All matters of voting are done in the Third degree by Master Masons only . EA's and FC's can not and may not vote in KY lodges . Another thing is that my lodge is big on talking about Ritual work and if we have the lower degrees in the lodge our hands are tied in what we can discuss .I , personally don't see the harm in opening the lodge a couple of times a year to do regular buisness on the EA Degree to let the Masons in the lower degrees have a little taste , but I do not want it to get to the point of doing it every meeting . We have enough EA's in KY lodges dragging their feet to move through the degrees and if they can already attend regular meetings , like one of our EA's I'm coaching informed me when I broached this subject with him , he stated why worry about moving on up to the other degrees . So , in my opinion , it gives them something to shoot for .