Guest Rob Elsman Posted March 26, 2010 at 01:00 AM Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 at 01:00 AM A member has the right to cast fewer votes than he is entitled to--in other words, he may partially abstain. See RONR (10th ed.), p. 394, ll. 9-13." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trina Posted March 26, 2010 at 10:19 AM Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 at 10:19 AM I'm not clear on how your group is planning to count the votes to determine who wins the positions. If you explain, perhaps that will make it clearer why you believe there is a problem with detecting (or achieving) a majority vote in this situation." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John M. Posted March 26, 2010 at 05:18 PM Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 at 05:18 PM >>If a small group of members only vote for one person from the list of nominees, doesnt that allow that group to control the outcome of the vote?<< Nope. Not if you do it properly. In an election of this sort, a candidate mu" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kay Posted March 26, 2010 at 05:57 PM Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 at 05:57 PM We had a situation happen last year and we are trying to prevent it from happening again. One nominee was voted for on 7 ballots where no other names were circled. This nominee was also voted for on 4 other ballots where only three names were circled. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kay Posted March 26, 2010 at 06:00 PM Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 at 06:00 PM What we have done in the past is list all nominees on the ballot and ask for the members to circle 7. We count the votes and take the 7 members with the highest votes and they are on the board. Sounds like we are doing it wrong.(?) Last year a gr" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John M. Posted March 26, 2010 at 06:21 PM Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 at 06:21 PM >>With regard to majority, if there are 30 members voting, then in order to get on the board the nominees must get 16 votes?<< Correct. >>So if only 2 have over the needed 16, then a vote takes place again and again we " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kay Posted March 27, 2010 at 08:56 PM Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 at 08:56 PM Thank you for your information, it is appreciated. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ann Rempel Posted March 27, 2010 at 09:30 PM Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 at 09:30 PM Reading RONR, p. 427 would probably be helpful. Also, pp. 398-404." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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