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flipper92

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A person is running for two positions in our ballot election next week. If he wins both positions, I understand he can just decide not to do one or the other. If that happens, does the second place winner in the position he rejected then automatically win that position? Our bylaws are silent on running/winning two positions. Thanks.

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12 minutes ago, flipper92 said:

A person is running for two positions in our ballot election next week. If he wins both positions, I understand he can just decide not to do one or the other. If that happens, does the second place winner in the position he rejected then automatically win that position? Our bylaws are silent on running/winning two positions. Thanks.

First, it is possible for a person to hold more than one office simultaneously.  Usually the bylaws prohibit it. 

If the member is elected to both, he would choose one and there would be an election for the one he declined (p. 440, ll. 19-27). 

The second place person never automatically gets the position.  As one of our long  time members has wisely noted, the person may have come in second for a reason. 

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6 hours ago, flipper92 said:

What if there were only two people running for the second position and there were no write-ins? Would you still need to have a second election for the now uncontested spot?

Yes. The spot may not remain uncontested. Perhaps the society will choose to reopen nominations, or perhaps there will be write-in votes the second time.

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