30 Determining the validity of objections

No. 30. Determining The Validity Of Objections

Decision: Objecting to profanes becoming members of the lodge, when the names of the persons objected to are not before the lodge, is not an objection within the meaning of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge; to be a valid objection it should be made personally, either to the Master, or to the lodge when open in due form, because an objection can have no weight unless made after a ballot has been taken and found to be clear, and no objection can be valid previous to the action of the lodge.

Constitution, Article VII, Sec. 1.7.21. May 15, 1882. (Freeman, GM)