Guest Scott Posted April 2, 2017 at 02:05 AM Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 at 02:05 AM Our organization recently voted to suspend a rule requiring a ballot vote. I have read in RONR 11th edition that a by law requiring a ballot vote cannot be suspended. Should our organization rescind this due to the motion being out of order and re vote on the members? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted April 2, 2017 at 02:13 AM Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 at 02:13 AM No but a member should raise a Point of Order without regard to its normal timeliness requirement citing RONR p. 251 (e). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scott Posted April 2, 2017 at 02:21 AM Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 at 02:21 AM 15 minutes ago, Guest Scott said: Our organization recently voted to suspend a rule requiring a ballot vote. I have read in RONR 11th edition that a by law requiring a ballot vote cannot be suspended. Should our organization rescind this due to the motion being out of order and re vote on the members? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted April 2, 2017 at 02:56 AM Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 at 02:56 AM Agreeing with Mr. Harrison, the proper recourse is for a member, at meeting, to raise a point of order that the election violated the bylaws and is therefore invalid . Void. You are correct that s bylaw requirement of a ballot vote cannot be waived or suspended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scott 1 Posted April 2, 2017 at 03:29 AM Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 at 03:29 AM Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Hunt Posted April 3, 2017 at 02:59 AM Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 at 02:59 AM The reason for this is that the point of a ballot vote is to allow people to express their true opinion without having to worry about the optics. If a vote is contentious in a way that makes this likely to be a problem, then someone objecting to waiving the ballot could be tantamount to taking an opinion on the issue. Thus, the ballot rule is worthless if it can be set aside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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