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If someone is running unopposed for an office and someone calls for a ballot, can the person who is unopposed not be elected?

Yes. Members are free to cast write-in votes. In theory, enough write-in votes could be cast that the sole nominee receives less than a majority, but this rarely happens in practice.

It's worth noting, however, that a single member may not demand a ballot vote. If your Bylaws require a ballot vote, then you must have one, but if they do not, the President should simply declare the nominee elected unless a ballot vote is ordered by majority vote.

I assume, that as long as they get one vote, they would be elected.

Well, it's fair to say that if they get one vote and no one else gets any votes, they would be elected, since that is a majority of the votes cast. Blank ballots don't count, and people can't simply vote "no" - the only proper way to vote against a candidate is to vote for someone else.

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If someone is running unopposed for an office and someone calls for a ballot, can the person who is unopposed not be elected?

If "someone" makes a motion to vote by ballot (I assume the bylaws don't require balloting for elections), which is adopted by the assembly, and every ballot has the unopposed candidate's name on it, wouldn't you think the members had elected him/her? That is to say, of course the person can be elected, and they can be defeated if a majority of voters put someone else's name on their ballot slips. Or no one might be elected the first round if no one person gets a majority of votes.

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