Guest Linda J Posted December 16, 2016 at 04:38 PM Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 at 04:38 PM Page 419 of RONR deals with disposition of ballots after an election. Other than a recount is there any other way or to inspect the ballots? If so, can a member inspect the ballots or is that a prerogative reserved only for the tellers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clurichan Posted December 16, 2016 at 05:03 PM Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 at 05:03 PM page 418: "...unless the voting body directs otherwise, the tellers place the ballots ... in the custody of the secretary, who keeps them under seal", until they're destroyed, which is after the recount period is over. the closing bit above, outside the quotation, is my paraphrase. Could the assembly order that any member be allowed to inspect? My guess is yes, but stay tuned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted December 16, 2016 at 05:53 PM Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 at 05:53 PM I'm not so sure that "any member [may] be allowed to inspect", even with permission of the assembly. Tellers, appointed by the presiding officer, are the folks entrusted to count ballots (p. 430); the assembly has no say in their selection. The way to get a second look/count at the ballots is via a recount - p. 418. Maybe the president will appoint different tellers or everybody can watch the recounting - p. 415, line 22-23. I'm looking for where (index doesn't seem to help me) and wondering if RONR speaks to allowing members to at least witness the (re)counting of ballots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clurichan Posted December 16, 2016 at 06:47 PM Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 at 06:47 PM Page 415, line 22? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted December 16, 2016 at 07:14 PM Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 at 07:14 PM Yup. RONR, 11th ed. "Some small organizations..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted December 16, 2016 at 07:46 PM Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 at 07:46 PM That sentence on page 415, lines 22-23, is simply a statement of fact, and not a rule of any kind. The tellers are, for all intents and purposes, a special committee appointed by the chair to distribute, collect, and count the ballots, and to report the vote. Nonmembers have no right to attend its meetings, although its parent body may certainly give it instructions in this regard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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