Election without required number of candidates

[Doris mcgee]

less than bylaw required number of candidates. 

Board of elections did not obtain the required number of candidates which requires open positions plus two. All requirements of bylaws were followed without meeting bylaw requirement. 

The bylaws do not address this issue. Are ballots issued to members?

[Bruce Lages]

Yes, ballots should be issued to the membership, and unless your rules prohibit write-in votes, there should be blank lines (one for each different position up for election) included on the ballot to allow members to write in a candidate of their choice. You did not say how many fewer candidates you have than the number required, but if some positions don't have any candidate and no one is elected as a write-in, you will have an incomplete election, which should be completed as soon as possible. If your rules allow you can call a special meeting for this purpose, or you can schedule it for the next regular meeting, if it is held within a quarterly time period. 

By chance, are you running your elections solely by mail-in balloting?

Also, don't be surprised if your question gets moved to the General Discussion forum.