Voting

[Guest Pamela]

Historically our Society has voted on new members by yes/no written ballots. Our by-laws state that a vote must be held-it does not state for that vote to be written.  In light of the current health situation and in order to prevent handling paper ballots by the membership- is there anything in Robert’s Rules that would prevent a vote by a show of hands or verbal vote in lieu of a written ballot?

[Dan Honemann]

11 minutes ago, Guest Pamela said:

Historically our Society has voted on new members by yes/no written ballots. Our by-laws state that a vote must be held-it does not state for that vote to be written.  In light of the current health situation and in order to prevent handling paper ballots by the membership- is there anything in Robert’s Rules that would prevent a vote by a show of hands or verbal vote in lieu of a written ballot?

Nothing in Robert’s Rules would prevent a vote by a show of hands or verbal vote in lieu of a written ballot provided that your bylaws do not require a ballot vote.