Elections by less than a plurality
Given: The First Society is electing a Treasurer, an officer position. It meets monthly. All meetings are quorate and properly noticed. The bylaws of the First Society are quite similar to those on pp. 583-588, with the following exceptions. 1. The annual meeting is in December, with nominations in nominations in November (p. 585, ll. 20-24) . 2. A ballot is not required to elect (p. 585, ll. 25-26). You can strike out the words "ballot" and "by ballot" in both lines. The December meeting
I'm a bit troubled by the claim that there is rule stating that the assembly cannot vote by the same method twice. The text says: "It is never in order to move that the vote on a question be taken a second time by the same method (p. 285, ll. 25-27)." The key word is move. On a second round of voting in an election, no one is moving to take the vote by the same method, anymore than no one moved to vote by voice on the first round. Arguably, if a standing vote was ordered on the first electi