Election of Officers

[Guest Larry Cisar]

No candidates are removed and you revote until somebody has a majority."

[Guest Adam]

So in the event of a 2-way tie, you just have repeat ballots until someone gets a majority. Got it.

Of course, this would just be a default rule in the event the organization's bylaws and constitution don't specify something else."

[Guest Adam]

Do you have the citation for that, BTW? Say, the section number? I'm going to shoot him an e-mail with this in it."

[David A Foulkes]

<<So in the event of a 2-way tie>>

OR a 3-way tie, 4-way tie, etc. If no one receives a majority, whether it's a tie or not, you vote again until someone does.

Section 46 (Nominations and Elections) should give you some info"

[Guest Adam]

He anticipated a 2-way tie, which is why that's the scenario that most interests me. For some reason, I was remembering RONR endorsing the "last-place candidate gets removed" approach. Not sure why. I was brought up on the 9th edition, but I'm b"

[David A Foulkes]

<<My organization had its own detailed alternative rules...>>

Yeah, when you go "off-book" and make up custom rules, you kind-a have to figure that out yourself. Assuming your 9th Edition is still mis-boxed, might take a tr"

[Guest Adam]

I actually bought a copy of the 10th edition, which is mis-boxed along with the 9th, but I just mean that my most powerful memories would have been cultivated with studying off of the 9th edition. It's very difficult to make your mind a blank slate when t"

[David A Foulkes]

<<It's very difficult to make your mind a blank slate...>>

I seem to suffer the opposite at times. :)"

[Guest Gary c Tesser]

See p. 416 - 417 about repeated balloting, and explicitly not dripping the trailing candidates.

In preferential voting (p. 411 - 414), lower-placed candidates are dropped. But this must be said explicitly in the bylaws."