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CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE
If you're hosting Congressional Debate at your contest, you have some forms to upload or print out for your judges and competitors.
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Please note that these forms come from the NSDA's website.
PARLIAMENTARIAN FOLDER FOR EACH CHAMBER
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*A copy of your legislation packet for your tournament
*Docket if you have pre-set docket before beginning of first session
*Seating charts for each session for Parliamentarian (also one for Presiding Officer to use). You can create and print these in Tabroom.
*A roster of competitors printed from Tabroom.
*The set of placards with the kids’ names printed on them (Senator Smith). Tabroom can print these nicely. Add your tournament logo and print them on cardstock!
*Table of Frequently Used Motions
*Forms from this downloadable Zip file
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Amendment Forms
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Agenda Report
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Oath of Office
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Precedence/Recency Table for Presiding Officer
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Master Parliamentarian Ballot for end of the day (if using paper ballots)
*Extra speech ballots and presiding officer ballots for judges (if using paper ballots)
JUDGE FOLDER FOR EACH JUDGE
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*A copy of your legislation packet for your tournament
*Docket if you have pre-set docket before beginning of first session
*Seating chart for particular session Judge is judging from Tabroom
*A roster of competitors printed from Tabroom
*Presiding Officer Scoresheet (if using paper ballots) — evaluate every hour
*Speech Scoresheet (if using paper ballots) — one per competitor plus a couple of extras
*Two-sided rubric for how to score speaking and how to score presiding (pages 14 and 15 of this guide run off as two-sided paper — could also just run off whole guide).
*Master Ballot to use at the end of the session (if using paper ballots) — one of the forms in the zip file.