] include ''[[Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure]]'', and ''[[Riddick's Rules of Procedure]]''.<ref name=":13" /> These books along with ''Robert's Rules of Order'' share the general idea of rule of the majority with respect for the minority. A difference may be a "simplification" of the rules. Less popular choices include Atwood's ''Rules for Meetings''<ref>{{cite book |publisher=Atwood Corp |location=[[Melrose, Massachusetts]] |year=1956 |pages=331 |oclc=722305 |title=Rules for Meetings |last=Atwood |first=Roswell Levi}}</ref> and ''Democratic Rules of Order''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Democratic Rules of Order: Easy-to-Use Rules for Meetings of Any Size |year=2019 |edition=10th |author1=Peg Francis |author2=Fred Francis |publisher=New Society Publishers |pages=104 |isbn=978-0865719064 }}</ref>

=== Consensus decision-making ===
In modern parliamentary procedure, the usual practice is having a proposal first, then discussion on this proposal with any modifications to it, and finally a vote on it, with majority vote deciding the issue if there are any disagreements. An alternative to this process is [[consensus decision-making]]. In this alternative, discussion of potential proposals is held first, followed by the framing of a proposal, and then modifying it until the group reaches a consensus, when there is no longer any disagreement.

As a response to this alternative, the authors of ''Robert's Rules of Order'' stated their belief in using debate and majority vote as part of the process in making decisions for the group.<ref>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Robert|2020|p=xlviii}}: "Robert saw, on the other hand, that the evolution of majority vote in tandem with lucid and clarifying debate—resulting in a decision representing the view of the deliberate majority—far more clearly ferrets out and demonstrates the will of an assembly."</ref>