Guest Ms. Walker Posted April 18, 2017 at 07:40 PM Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 at 07:40 PM We recently had a general body election of officers for our Executive Board. The office of VP is being contested on the grounds that ballots were distributed, some people voted and turned in their ballots to a Teller - unfortunately, nominations from floor were still in progress. When there were actual nominations from the floor for alternative candidates, some members asked for their ballot to be returned so they could re-examine their choices. The chair of the Nominating Committee and President of the organization were unaware of the activity in the rear of the room (no excuse). The President had not said 'nominations from the floor are now closed' (which signifies closing of the poll??) for the last position before the Teller started collecting ballots (untrained Teller). Are there grounds for a member to challenge the validity of the election? If so, what is her recourse? She would like for the original ballot (without the write-in's) to stand and be voted on again. Is this a case of a Teller acting preemptively or an election that needs to be overturned? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted April 18, 2017 at 08:06 PM Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 at 08:06 PM So you want to invalidate the election of the VP, but not the other officers who were on the same ballot? Personally I think the election should stand as is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ms. Walker Posted April 18, 2017 at 08:16 PM Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 at 08:16 PM I don't want to invalidate the election at all - the aggrieved mother want to invalidate the office she was running for which is VP. On what grounds do you think the election should stand as is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted April 18, 2017 at 08:19 PM Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 at 08:19 PM Just now, Guest Ms. Walker said: I don't want to invalidate the election at all - the aggrieved mother want to invalidate the office she was running for which is VP. On what grounds do you think the election should stand as is? I didn't mean you personally, sorry. From what I can tell based on your facts, nothing on p. 444-446 in RONR (11th ed.) applies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ms. Walker Posted April 18, 2017 at 08:24 PM Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 at 08:24 PM No worries - after all this, can't take anything personally! Thanks for the page reference; that's the area I was looking as well as pages 414-415. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted April 18, 2017 at 08:31 PM Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 at 08:31 PM 4 minutes ago, Guest Ms. Walker said: No worries - after all this, can't take anything personally! Thanks for the page reference; that's the area I was looking as well as pages 414-415. Since you (yes, you) seem to have a command of the facts, read the earlier cited pages to help determine if there was indeed a violation of the rules where a point of order can be raised later. Right now I just don't see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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