Recording a board or committee meeting vote

[Guest Julia G.]

Is it necessary to identify who votes yay or nay on a motion or just whether or not the motion passed, abstentions etc?

 

 

[jstackpo]

Just "Passed" (or "defeated", of course).  Nothing else - no tabulations of abstentions either.

 

In a roll-cal vote, you do note who voted and how.

[Edgar Guest]

It's only necessary to record how each member voted if it was a roll-call vote.

 

You'd record the number of "yea" and "nay" votes if a counted vote was required.

 

But, in most cases, it's enough to simply record whether the motion was adopted or lost. Or, as Mr. Stackpole said, "Passed" or "defeated".