Ballot vote

[Guest Church Officer]

Can an item discussed in a previous meeting be acted upon via a ballot vote in a subsequent meeting as long as a quorom has been established and the ballots are distributed in advance of the follow up meeting?

[George Mervosh]

Can an item discussed in a previous meeting be acted upon via a ballot vote in a subsequent meeting as long as a quorom has been established and the ballots are distributed in advance of the follow up meeting?

 

Certainly. A majority vote or unanimous consent is needed to order a vote by ballot when the bylaws don't require it. You don't need to distribute the ballots in advance, by the way.

[Bruce Lages]

There's also no requirement in RONR that ballots be distributed in advance of the follow up meeting. It's perfectly acceptable to move to take a vote by ballot at the same meeting. 

[jstackpo]

However....  just to bring up a possibility that "church officer" might be contemplating....

 

Those ballots distributed "ahead of time" CANNOT be used by absentee voters unless your bylaws authorize such.

 

You gotta be there to vote.

[Gary Novosielski]

Can an item discussed in a previous meeting be acted upon via a ballot vote in a subsequent meeting as long as a quorom has been established and the ballots are distributed in advance of the follow up meeting?

Distributing the ballots in advance is asking for trouble.  Everything else is fine.