Guest Lily Posted February 18, 2011 at 06:16 PM Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 at 06:16 PM Our by-laws do not state anything about how to break a tie. We have an instance where the vote was 5 to 5 which included the president. Should the presidents vote be withdrawn in order to break the tie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted February 18, 2011 at 06:17 PM Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 at 06:17 PM A tie vote on a motion defeats the motion. A tie vote in an election means you vote again. No withdrawing votes. A little more info on the circumstances might yield additional information, although that's pretty much it, so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted February 18, 2011 at 08:47 PM Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 at 08:47 PM Our by-laws do not state anything about how to break a tie. We have an instance where the vote was 5 to 5 which included the president. Should the presidents vote be withdrawn in order to break the tie?There is nothing magical about a tie vote, and they do not need to be "broken". A tie vote, since it is less than a majority, does not carry the motion.Since you don't tell us whether this was a main motion, an election, or what, nor which way the president voted, it's not possible to be more specific. But there is no need for the president to withdraw his vote, unless for some reason he had voted No, but secretly wanted the motion to pass.If this was an election, then this round of voting failed to produce a result, and you'll have to keep voting until one candidate gets a majority (more votes than all the other candidates for that office, combined.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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