margo Posted May 7, 2012 at 07:01 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 at 07:01 PM Our organization held its annual officers' election earlier this month. Only one person ran for each office, president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. The affirmative votes were unanimous for all candidates, there was no one nominated from the floor. The Nominating Committee found out a few days later that another member who was asked to be a candidate actually said yes, but the NC chair didn't understand the member was giving her consent because a lot of back and forth was happeningin the conversation. Per our bylaws, when the slate was announced this person could have nominated herself from the floor but did not.How would you handle this situation. Do we redo the election and add this person to the slate? Should we just redo an election for just the position this member was seeking adding both her name and the name of the other nominee? Is there a motion one has to make to repeat an election? Or do we chalk it up to a misunderstanding and let the election stand as is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted May 7, 2012 at 08:09 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 at 08:09 PM If she wanted to serve and had an opportunity to nominate herself from the floor and chose not to do so the YSYL rule applies. Also, unless your bylaws said otherwise the voter could have written her name in and if she got a majority vote she would have been elected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted May 7, 2012 at 08:10 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 at 08:10 PM Or do we chalk it up to a misunderstanding and let the election stand as is?This one. Next time, I'm sure you'll do better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted May 22, 2012 at 02:11 AM Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 at 02:11 AM ... Per our bylaws, when the slate was announced this person could have nominated herself from the floor but did not.How would you handle this situation. Do we redo the election and add this person to the slate? Should we just redo an election for just the position this member was seeking adding both her name and the name of the other nominee? Is there a motion one has to make to repeat an election? Or do we chalk it up to a misunderstanding and let the election stand as is?The election is complete. There is no "situation" and there is no valid motion (nor any reason) to repeat the election.If this person did not nominate herself when she had the chance, what did she expect to happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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