This is a right that the lodges have expressly reserved to themselves, and the stipulation is inserted in the "general regulations" in the following words: "No man can be entered a Brother in any particular lodge, or admitted a member thereof, without the unanimous consent of all the members of that lodge then present, when the candidate is proposed, and when their consent is formally asked by the Master.

They are to give their consent in their own prudent way, either virtually or in form, but with unanimity.

Nor is this inherent privilege subject to a dispensation, because the members of a particular lodge are the best judges of it; and because, if a turbulent member should be imposed upon them, it might spoil their harmony, or hinder the freedom of their communication; or even break and disperse the lodge, which ought to be avoided by all true and faithful."[36] But although a lodge has the inherent right to require unanimity in the election of a candidate, it is not necessarily restricted to such a degree of rigor.
A lodge has the right to elect its own officers.

This right is guaranteed to it by the words of the Warrant of Constitution.

Still the right is subject to certain restraining regulations.