Guest Judy B Posted February 1, 2011 at 11:36 AM Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 at 11:36 AM Is it necessary to post the number of votes that candidates receive at a corporate meeting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Cisar Posted February 1, 2011 at 11:43 AM Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 at 11:43 AM Is it necessary to post the number of votes that candidates receive at a corporate meeting?Check the bylaws as they may have a rule about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert B Fish Posted February 1, 2011 at 12:58 PM Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 at 12:58 PM Check the bylaws as they may have a rule about that.Yes, unless there is a valid rule to the contrary.There are several reasons to do this, not the least of which is that if the vote is close, the assembly may decide to order a recount. An excellent article on this subject by John Stackpole appeared recently in the National Parliamentarian.-Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted February 1, 2011 at 01:00 PM Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 at 01:00 PM Is it necessary to post the number of votes that candidates receive at a corporate meeting?It depends on what you mean by "posting". A detailed vote count should be part of the tellers' report which is read at the meeting and included in the minutes, but there is no "posting" requirement in RONR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted February 1, 2011 at 03:06 PM Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 at 03:06 PM Yes, unless there is a valid rule to the contrary.There are several reasons to do this, not the least of which is that if the vote is close, the assembly may decide to order a recount. An excellent article on this subject by John Stackpole appeared recently in the National Parliamentarian.-BobYou flatter me. Anyway, here's a summary...Indeed it is the proper thing to do, to read out the numerical vote results for the members to hear -- see p. 404, line 11 ff. - and to include them in the minutesConsider some possibilities:1) The winner got nearly all the votes and the loser has had a long history of fruitlessly running for office. Reading the vote count might send him a message, that it is time to quit making a fool of himself.2) The vote is "reasonably" close. This way the loser will be encouraged to try again, as it seems, by the vote, that he has a good deal of potential, and many friends, but just went up against a better person this time. This may help to keep a good candidate in the game.3) The vote is "extremely" close - one or two votes different. The assembly may very well want to order a recount (RONR p. 404) just to be sure of the result. This way there are no (or fewer) hard feelings.4) The president, when declaring who won, makes a simple mistake and names the wrong person, or he does not understand the vote required to adopt the motion (majority, 2/3, &c.) and states the "wrong" outcome.5) The tellers make an error. Reading the results out loud may not help to catch this but studying the printed documentation in the minutes at leisure probably would. The documentation would also serve as evidence if there were serious questions about the outcome.Without the teller having read the numbers, how will anybody (except the teller, if he is paying attention) know to correct this?6) The winner of the election (or partisans of the winning side of a critical issue) could weigh the numerical results in terms of whether they have a "mandate" to proceed at full bore, or whether there might be some fence mending to look after first.If the vote results were not made immediately available to the membership, none of the above good things could happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted February 1, 2011 at 03:18 PM Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 at 03:18 PM Is it necessary to post the number of votes that candidates receive at a corporate meeting?The "number of votes"?It depends on the METHOD OF VOTING.In a voice vote? No.In a rising (i.e., standing) vote? No.In a ballot vote? Yes.In a rising (standing) counted vote? Yes.Q. How was the vote taken?***"Post"?No. No posting of anything is required, if Robert's Rules of Order applies.Q. What do you mean by "post"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted February 1, 2011 at 04:05 PM Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 at 04:05 PM Is it necessary to post the number of votes that candidates receive at a corporate meeting?Yes. The tellers report should be read aloud to the chair, and then repeated by the chair, along with the announcement of the resulting, er, results.Of course if you're using a method of voting that does not involve counting, then there are no numbers to report.[Not sure what you mean by "post". But yes, the information is announced.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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