Is a Floor nomination for candidate that was already vetted and interviewed allowed?

[Guest StarGuy]

Hi - recently our cub went through the nomination process with a committee for upcoming elections of our officers.  A candidate was nominated, interviewed but didn't make the slate by the nominating committee.  After the slate was delivered a nomination from the floor was submitted for that person who didn't make the slate.  Is that allowed?  ROR just indicates Floor Nominations can be made but doesn't indicate if it can  be for a previously vetted candidate.  Should we change our bylaws to prevent this?  Just seems to be a backdoor approach to skip the nominating committee process

Has anyone else experienced this?

[Atul Kapur]

Any qualified person can be nominated from the floor. 

This recognizes that the nominating committee does not have the power to veto any qualified candidate's nomination or election.

[Gary Novosielski]

On 3/5/2024 at 12:35 PM, Guest StarGuy said:

Hi - recently our cub went through the nomination process with a committee for upcoming elections of our officers.  A candidate was nominated, interviewed but didn't make the slate by the nominating committee.  After the slate was delivered a nomination from the floor was submitted for that person who didn't make the slate.  Is that allowed?  ROR just indicates Floor Nominations can be made but doesn't indicate if it can  be for a previously vetted candidate.  Should we change our bylaws to prevent this?  Just seems to be a backdoor approach to skip the nominating committee process

Has anyone else experienced this?

Yes any candidate eligible for election can be nominated.  The "backdoor approach" is in reality a safety valve to prevent a nominating committee from locking eligible candidates out of the process. The committee makes recommendations, it doesn't dictate for whom voters may or may not vote.  The committee's function is to be an advisor, not a gatekeeper.

Also, bear in mind that ballots should always contain space for write-in votes.  Any eligible person may be voted for even if not nominated either by the committee, or from the floor.

Edited March 5, 2024 at 06:19 PM by Gary Novosielski