Guest phesant state Posted December 14, 2015 at 07:45 PM Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 at 07:45 PM Is an abstention from a vote considered the same as a "no" vote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted December 14, 2015 at 07:52 PM Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 at 07:52 PM See http://www.robertsrules.com/faq.html#6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 16, 2015 at 08:10 AM Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 at 08:10 AM On 12/14/2015 at 2:45 PM, Guest phesant state said: Is an abstention from a vote considered the same as a "no" vote? No, it is considered that the person abstaining from voting did not, in fact, vote at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted December 16, 2015 at 05:05 PM Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 at 05:05 PM 8 hours ago, Jeepien said: No, it is considered that the person abstaining from voting did not, in fact, vote at all. I agree, but urge guest Phesant State to read carefully the second paragraph of the answer to FAQ 6 cited by George Mervosh in the first response in this thread. For convenience, here is the link again: http://www.robertsrules.com/faq.html#6 As noted in the second paragraph, there are situations where an abstention can have the same effect as a no vote, but those situations are rather unusual. In any event, it is not actually a vote and is not counted as a vote at all. By definition, to abstain is to not vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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