Should a proposed candidate be balloted in the next regular meeting itself or can be done later?
According to the Constitution, a candidate for initiation must be proposed and seconded at a regular meeting only, and he must be balloted for at the next regular meeting. If the ballot is not taken at that meeting, the proposal shall lapse. This is specified in Rule 135, which states: "Except as provided by Rule 136, a candidate for initiation may be proposed and seconded at a regular meeting only, and he must be balloted for at the next regular meeting. If the ballot be not so taken the proposal shall lapse."