Guest Creed Posted August 9, 2011 at 10:14 PM Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 at 10:14 PM Our Bylaws states in an event of a single nominee for office, the presiding officer may cast a single ballot for the nominee upon the closing of all nominations. It also states that the Election of officers shall be by secret ballot and require a majority vote of all delegates and members of the board of directors. Does the point of the presiding officer casting a single ballot apply only to the nomination process, or does that apply to the Election process. Trying to determine in the event of only one candidate per officer position, whether there is a need to go thru the balloting process with the entire delegation. My take is 'Yes', to ensure each candidate receives the required majority vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted August 9, 2011 at 10:40 PM Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 at 10:40 PM Our Bylaws states in an event of a single nominee for office, the presiding officer may cast a single ballot for the nominee upon the closing of all nominations. It also states that the Election of officers shall be by secret ballot and require a majority vote of all delegates and members of the board of directors. Does the point of the presiding officer casting a single ballot apply only to the nomination process, or does that apply to the Election process. Trying to determine in the event of only one candidate per officer position, whether there is a need to go thru the balloting process with the entire delegation. My take is 'Yes', to ensure each candidate receives the required majority vote.Per RONR, if the bylaws don't stipulate the requirement of a ballot vote, and there is only one nominee, the chair can declare the candidate the winner by acclamation. (p. 428 l. 32-35)However, your bylaws seem to muddle the process a bit. In one spot they seem to say the presiding officer can do a similar thing, casting a single (unanimous) ballot for the candidate (a procedure which is frowned upon at best). In another spot they seem to say that a ballot vote is required, without (I assume) specifying the special case of a single nominee as excluded from that rule. Not having read your bylaws (and please don't post them here), it would seem there is a possible conflict there which your membership will need to resolve. Pages 570-573 offer some insights into interpreting such trouble spots in your bylaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Creed Posted August 10, 2011 at 09:01 AM Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 at 09:01 AM Per RONR, if the bylaws don't stipulate the requirement of a ballot vote, and there is only one nominee, the chair can declare the candidate the winner by acclamation. (p. 428 l. 32-35)However, your bylaws seem to muddle the process a bit. In one spot they seem to say the presiding officer can do a similar thing, casting a single (unanimous) ballot for the candidate (a procedure which is frowned upon at best). In another spot they seem to say that a ballot vote is required, without (I assume) specifying the special case of a single nominee as excluded from that rule. Not having read your bylaws (and please don't post them here), it would seem there is a possible conflict there which your membership will need to resolve. Pages 570-573 offer some insights into interpreting such trouble spots in your bylaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted August 10, 2011 at 09:29 AM Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 at 09:29 AM Another victim of the Add Reply button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted August 10, 2011 at 10:30 AM Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 at 10:30 AM Another victim of the Add Reply button.Followed by 147 GoTcH4s and 1 fugeddit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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