At AGM can the chair run for a position?

[Guest Lynn]

At the AGM can the person chairing run for a position?

[Chris Harrison]

RONR doesn't prohibit it.

[Gary Novosielski]

No rule in RONR would prevent it.

[Guest]

Thanks! And our bylaws state that officers are elected by majority.  If 3 candidates run and none get majority of vote, we have a re vote eliminating the one with the least number of votes?  Not sure what the procedure is?

[Hieu H. Huynh]

Candidates are not removed from the next ballot unless they voluntarily withdraw (see RONR 11th ed., p. 441).

[Guest]

And one more question, can the chair vote during the elections?  Our bylaws state: which looks like it is referring to resolutions not elections when it states that president shall cast a vote if there is a tie

Voting;  At the Annual General Meeting, all members present shall have one vote in all resolutions. The President shall cast a vote in the event of a tie.  No proxies shall be allowed. At Executive Meetings, each Executive member with exception of the President shall be entitled to one vote only.  In the event of a tie, the President shall cast a single vote. Decisions shall be by majority of votes cast, by showing of hands or, if decided, by ballot. At any General Meeting, any resolutions pertaining to finance shall be submitted in writing 72 hours prior to the date of the meeting to the Secretary and Treasurer before they can be voted upon at such meetings.

[Hieu H. Huynh]

Ultimately it is up to your organization to interpret your bylaws. Generally the chair can vote as any other member in a ballot.

[Richard Brown]

On 4/20/2016 at 10:56 PM, Guest said:

And one more question, can the chair vote during the elections?  Our bylaws state: which looks like it is referring to resolutions not elections when it states that president shall cast a vote if there is a tie

Voting;  At the Annual General Meeting, all members present shall have one vote in all resolutions. The President shall cast a vote in the event of a tie.  No proxies shall be allowed. At Executive Meetings, each Executive member with exception of the President shall be entitled to one vote only.  In the event of a tie, the President shall cast a single vote. . . .

 

On 4/20/2016 at 11:08 PM, Hieu H. Huynh said:

Ultimately it is up to your organization to interpret your bylaws. Generally the chair can vote as any other member in a ballot.

I  agree with Hieu's answer, but would appreciate some more discussion on this subject.  specifically, I'm interested in knowing whether our regular contributors believe that the bylaw provisions quoted above regarding voting by the president completely supersede the rules in RONR about the president voting whenever his vote will affect the outcome or when the vote is by ballot. 

This seems similar to the discussions we often have about whether (or when and to what extent) an organization's bylaw provisions re discipline supersede the disciplinary provisions in chapter XX of RONR. 

[Dan Honemann]

55 minutes ago, Richard Brown said:

I  agree with Hieu's answer, but would appreciate some more discussion on this subject.  specifically, I'm interested in knowing whether our regular contributors believe that the bylaw provisions quoted above regarding voting by the president completely supersede the rules in RONR about the president voting whenever his vote will affect the outcome or when the vote is by ballot. 

The quoted bylaw provisions supersede the rules in RONR wherever they conflict. One must determine what the bylaw provisions mean before one can determine if and where they conflict with the rules in RONR.