Nominations to two ballot-elected positions

[Guest Rob Elsman]

The double-winner does, indeed, choose which office to accept. The election for the other office is, as you sort of suggest, incomplete, requiring further rounds of balloting. See RONR (10th ed.), p. 418, ll. 13-17; p. 425, l. 30, through p. 426, l. 6."

[Guest John M.]

>>If A prefers candidate B, the runner up to X, to candidate C, the runner up to Y, then she could choose to accept the election to position X, declining Y and deciding the election of B over C.<<

Yeah, that doesn't happen. The runner"

[Guest Patrick]

Thank's very much, that's what I'll suggest to our Electoral Officer."

[Guest Rob Elsman]

Ordinarily, the president presides over an election, even if he is standing for office, himself. So, what's this "Electoral Officer"? Who made him Grand Pooh-Bah of the election?"

[Guest Patrick]

The bylaws do: the directors appoint an electoral officer. They, along with a senate of sorts, also appoint an electoral appeals committee.

The society is a students' society, if that helps to explain things."

[Guest Rob Elsman]

If you say so.

In the general parliamentary law, the electing body retains the power to judge questions regarding the election procedures, RONR (10th ed.), p. 395, ll. 14-20, and the regular presiding officer of the electing body presides over th"

[Guest Patrick]

Agreed on both points; our bylaws provide for a different election process.

At a students' society nearby, that had (mere) policies providing for a different process, the incumbent chair successfully sued on roughly the grounds you cite."

[Guest Gary c Tesser]

Am I the only one who isn't sure that this algebra doesn't add up from the get-go?"

[Guest Patrick]

Oh yeah, I probably meant to say something like take position Y, exclude C, B gets elected."