David D. Posted February 5, 2021 at 05:28 PM Report Posted February 5, 2021 at 05:28 PM My assembly is considering an amendment to its charter. The charter states that it can be amended by a two-thirds vote of the entire membership. Since two-thirds of the membership can rarely attend a given meeting, some members would like the opportunity to vote by email, just this once. RONR 45:57 states that 'vote by mail' must be authorized in the bylaws, which is not the case here. However, can this particular rule of order be suspended, allowing mail voting in one case, without formally amending the bylaws? My intuition is that it cannot, since the bylaws would need to specify the procedures for how mail voting would take place. Thank you. Quote
George Mervosh Posted February 5, 2021 at 06:34 PM Report Posted February 5, 2021 at 06:34 PM 1 hour ago, David D. said: My assembly is considering an amendment to its charter. The charter states that it can be amended by a two-thirds vote of the entire membership. Since two-thirds of the membership can rarely attend a given meeting, some members would like the opportunity to vote by email, just this once. RONR 45:57 states that 'vote by mail' must be authorized in the bylaws, which is not the case here. However, can this particular rule of order be suspended, allowing mail voting in one case, without formally amending the bylaws? My intuition is that it cannot, since the bylaws would need to specify the procedures for how mail voting would take place. Thank you. Take one step back to 45:56. Any form of absentee voting must be expressly authorized by the bylaws. Quote
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