postpone a vote

It will now be discussed by the 10 other members of the Council, effectively postponing a vote until late next week.

The board postponed a vote, saying it would listen to presentations that could be documented.

The commission postponed a vote and has not rescheduled one.

The government is seeking to postpone a final vote on the proposal.

The late flurry of activity came after the Council postponed a vote that had been designed to pressure the mayor.

Last week the Common Council postponed a vote to begin an environmental review of the new plan.

But they were unable to resolve their conflicting concerns and postponed a vote on the measure.

In this case a single objection from any one of the 600-odd members was enough to postpone a vote.

Republicans said this morning that they thought the bill would squeak through, but then postponed a vote again.

The only reason you postpone a vote is to round up the votes.