Guest Moonty Posted September 18, 2023 at 02:35 AM Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 at 02:35 AM Our group consists of 13 people 6 of those people are from the same family and growing. If two more members of their family join they would technically be able to vote their whole family into office. Is this legal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atul Kapur Posted September 18, 2023 at 03:54 AM Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 at 03:54 AM This forum doesn't deal with legal. RONR has no restrictions on eligibility to be elected to office based on familial relationships. Every individual member has equal rights, including the right to one vote. If you want to introduce some restrictions, you will need to do so within your governing documents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted September 18, 2023 at 04:04 PM Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 at 04:04 PM On 9/17/2023 at 10:35 PM, Guest Moonty said: Our group consists of 13 people 6 of those people are from the same family and growing. If two more members of their family join they would technically be able to vote their whole family into office. Is this legal. Whether it's "legal" depends on what laws may apply to "groups" such as yours. You'd have to ask a lawyer. As far as RONR is concerned, there's no restriction regarding family membership. The assumption is that if voters feel two family members should not be on a board, they won't vote them in. And if they do vote them in it's because they don't have a problem with it. Groups that do think it's a problem will consider putting carefully worded rules into their bylaws to modify the qualifications necessary to hold office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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