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[Guest Libby60]

A director from the 5 member Board resigned early right after the election of two new directors. The remaining four will be appointing a new director. Two board member want to appoint the 3rd candidate in the recent election and she has accepted. The other two director want to appoint a new member who they think will work better as a team member than the candidate. What do you do with a tie vote?

[Guest Edgar]

What do you do with a tie vote?

In an election, you keep voting until an eligible candidate willing to serve receives a majority of the votes cast.

[Trina]

And, just in case there is confusion over the use of the word election in Edgar's post (since you are talking about an appointment that is needed shortly 'after the election of two new directors'), the appointment process that's going on inside the Board is itself a form of election. One person must eventually be chosen, and that person must receive a majority of the votes cast in order to be chosen. Maybe the eventual choice will be neither one of the two people currently under consideration -- if the 4 Board members stick to their tie vote, for round after round of voting, someone might nominate a different candidate just to break the impasse. Or something else will eventually happen so that one candidate gets a majority of votes cast.