Guest Bob K Posted November 28, 2012 at 07:51 PM Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 at 07:51 PM Our Board requires the President be elected with a simple majority (51%) and if there are more than two candidates a second vote is taken after narrowing the candidates to the top two vote getters. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to deal with a three-way tie for President? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted November 28, 2012 at 07:53 PM Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 at 07:53 PM Does anyone have a suggestion on how to deal with a three-way tie for President?Keep voting until someone wins.And a majority is (simply) defined as "more than half", not 51%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted November 28, 2012 at 08:26 PM Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 at 08:26 PM ....if there are more than two candidates a second vote is taken after narrowing the candidates to the top two vote getters.Is this practice (dropping all but the top two vote getters) defined in your bylaws or any special rules of order? If not, unless the assembly agrees to Suspend the Rules, it is not a practice supported by RONR. (11th Ed., p. 441 ll. 5-8) The recommended procedure would be to re-ballot until one nominee receives a majority (more than half) of the votes cast.Our Board requires the President be elected with a simple majority (51%) .....Your Board requires this????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted November 29, 2012 at 12:06 AM Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 at 12:06 AM Our Board requires the President be elected with a simple majority (51%) and if there are more than two candidates a second vote is taken after narrowing the candidates to the top two vote getters. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to deal with a three-way tie for President?If your Bylaws include this procedure, then it will be up to your organization to interpret how the rule applies to a three-way tie. See RONR, 11th ed., pgs. 588-591 for some Principles of Interpretation. If your Bylaws do not include this procedure, then you should stop this practice of dropping candidates immediately. Under RONR, no one is dropped from consideration - voting simply repeats until one candidate receives a majority of the votes.Is this practice (dropping all but the top two vote getters) defined in your bylaws or any special rules of order? If not, unless the assembly agrees to Suspend the Rules, it is not a practice supported by RONR. (11th Ed., p. 441 ll. 5-8)While this is technically correct, I fear it may be misleading to the original poster. While the rules may be suspended to provide that candidates with the lowest vote totals shall be dropped from the list of nominees, this does not prevent members from voting for these candidates or prevent the candidates from being elected. Only a Bylaws provision can do that. See RONR, 11th ed., pg. 441, footnote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted November 29, 2012 at 01:31 AM Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 at 01:31 AM While this is technically correct, I fear it may be misleading to the original poster. While the rules may be suspended to provide that candidates with the lowest vote totals shall be dropped from the list of nominees, this does not prevent members from voting for these candidates or prevent the candidates from being elected. Only a Bylaws provision can do that. See RONR, 11th ed., pg. 441, footnote.It's a good clarification, and one I should have made mention of. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 1, 2012 at 09:09 PM Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 at 09:09 PM Our Board requires the President be elected with a simple majority (51%) and if there are more than two candidates a second vote is taken after narrowing the candidates to the top two vote getters. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to deal with a three-way tie for President?The board can't require anything like this. Only your bylaws can. Do they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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