Guest curt58 Posted October 6, 2013 at 05:40 PM Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 at 05:40 PM Our bylaws allow absentee voting by mail for elections. A member voted absentee and is now able to attend the meeting. Is he now allowed to vote on all issues of the day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted October 6, 2013 at 05:44 PM Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 at 05:44 PM Our bylaws allow absentee voting by mail for elections. A member voted absentee and is now able to attend the meeting. Is he now allowed to vote on all issues of the day? RONR strongly advises against combining votes by mail with votes at a meeting. If your organization has disregarded RONR's advice on this subject, you'll have to figure out how that works. See RONR, 11th ed., pgs. 588-591 for some Principles of Interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrEntropy Posted October 6, 2013 at 05:46 PM Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 at 05:46 PM Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised generally recommends against allowing absentee voting, especially in cases where some vote absentee and others vote in person (RONR page 423). If you allow such things, your society needs to provide it's own rules for how to handle them, and it needs to be expressly authorized in the bylaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted October 6, 2013 at 06:00 PM Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 at 06:00 PM But if he's present, nothing in RONR would prohibit him from voting on the other motions unrelated to the one(s) that Mr. Martin and the good Dr. are referring to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted October 6, 2013 at 06:01 PM Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 at 06:01 PM RONR strongly advises against combining votes by mail with votes at a meeting. If your organization has disregarded RONR's advice on this subject, you'll have to figure out how that works. See RONR, 11th ed., pgs. 588-591 for some Principles of Interpretation. Yes, but --- would you agree that if the bylaws allow only for absentee voting in elections, the member can still vote on all other "issues of the day" when he is present at the meeting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted October 6, 2013 at 06:05 PM Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 at 06:05 PM Yes, but --- would you agree that if the bylaws allow only for absentee voting in elections, the member can still vote on all other "issues of the day" when he is present at the meeting? Yes, the member can certainly vote on any issue for which he has not already voted. The only tricky part will be whether he can change his vote on issues where he has already voted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted October 6, 2013 at 06:57 PM Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 at 06:57 PM Thanks for the opinions very helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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