vote "disagree" on an electronic ballot

[Guest KDO]

What happens when someone votes "disagree" on an electronic ballot? Does the voting stop?

[Gary Novosielski]

First, electronic ballots are not permitted unless authorized in your bylaws.

Second, "Disagree" is an unusual choice on a ballot.  Normally, for a ballot vote on a motion, the only choices are Yes and No.  In the case of an election ballot the choices would be the names of candidates with blank lines for write-in votes.

So I assume, on pure guesswork, that "Disagree" would be intended as a No vote.  If that's the case, then voting would not stop.  Instead, the vote would be counted as a No vote.

[Joshua Katz]

I can think of no circumstances where a single individual's ballot would cause voting to stop, unless it was the last ballot to be turned in.

[Atul Kapur]

On 3/5/2024 at 11:18 AM, Guest KDO said:

What happens when someone votes "disagree" on an electronic ballot? Does the voting stop?

Guest KDO, is there a requirement that this vote be unanimous? I have seen that in some statutes regarding decisions made outside of a meeting.

[Josh Martin]

On 3/5/2024 at 10:18 AM, Guest KDO said:

What happens when someone votes "disagree" on an electronic ballot?

I don't understand what this means. Generally, votes are either "yes" or "no."

Could you elaborate further on what exactly is going on here?

On 3/5/2024 at 10:18 AM, Guest KDO said:

Does the voting stop?

Generally, no, for two reasons.

• First, the votes ordinarily aren't even counted until voting has concluded. And it may not even be known how persons voted until the votes are counted.
• Even to the extent it is known how persons voted in advance of the conclusion of the voting period, a single person's vote ordinarily does not cause voting to stop.

But once again, I feel like we are missing some important facts here.