Guest Karen Posted February 15, 2018 at 03:49 PM Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 at 03:49 PM If a board has 5 members and 3 are at a meeting, if 2 vote to pass a motion and 1 abstains, is the motion passed ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted February 15, 2018 at 03:56 PM Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 at 03:56 PM 6 minutes ago, Guest Karen said: If a board has 5 members and 3 are at a meeting, if 2 vote to pass a motion and 1 abstains, is the motion passed ? Unless the vote required to adopt the motion is a vote of a majority of the entire board, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted February 15, 2018 at 06:52 PM Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 at 06:52 PM Yes, if the rules in RONR apply. A main motion requires, for passage, a majority vote, i.e., a majority (more than half) of those present and voting. Abstentions are not votes, and except in rare cases are not called for, counted, or recorded. The presence of 3 members satisfies the quorum requirement, as 3 is more than half of the 5 members. The vote of 2-0 satisfies the majority requirement, as 2 is more than half of the 2 votes cast. It would also satisfy a 2/3 vote requirement or any higher fraction. A case could be made that it was unanimous, as there were no dissenting votes, but I'm not going to make that case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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