We recently held an election with 3 persons running for office. The ballots cast in the initial vote included 3 absentee ballots and the remaining ballots from the members present. In the initial vote no one person received a majority of the votes (50% of the votes plus 1 vote) as specified in our by-laws. We completed a run off election and only counted the votes from the floor in the second vote, as the absentee ballots were cast for the first vote.
Our by-laws do not specify that the absentee ballots be counted in the run-off election. What is the correct way to handle the status of absentee votes cast when a run-off election is required.
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