Guest Just Curious Posted May 16, 2011 at 11:56 AM Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 at 11:56 AM Is there such a thing as "one unanimous ballot" being cast for unapposed elected positions? If so, how is it handled and who presents the ballot? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted May 16, 2011 at 12:08 PM Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 at 12:08 PM Is there such a thing as "one unanimous ballot" being cast for unapposed elected positions? If so, how is it handled and who presents the ballot? Thank you.The preferred method here is for the chair to declare the sole nominee elected by acclamation. However, if the bylaws require a ballot vote and do not mention that acclamation is allowable in such a circumstance, then a ballot vote must be held. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted May 16, 2011 at 12:09 PM Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 at 12:09 PM Is there such a thing as "one unanimous ballot" being cast for unapposed elected positions? If so, how is it handled and who presents the ballot?If there is only one nominee for a particular office and if the bylaws do not require a ballot vote, the chair can declare the sole nominee elected "by acclamation". Note that the practice of having the secretary cast a single deciding vote is not supported by RONR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted May 16, 2011 at 03:55 PM Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 at 03:55 PM Is there such a thing as "one unanimous ballot" being cast for unapposed elected positions?There is such a thing, but there shouldn't be. The idea of having a ballot vote in which some are not allowed to vote and one is not allowed to abstain and where the ballot is not secret and where the one casting the ballot is not free to make his own choice... well, it boggles the mind (if you allow it). If so, how is it handled and who presents the ballot? Thank you.See RONR(10th ed.), p. 428, l. 32-35, for a proper way to handle an election that has only one nonminee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted May 16, 2011 at 08:37 PM Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 at 08:37 PM Is there such a thing as "one unanimous ballot" being cast for unopposed elected positions? The author of Robert's Rules of Order (U.S. Army General Henry M. Robert) said that this practice (namely, having a secretary cast a unanimous ballot on behalf of the assembly) was obsolete, and he said this in 1923 (See "Parliamentary Law").If so, how is it handled and who presents the ballot?If you were to do so, then:The secretary writes down a single name on a piece of paper. The secretary hands the paper to the chair saying, "I cast a unanimous ballot ..." (etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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