Guest Jon Posted February 8, 2024 at 08:04 PM Report Share Posted February 8, 2024 at 08:04 PM During a vote by a not for profit board on an issue that must be resolved for operational reasons two options get an equal number of votes and the third option gets a lesser number. We plan to re-vote on the two options that tied. Question 1: Should only those who voted for third option on first vote be permitted to vote on re-vote? Question 2: Should people that abstained on first vote be permitted to re-vote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Elsman Posted February 8, 2024 at 08:20 PM Report Share Posted February 8, 2024 at 08:20 PM What do you mean by "option"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted February 8, 2024 at 08:25 PM Report Share Posted February 8, 2024 at 08:25 PM (edited) All members have the right to vote unless it's been abridged by disciplinary action; there is no way to "permit" or prohibit voting otherwise. Everyone votes. Normally motions have of two possible votes: Yes, or No. You seem to be running this one like an election, but if that were true, you would not drop any choices before re-voting. The two leading competing choices might be able to agree on the third one, so I don't think that "plan" is ideal. But the proper method of dealing with two or three choices in a motion is to use Amendments to decide which choice the assembly prefers, and then when the language id is perfected, vote Yes or No on the motion as amended. If there are more than about three choices, the method of Filling Blanks [See RONR (12th ed.) 12:92] can be useful. Edited February 8, 2024 at 08:36 PM by Gary Novosielski typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Elsman Posted February 8, 2024 at 08:34 PM Report Share Posted February 8, 2024 at 08:34 PM I am concerned that these "options" are really in the nature of main motions, in which case there was a violation of a fundamental principle of parliamentary law. We need to establish the nature of these options to determine whether they are main motions or suggestions to fill a blank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted February 8, 2024 at 08:37 PM Report Share Posted February 8, 2024 at 08:37 PM On 2/8/2024 at 3:34 PM, Rob Elsman said: I am concerned that these "options" are really in the nature of main motions, in which case there was a violation of a fundamental principle of parliamentary law. We need to establish the nature of these options to determine whether they are main motions or suggestions to fill a blank. Perhaps Guest John will enlighten us about the nature of this motion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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