Guest Paul Posted October 29, 2013 at 09:23 AM Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 at 09:23 AM If not expressly addressed in Bylaws, can a specific person be nominated to multiple offices ie: President, Vice-President, and Member at large, then take the highest office in which they receive the highest total of votes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted October 29, 2013 at 09:26 AM Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 at 09:26 AM If not expressly addressed in Bylaws, can a specific person be nominated to multiple offices ie: President, Vice-President, and Member at large, then take the highest office in which they receive the highest total of votes?Also, if not expressly addressed in the Bylaws is there any rule on term limits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted October 29, 2013 at 10:21 AM Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 at 10:21 AM He can take whichever office he wants (assuming, of course, that he has legitimately won it -- which means, he gathered a majority of the votes for the office, unless the bylaws imprudently prescribe something else). See p. 440.RONR does not prescribe term limits.Who's Guest_Guest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted October 29, 2013 at 05:15 PM Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 at 05:15 PM He can take whichever office he wants (assuming, of course, that he has legitimately won it -- which means, he gathered a majority of the votes for the office, unless the bylaws imprudently prescribe something else). See p. 440.RONR does not prescribe term limits.Who's Guest_Guest?I am also Guest_Guest. I replied to my own question and it added me as guest_guest. Do you by chance have the text of what you refer to on page 440, I do not have a copy of the book yet. During our club's nomination process a person was nominated to both President and Vice-President and a member objected stating that Roberts Rules says that you can only be nominated to a single office. I am under the impression as you described above that as long as he receives the highest vote total in both offices he can (pick) which one he wants to serve in, then the other position would go to the second place in vote totals. Is there text that you can paste that stipulates to that? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted October 29, 2013 at 05:30 PM Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 at 05:30 PM I am also Guest_Guest. I replied to my own question and it added me as guest_guest. Do you by chance have the text of what you refer to on page 440, I do not have a copy of the book yet. During our club's nomination process a person was nominated to both President and Vice-President and a member objected stating that Roberts Rules says that you can only be nominated to a single office. I am under the impression as you described above that as long as he receives the highest vote total in both offices he can (pick) which one he wants to serve in, then the other position would go to the second place in vote totals. Is there text that you can paste that stipulates to that? Thank you. You're both wrong. A member may be nominated to multiple offices. If he wins multiple offices (which requires a majority vote unless your bylaws provide otherwise - the "highest vote total" doesn't necessarily cut it), he can choose which position to take. The assembly would then vote on the other position again - it does not automatically go to the runner-up. "...a candidate who receives a majority for more than one office on a single ballot must, if present, choose which one of the offices he will accept; if he is absent, the assembly decides by vote the office to be assigned to him. The assembly then ballots again to fill the other office(s)" (RONR, 11th ed., pg. 440, lines 9-14). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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