Guest Matt Posted December 5, 2018 at 08:30 PM Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 at 08:30 PM Hello, Regarding elections without opposition, After the Chair states "I hereby declare "name" is elected by unanimous consent", is the Chair required to ask for yea's and nay's or does the Chair simply move on to the next nomination/ election on the agenda? Can a Chair/ President declare him/herself as elected by unanimous consent? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Lages Posted December 5, 2018 at 08:53 PM Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 at 08:53 PM If a nominee is elected by acclamation (equivalent to unanimous consent) because there were no other nominees for the same position and a ballot vote was not required, there is no purpose in asking for yeas and nays - the assembly has already decided there is no one else they want to vote for. Yes, a chair can declare himself elected by acclamation if the conditions stated above are satisfied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted December 6, 2018 at 01:16 AM Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 at 01:16 AM Guest Matt, I agree with the response by Bruce Lages, but would add that if your bylaws require that the vote be by ballot, a ballot vote must be taken and cannot be waived even if there is only one nominee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 8, 2018 at 12:12 AM Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 at 12:12 AM (edited) On 12/5/2018 at 3:30 PM, Guest Matt said: Hello, Regarding elections without opposition, After the Chair states "I hereby declare "name" is elected by unanimous consent", is the Chair required to ask for yea's and nay's or does the Chair simply move on to the next nomination/ election on the agenda? Can a Chair/ President declare him/herself as elected by unanimous consent? Thanks The proper term would be "elected by acclamation", but that's acceptable if and only if the bylaws do not require that the election be held by ballot, as Mr. Brown points out. If the bylaws say that the election is by ballot, and do not explicitly provide an exception in the case of unopposed nominees, then a ballot vote is mandatory, and cannot be waived even by a unanimous vote. And remember that even if the ballot has only one name, there should always be room for write-in votes on the ballot, so it's still theoretically possible for someone else to win. Note that is would not be a Yes/No vote for the single name. The only way to vote against the name on the ballot would be to vote for someone else. Edited December 8, 2018 at 12:12 AM by Gary Novosielski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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