Guest PaulH Posted November 15, 2019 at 03:37 PM Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 at 03:37 PM At the annual meeting of our HOA, ballots are cast into a ballot box in secret. We appoint 3 tellers to take the ballots into a back room, count them, and then emerge with results. Is it permitted to count the ballots in full view of the membership? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted November 15, 2019 at 03:43 PM Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 at 03:43 PM Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted November 15, 2019 at 04:21 PM Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 at 04:21 PM (edited) Agreeing with Mr. Huynh, one of the main reasons for having the tellers go to a separate room to count the ballots is that if there is a long ballot or many ballots to count, the assembly can be conducting other business while the tellers are counting the ballots. Edited to add: see page 415 lines 19 - 23 of RONR for more information on that point. Edited November 15, 2019 at 04:26 PM by Richard Brown Added last paragraph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted November 15, 2019 at 04:29 PM Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 at 04:29 PM 7 minutes ago, Richard Brown said: the assembly can be conducting other business while the tellers are counting the ballots. Which is NOT a good thing if the tellers are members of the association -- they miss out on decisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted November 15, 2019 at 06:23 PM Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 at 06:23 PM 1 hour ago, jstackpo said: Which is NOT a good thing if the tellers are members of the association -- they miss out on decisions. Well, I think whether it is a good thing depends upon the circumstances. Page 415 of RONR certainly gives no hint of it being a bad thing but rather a fairly customary thing. Many assemblies take up routine business and reports or guest speakers while the ballots are being counted. Other assemblies choose to be in recess while the ballots are being counted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted November 15, 2019 at 06:23 PM Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 at 06:23 PM 1 hour ago, jstackpo said: Which is NOT a good thing if the tellers are members of the association -- they miss out on decisions. Yes, I've been out of the room counting during a convention, but if I was in the meeting otherwise I'd want the tellers focused solely on correctly counting the votes and preparing their report, so it is a good thing if they count them elsewhere, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted November 15, 2019 at 07:00 PM Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 at 07:00 PM 35 minutes ago, Richard Brown said: RONR certainly gives no hint of it being a bad thing Well, it should! So there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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