Guest Karyn Posted July 29, 2018 at 04:57 PM Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 at 04:57 PM are there any hard and fast rules for the use of a vote by plurality in an election, rather than by a majority? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted July 29, 2018 at 05:20 PM Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 at 05:20 PM See RONR pp. 404-405. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atul Kapur Posted July 29, 2018 at 05:49 PM Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 at 05:49 PM The hard rule under RONR is that electing by plurality instead of a majority requires you to have already adopted a special rule to do so. And if it's for the election of officers, then it has to be in your bylaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted July 29, 2018 at 05:59 PM Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 at 05:59 PM (edited) Agreeing with my colleagues, an important distinction is whether you are electing officers. RONR says directors should be classed as officers, but some bylaws limit officers to only specified executive officers such as president, vice president, secretary , treasurer, etc. Your bylaws control. Edited to add: I don't have a copy of RONR with me at the moment, but I believe a requirement of a majority vote contained in the bylaws cannot be suspended but if it is contained in a special rule of order it may be suspended (at least as to non-officer elections). Stay tuned to see if others disagree with either statement in the added paragraph. 😝 Edited July 30, 2018 at 03:11 AM by Richard Brown Added "at least as to non-officer elections" to last paragraph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Britton Posted July 29, 2018 at 06:47 PM Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 at 06:47 PM 1 hour ago, Guest Karyn said: are there any hard and fast rules for the use of a vote by plurality in an election, rather than by a majority? RONR, 11th ed., p. 406: "A plurality that is not a majority never chooses a proposition or elects anyone to office except by virtue of a special rule previously adopted. If such a rule is to apply to the election of officers, it must be prescribed in the bylaws." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted July 29, 2018 at 07:32 PM Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 at 07:32 PM A similar statement shows up on p. 426, line 9-11, in the context of preferential voting as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest George Posted October 14, 2023 at 12:27 PM Report Share Posted October 14, 2023 at 12:27 PM Thee next question is: When the bylaws are silent i the subject when 3 or 4 persons are nominated for a position, Does the one receiving the least number of votes gt dropped of for subsequent ballots, or does balloting continue with all names until someone finally achieves a majority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Elsman Posted October 14, 2023 at 03:14 PM Report Share Posted October 14, 2023 at 03:14 PM I think this topic (from 2018) has had it. Please start a new topic, and we'll go from there. Thanks. 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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