Guest Jeff Kallunki Posted February 4, 2017 at 07:53 PM Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 at 07:53 PM Are voice votes, standing votes, raised hand votes, roll-call votes, ballot votes all considered to be votes cast after the voting is done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Who's Coming to Dinner Posted February 4, 2017 at 08:27 PM Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 at 08:27 PM Can you provide some context? For instance, are you quoting from bylaws or some other rule? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Lages Posted February 4, 2017 at 08:29 PM Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 at 08:29 PM As a semantic point, what you have listed are methods of voting. Each individual's response within one of those voting methods would seem to me to be a vote cast. Is there something more behind your question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted February 4, 2017 at 11:32 PM Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 at 11:32 PM 3 hours ago, Guest Jeff Kallunki said: Are voice votes, standing votes, raised hand votes, roll-call votes, ballot votes all considered to be votes cast after the voting is done? As far as Robert's Rules of Order's description of "votes cast", the answer is yes. *** Question: What is not a "vote cast"? Answer: An abstention. -- A voice which remains silent on a voice vote; a sitting member on a rising vote; a silent member on a roll-call vote; a paper ballot which is unmarked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted February 5, 2017 at 02:49 AM Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 at 02:49 AM I suspect that our guest is looking to some rule, either in his own rules or in RONR, that refers to "votes cast" and attempting to apply it to a particular situation, perhaps one where (just guessing) a mixture of voting methods was used to resolve some problem - as in, where some members mail in a ballot and then a voice vote is conducted at the meeting (a bad idea and not allowed in RONR unless your rules allow for it, by the way). It might help if you tell us the scenario so that we can figure out what this question is asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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