Joe T

If during nominations for a board you get 8 nominees and only 101 votes. How do you determine the winners for 2 seats. Our bylaws say majority vote but if none is present with the amount of nominees, how do you declare winners?

I have a few questions. First, can a video camera be used at an annual membership meeting if there is no provision or mention either way? If so, where can I find this in the current edition? Second, if there is a hostile board can anyone call a special meeting of members to have the board replaced? Who chairs this meeting? Where do I find this? Thirdly, I know that the board should not run the annual meetings of members but they currently do. We are told what we can discuss and what gets voted on and also have the blank proxy votes sent to them. What section talks about their involvement in the annual membership meeting, what they can and cannot do during these meetings, and what members can do if they do not? This is specifically targeted to the annual meeting. Finally, can the validity of changes, adoptions, rules, etc. be questioned or challenged if they are made in this way or do they stand until a 51% vote at a special meeting held for specific items?

Wow, a whole can of worms there. So down the rabbit hole we go. All board members are also organization members. So this is an annual membership meeting which the board presides over. The board created the ballots and wrote the proxy votes to be either sent to them to vote matters or to a named person. Since most members do not live in the area the proxies generally go to the board to use as they see fit since most owners do not know each other. My assumption is that this is something they should not be doing at an annual membership meeting, which to me, is just electing new board members and us being told what changes the board is making.

So, if as a member of the association and not on the board I raise the point of order at the meeting and the board does not change how things are done what is my recourse? Please understand this ballot was changed in a way for the board to preclude those they do not want elected and elect those they feel have the same goals as them. The board unilaterally added someone to the board for 3 years after someone resigned. I am trying to do all of this correctly but feel it is an uphill battle.

It is blank and says to write in board member candidates name below. Then it says vote yes or no for each candidate. Under this is a name line to write on and then a yes and no check box. The bottom of the ballot says "Candidates must receive more yes votes than no votes to be elected. If there are more than 2 candidates with more yes votes than no votes, the 2 candidates with the most yes votes will be seated as board members. Each board member elected will serve a 3 year term."

That is what I have thought. There are two seats open, one resume was sent in for a board position to send out to all the members for the annual meeting. When the notice came the ballot from previous years had been changed to a yes no vote for candidates. Since only one had followed the rules and sent in the resume by the deadline for inclusion in the mailing my belief was that it was changed in an attempt to prevent this person being elected. Additionally the name was not placed on the ballot it is blank and only allows for write in names. Should this name have been printed on the ballot and then any at the meeting who nominate from the floor be printed in under it? Also any improper votes cast does that make their vote invalid?

Is an election for office vote allowed to have a yes or no block? As far as what I can see an election vote is not to have a yes or no block and the way to vote no is to vote for someone else, is this correct? Also if anyone does vote with a no selection does this vote become invalid? Is there a section that covers this?