Guest John Ford Posted May 8, 2023 at 02:39 PM Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 at 02:39 PM A committee is made up of 4 elected individual, the Chair, the vice-chair, and two other individuals. If a vote is 2-2, how is the tie broken. The Chair said they can break the tie however, this in effect allows that person to vote twice. I say the vote remains a tie and dies. Who is correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Lages Posted May 8, 2023 at 02:44 PM Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 at 02:44 PM (edited) If the vote is on a motion there's no need to break a tie because a tie is less than a majority and therefore the motion fails. In the case of an election (which may be less likely in a committee) a majority is required to elect and since a tie is not a majority and chooses no one, you need to keep voting until a majority is reached. And under the rules in RONR, the chair never gets to vote twice on any issue. Edited May 8, 2023 at 02:46 PM by Bruce Lages added the last sentence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted May 8, 2023 at 03:00 PM Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 at 03:00 PM On 5/8/2023 at 10:39 AM, Guest John Ford said: A committee is made up of 4 elected individual, the Chair, the vice-chair, and two other individuals. If a vote is 2-2, how is the tie broken. The Chair said they can break the tie however, this in effect allows that person to vote twice. I say the vote remains a tie and dies. Who is correct? If the vote in favor is less than a majority, the Noes have it and the motion is rejected. The Chair is in error. You are correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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