Board Nominations and Withdrawals

[Guest Guest Ronald]

At our board organizational meeting, 3 members were nominated for the position of VP. In order to get the position, one must receive 7 votes (majority out of 12 board members). After one vote, nobody had 7 votes.

 

Prior to the 2nd vote, one of the 3 candidates withdrew her name so the next vote had only 2 candidates. The 2nd vote was a 6-6 tie so we were getting ready for a third vote. But just prior to the 3rd vote, one of the two remaining candidates withdrew his name, so we were down to one candidate.

 

The President was ready to ask the board to approve the only and only remaining candidate as our VP when another board member interjected. She nominated one of the previous candidates who withdrew her name. I thought once you withdraw you can no longer be considered and the board should have voted on the lone candidate remaining. 

 

But that's not what happened, The Board President put her name back on the ballot so we scheduled a third vote and one of the candidates was a members who previously withdrew her name for the position of VP.

[Thomas Ralph]

Nominations may be reopened between rounds of balloting. This requires a majority vote, but the fact that one was not obtained is not material at this stage as nobody raised a Point of Order at the time.

 

Nothing in RONR prevents someone from withdrawing from a ballot and then later being renominated.

 

Assuming someone was eventually elected, it would appear to me that the election was proper.

[Dan Honemann]

At our board organizational meeting, 3 members were nominated for the position of VP. In order to get the position, one must receive 7 votes (majority out of 12 board members). After one vote, nobody had 7 votes.

 

Prior to the 2nd vote, one of the 3 candidates withdrew her name so the next vote had only 2 candidates. The 2nd vote was a 6-6 tie so we were getting ready for a third vote. But just prior to the 3rd vote, one of the two remaining candidates withdrew his name, so we were down to one candidate.

 

The President was ready to ask the board to approve the only and only remaining candidate as our VP when another board member interjected. She nominated one of the previous candidates who withdrew her name. I thought once you withdraw you can no longer be considered and the board should have voted on the lone candidate remaining. 

 

But that's not what happened, The Board President put her name back on the ballot so we scheduled a third vote and one of the candidates was a members who previously withdrew her name for the position of VP.

 

So what was the result of the third round of balloting?

[Guest Guest]

Daniel, the person who withdrew her name after receiving only 3 votes on the first ballot, won the nomination after the other lone board member remaining, inexplicably withdrew his name just prior to the third round of voting.

 

Thomas answered my question. Someone can withdraw their name and it is within the rules to nominate them a 2nd time on a subsequent ballot.

 

This is a very informative discussion group. 

[Guest Ronald]

I just thought of another question. If that board member did not inexplicably withdraw his name prior to the third ballot, and if there was a 6-6 tie vote on the third ballot, what would our options be?

 

Someone on the board said if it we had a tie vote between the two remaining candidates on the third ballot, then the VP from the previous board would automatically be reinstated for another term. I'm relatively new to this but that doesn't sound right.

[Josh Martin]

I just thought of another question. If that board member did not inexplicably withdraw his name prior to the third ballot, and if there was a 6-6 tie vote on the third ballot, what would our options be?

 

Someone on the board said if it we had a tie vote between the two remaining candidates on the third ballot, then the VP from the previous board would automatically be reinstated for another term. I'm relatively new to this but that doesn't sound right.

 

He's wrong. If no candidate was elected on the third ballot, you would have a fourth ballot.

[Guest Ronald]

Thanks guys for some very informative replies.

[David A Foulkes]

Someone on the board said ....

 

This is quite often the most undesirable method of determining proper parliamentary procedure, followed closely by tea leaf reading, dream interpretation, and throwing dice.  Also, seeing visions in the steam of cobnuts.  There's a book, or two, on the subject that has lots of time-tested information, just so you know.

 

This someone who said this.... wouldn't happen to be the VP from the previous board, would it?