parkourninja Posted July 1, 2016 at 03:34 AM Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 at 03:34 AM If a candidate is running unopposed for a position and does not receive a majority vote, what provisions are in place for filling the office? Is there a such thing as a special election? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted July 1, 2016 at 03:43 AM Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 at 03:43 AM Repeat the balloting until someone receives a majority vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted July 1, 2016 at 03:56 AM Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 at 03:56 AM And you might want to re-open nominations, which can be done with a majority vote (or unanimous consent). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted July 1, 2016 at 03:57 AM Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 at 03:57 AM How exactly does that happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted July 1, 2016 at 04:01 AM Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 at 04:01 AM 4 minutes ago, Godelfan said: How exactly does that happen? I'm wondering the same thing. Even a vote of 1 to 0 is a majority vote. Edited to add: I suppose there could be enough write in votes that the nominated candidate failed to obtain a majority of the votes. Parkourninja, please elaborate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_K Posted July 1, 2016 at 04:59 AM Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 at 04:59 AM 16 hours ago, Godelfan said: How exactly does that happen? My guess is that the organization took a yes-no vote on whether to elect the sole nominee, instead of declaring the nominee elected by acclamation like they should have (assuming of course that there is no rule in the bylaws requiring a ballot). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ed Posted July 1, 2016 at 04:18 PM Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 at 04:18 PM I am wondering what is going on as well. We need more information. With only one candidate, either the candidate should have been elected by acclamation (if no ballot is required) or is likely to have received a majority vote (if a ballot is required), as enough write-in candidates would have had to been voted for to spread the votes enough that no one received a majority vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkourninja Posted July 4, 2016 at 10:30 PM Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 at 10:30 PM On 7/1/2016 at 0:18 PM, Rev Ed said: I am wondering what is going on as well. We need more information. With only one candidate, either the candidate should have been elected by acclamation (if no ballot is required) or is likely to have received a majority vote (if a ballot is required), as enough write-in candidates would have had to been voted for to spread the votes enough that no one received a majority vote. On 7/1/2016 at 0:01 AM, Richard Brown said: I'm wondering the same thing. Even a vote of 1 to 0 is a majority vote. Edited to add: I suppose there could be enough write in votes that the nominated candidate failed to obtain a majority of the votes. Parkourninja, please elaborate. This thread provides more information. The question for now is resolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. J. Posted July 5, 2016 at 09:53 PM Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 at 09:53 PM In that case, you would need to re-ballot, or to suspend this rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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