drew98 Posted June 10, 2011 at 12:34 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 at 12:34 PM We have elections coming up soon and the question has come up. If two people decide to run together and share a position ( for example co-president) do they both have the privilege of voting or do they also "share" the vote togther Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted June 10, 2011 at 12:39 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 at 12:39 PM Co-anythings are not described (or defined) in RONR -- other than to suggest it is a bad idea.So you will need to answer all those questions (and lots of other ones) in your bylaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted June 10, 2011 at 01:09 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 at 01:09 PM If two people decide to run together and share a position (for example co-president) do they both have the privilege of voting or do they also "share" the vote togtherNeither.If your bylaws don't provide for "co-presidents" you can't have them. There's no sharing. I suspect your bylaws provide for a president. That means one. At a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drew98 Posted June 10, 2011 at 01:35 PM Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 at 01:35 PM We have elections coming up soon and the question has come up. If two people decide to run together and share a position ( for example co-president) do they both have the privilege of voting or do they also "share" the vote togtherOkay the actual embarrassing story is that we have elected our board already and now have co-presidents and other co positions. Our bylaws are very very old and obviously need updating. Since the deed is already done any ideas on how to have everyone vote? Nothing in our by-laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted June 10, 2011 at 01:38 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 at 01:38 PM Since the deed is already done any ideas on how to have everyone vote?You inform the persons who came in second that they are not "co-" anything. Failing that, you hold new elections. The fact that you didn't follow your rules doesn't mean that you can keep disobeying them.And if by "updating" your bylaws you mean including "co-presidents", that's not an improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted June 10, 2011 at 01:39 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 at 01:39 PM Okay the actual embarrassing story is that we have elected our board already and now have co-presidents and other co positions. Our bylaws are very very old and obviously need updating. Since the deed is already done any ideas on how to have everyone vote? Nothing in our by-laws.Do your bylaws say you can have co-Presidents and other co-positions? If so then you have those co-officers and it will be up to you all to figure out how to give everyone an equal vote. If the bylaws don't provide for co-positions it will be up to you all to figure out who gets the jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted June 10, 2011 at 09:33 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 at 09:33 PM We have elections coming up soon and the question has come up. If two people decide to run together and share a position ( for example co-president) do they both have the privilege of voting or do they also "share" the vote togtherBy what authority are these two people "deciding" to share a position? Do you have any provision whatsoever in your bylaws that would allow this ill-advised practice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted June 10, 2011 at 09:36 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 at 09:36 PM Okay the actual embarrassing story is that we have elected our board already and now have co-presidents and other co positions. Our bylaws are very very old and obviously need updating. Since the deed is already done any ideas on how to have everyone vote? Nothing in our by-laws.If the bylaws do not allow this, then the "deed" is not already done. The deed is null and void. If you still have access to the ballots, or at least the vote counts, you may be able to figure out who actually got elected, but if they actually ran together as a pair, you'll have to hold a special election to figure out who actually gets the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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