> If we limit such powers, e.g. allowing just one delaying request per year 
> per person, then another vote can be called on a slightly different 
> question, effectively overruling the delaying request.
>

Whether two requests are two similar is the sort of thing a parliamentarian 
decides in (US-based, at least) committee procedures, e.g. Robert's Rules 
or Keesey, so it is plausible to have in some contexts.  I don't think we 
want to go that route in this forum, of course. 

There is also a question of deciding whether the delaying request is 
> reasonable. The only possibility seems to be to give no reason whatsoever, 
> but this is then effectively a veto power, albeit a temporary one...
>

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