Tom Gannon

[Guest Y]

Is it permitted for the secretary to cast one ballot for a slate of officers (Pres, VP, Treas, Sec, Fin Sec) if there are no other nominations from the floor or they are running unopposed?

[Gary Novosielski]

No.  Offices are voted on separately, not as a "slate". 

 

And the secretary-cast vote is at best an archaic practice, if it ever existed in the first place.

 

The proper method, for each office where there is only one nominee, would be for the chair to simply announce that the nominee is "elected by acclamation".

 

However, before you do that you must check your bylaws to see if a ballot vote is required for elections. If it is, with no exception for unopposed candidates, then you must have a ballot vote,and no motion to the contrary is in order, not even by a unanimous vote.

 

Members can cast write-in votes for other candidates, even if they were not nominated.

[Guest Linda Burke]

Our HOA by-laws mandate an organizational meeting of directors to elect officers immediately (or within 10 days) after the Annual Homeowners' meeting to elect directors.  However, the bylaws do not specify that Robert's Rules be applied to this meeting, as it does require for regular board meetings.  Do the Rules have a procedure for the nomination and election of officers?  For example, are seconds required for each nomination?  Must each candidate be voted on before another can be nominated?  If no candidate for an office achieves a majority, what are the options?

[Bruce Lages]

Guest Linda - please post your question as a new topic, since it really doesn't relate directly to the question asked in this current thread. Thanks.

[Guest Edgar]

 . . . it really doesn't relate directly to the question asked in this current thread. Thanks.

 

Nor does it relate to the Subject. Though I can't imagine what would.