Guest Kelley Posted August 4, 2023 at 08:06 PM Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 at 08:06 PM How does a vote work in the case of 4 people representing one vote? If the 4 people can not come to 100% agreement, what happens? Do each get a quarter of a vote? Does the vote become invalid (maybe not the correct terminology)? Another scenario..can one voting member cast 2 votes? Or is it one voting member, one vote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atul Kapur Posted August 4, 2023 at 08:21 PM Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 at 08:21 PM Under RONR, each individual member has one vote. Your organization apparently has different rules (perhaps membership is alloted to the family or household). If so, your organization will have to decide who votes on behalf of that member and may wish to have rules on what they have to do to decide how that vote is cast. On 8/4/2023 at 4:06 PM, Guest Kelley said: Another scenario..can one voting member cast 2 votes? Or is it one voting member, one vote? Again, RONR has a basic assumption of one member = one vote. But many organizations have weighted voting and assign more than one vote to one person. A common example is a corporation where a shareholder exercises one vote for each share that they hold. Some HOAs or condominiums (strata in BC) have similar arrangements. If that is the case in your organization, look to your own governing documents and rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted August 5, 2023 at 12:01 AM Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 at 12:01 AM On 8/4/2023 at 4:06 PM, Guest Kelley said: How does a vote work in the case of 4 people representing one vote? If the 4 people can not come to 100% agreement, what happens? Do each get a quarter of a vote? Does the vote become invalid (maybe not the correct terminology)? Another scenario..can one voting member cast 2 votes? Or is it one voting member, one vote? One person--one vote is a fundamental principle of parliamentary law. If your bylaws vary from that, you might need to develop Special Rules of Order to cover all the complexities that result from that departure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted August 5, 2023 at 11:47 AM Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 at 11:47 AM On 8/4/2023 at 3:06 PM, Guest Kelley said: How does a vote work in the case of 4 people representing one vote? If the 4 people can not come to 100% agreement, what happens? Do each get a quarter of a vote? Does the vote become invalid (maybe not the correct terminology)? It's one member = one person = one vote, unless your bylaws provide otherwise. If your bylaws provide for multiple members "sharing" a vote, then your rules should answer questions about how that works. On 8/4/2023 at 3:06 PM, Guest Kelley said: Another scenario..can one voting member cast 2 votes? Or is it one voting member, one vote? As noted above, in RONR, it's one member = one person = one vote, unless your bylaws provide otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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