Quill

Throughout the platform round icons are events relating to individuals and their right to have an opinion in particular debates:

Person joining a committee

Person leaving a committee

Person elected to a position

Roll-call

Parchment-coloured, square icons relate to the creation and amending of documents:

Create a new proposal

Create a new document that is a line-by-line revision of another document (noted by the pen icon in the corner)

Document amendment proposed

Document taken from another committee (note arrow in corner)

Amendment taken from another committee

Debate a proposal

Documents that have an explicit subtype can be displayed with a slightly different icon:

Legislative text

Formal Resolutions

A message to be sent elsewhere

A petition to be considered

Rules and Orders of Business

Diamond-shaped, purple icons relate to decisions taken:

Drop a proposal

Refer a proposal to another committee

Adopt a proposal

Other vote (continue debate)

Reject a proposal

Postpone a debate

Blue, hexagon-shaped icons relate to 'procedural' proposals that do not directly alter text but affect how a committee does its work (and are usually used only for transient things, such as a point of order.)

Procedural motion

Procedural motion with sub-decisions

Debate on a procedural motion

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A senior at Utah Valley University, Ashlynn, is majoring in Political Science with an emphasis in Public Administration and Policy. She is currently working on both the NEH Grant-funded Wyoming and Idaho Quill projects. The Quill Project has surrounded Ashlynn with both peers and mentors that are curious and resourceful. She has learned new research methods and has gained more respect for historical policymakers.

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Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889

Description: The Wyoming Constitution Convention began September 2, 1889 without the authorization from an enabling act. The articles were individually voted on, creating the final Constitution of Wyoming on September 30, 1889. It was later ratified on November 5, 1889.

As: contributor editor

Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889

Description: Washington's first constitutional convention met between July and August 1889 to draft the state's foundational text.

As: contributor editor

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