Guest joe Posted September 30, 2014 at 03:12 PM Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 at 03:12 PM we recently held our yearly nominations for officers and directors, at end of nominations we did not have a vice commodore, a week later we hab a member step up and ask for the position what is the proper procedure/ where can i find the material in Roberts Rules? thank you for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted September 30, 2014 at 03:14 PM Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 at 03:14 PM . . . a week later we had a member step up and ask for the position. He can be elected when you "complete" the election (presumably at the next meeting). I presume you already elected the other officers (not just nominated candidates). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted September 30, 2014 at 03:15 PM Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 at 03:15 PM Did this happen before the election? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joe Posted September 30, 2014 at 03:44 PM Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 at 03:44 PM our elections are not till next month.... some positions ran unopposed, others will be voted on..... last-night we had an emergency board meeting to add this member to our ballot, there was controversy regarding procedure currently we have nothing in our by-laws about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted September 30, 2014 at 03:55 PM Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 at 03:55 PM It's unlikely that your board has the authority to "add names to the ballot" (i.e. make nominations). What you can do is, at the election meeting, re-open nominations. Or simply "write-in" the name of Mr. Johhny-Come-Lately. Note. too, that if your bylaws call for a ballot vote you must have one, even for unopposed offices. If your bylaws don't require a ballot vote the chair can simply declare sole nominees elected "by acclamation". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted September 30, 2014 at 04:47 PM Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 at 04:47 PM our elections are not till next month.... some positions ran unopposed, others will be voted on..... last-night we had an emergency board meeting to add this member to our ballot, there was controversy regarding procedure currently we have nothing in our by-laws about this Then you have no power to do anything to the ballot. The board has only the authority granted to it in the bylaws. Does your election take place at a general membership meeting? If so, a member could nominate this new recruit from the floor at that time. Printing the name on the ballot at that late date might be problematic, but that's not strictly necessary, as long as the members know he's been nominated and, ideally, would accept if elected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joe Posted September 30, 2014 at 05:27 PM Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 at 05:27 PM our elections are prior to general meeting........ was it right to put the name of this member (interested in position) as a write in on the ballot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted September 30, 2014 at 05:56 PM Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 at 05:56 PM our elections are prior to general meeting........ was it right to put the name of this member (interested in position) as a write in on the ballot? By definition, a "write-in" is a vote cast for someone whose name did NOT appear on the ballot (and was instead written in by the voter). I'm not sure how you hold the election outside of a meeting, so I'm guessing that must be covered in your bylaws, which you should look up and follow. If there are rules in there about nominations, you would follow them; if not, you would follow the rules in RONR. And according to RONR, the board does not have the power to nominate people for election by the membership (unless the bylaws grant them that power).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted September 30, 2014 at 05:58 PM Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 at 05:58 PM our elections are prior to general meeting . . . Well, in RONR-Land, all business (including elections) takes place at meetings. In fact, that's what meetings are for: a place where the assembly can make decisions. Are you voting by mail? If so, such absentee voting must be authorized in your bylaws. was it right to put the name of this member (interested in position) as a write in on the ballot? In RONR-Land, a ballot can be as simple as a blank piece of paper. But some organizations (if there's time) will pre-print the names of nominees and leave space for "write-in votes". In any case, as previously noted, it seems unlikely that a board would have the authority to add names to the ballot (in effect, to make nominations). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joe Posted October 1, 2014 at 12:25 PM Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 at 12:25 PM Thank you for your help.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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