Celeste Posted February 19, 2020 at 11:02 AM Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 at 11:02 AM Hello, I am the secretary at an over 55 manufactured home/rv park. We had an election yesterday and a Canadian man approached me about the ballots. We follow Robert's Rules and I felt all was done properly. He insisted that I was wrong for not having the names typed on the ballots. That is impossible since we accept nominations on the day of elections.(as per our bylaws). What I did was placed a large board at the voting station with the positions and the candidates' names listed. He said that it was an illegal vote. I beg to differ. Thank you for your input. Celeste Stennett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted February 19, 2020 at 01:22 PM Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 at 01:22 PM There is nothing in RONR that requires the ballots be pre-printed. Indeed as you pointed out it would be impractical to do so when you take nominations from the floor. I also wonder why he didn't bring this up as a Point of Order when the election was pending where the Chair (and Membership if an Appeal was raised) would decide on the propriety of conducting the election in the way it was? Any reason why you told us this guy is a Canadian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Elsman Posted February 19, 2020 at 05:04 PM Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 at 05:04 PM I think the idea of using the large board, though not required, was a very good one. Your group did fine. Did you know the Canadian dollar coin is known as a "looney"? Just saying. 😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste Posted February 25, 2020 at 07:09 PM Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 at 07:09 PM On 2/19/2020 at 6:22 AM, Chris Harrison said: There is nothing in RONR that requires the ballots be pre-printed. Indeed as you pointed out it would be impractical to do so when you take nominations from the floor. I also wonder why he didn't bring this up as a Point of Order when the election was pending where the Chair (and Membership if an Appeal was raised) would decide on the propriety of conducting the election in the way it was? Any reason why you told us this guy is a Canadian? No reason, just the thought that maybe in Canada they do things differently. Thank you, Celeste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atul Kapur Posted February 25, 2020 at 09:33 PM Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 at 09:33 PM "Canadian" is a very easy way of indicating that the person is of high intelligence and that his opinions should be given the utmost respect and thoughtful consideration. He is probably more familiar with organizations where write-in votes are prohibited. On 2/19/2020 at 12:04 PM, Rob Elsman said: Did you know the Canadian dollar coin is known as a "looney"? Just saying. Malicious insinuations about the intelligence of others are more effective if the perpetrator knows how to spell properly. It is known as a loonie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmuel Gerber Posted February 28, 2020 at 12:59 AM Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 at 12:59 AM This loonie-toonie conversation is for the birds. Canadians aren't any dumber or smarter than U.S.ians, they're just generally better at ice hockey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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