voting when certain % of elegible votes are required

[Guest e.j. smith]

If 60% of a 64 member voting group is required to amend a contract (as per contract waiver language) but only 48 members submitted legal ballots and 35 voted "yes", 13 voted"no"- with the amount needed to pass set at 39 yes votes

1. Would the amendment pass or wld it fail?

2. Would the ballots not voted be counted in the vote?

3.would the 60% required of all voting members be recalculated to 60% of votes cast?

[Edgar Guest]

60% of 64 is 39 (unless you have fractional members).

 

1. The amendment failed..

 

2. Abstentions don't count (see FAQ #6)

 

3. No. You don't "recalculate" your rules.

[Richard Brown]

If 60% of a 64 member voting group is required to amend a contract

I think I agree with Mr. Guest's answers, but we need a better definition of the "voting group".  Is it 60 percent of the total membership?   Of the members present?   Of the members present and voting?   Of the votes cast?   What is the precise language?    (Not a paraphrase).

 

60 percent of a 64 member group is 39.  The way I see it, 39 yes votes are necessary to amend the contract.  It either passes or fails.  You don't start re-calculating or re-defining.   But, the precise language about the vote necessary could change things.