Only one candidate for office

[Guest Ann Rempel]

Yes/No or For/Against ballots should not be used in an election. To vote against a lone nominee, the member will have to write in another name. See RONR, pp. 399-400."

[Guest John M.]

>>My question is, if there is only one nominee, and they do not receive a majority vote, what happens next?<<

You have a second round of balloting."

[Guest Scott]

So we just keep holding ballots until there is a majority vote for the lone nominee?"

[Guest Trina]

> ...until there is a majority vote for the lone nominee? <

Actually, you keep going until you have a majority vote for someone. It might be the lone nominee. It might be a write-in candidate. The assembly might even re-open nominations.

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

>>NOT getting a majority takes some doing (tie vote with a write-in candidate, for example).<<

Indeed."