Guest Rob Elsman Posted April 15, 2010 at 05:17 PM Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 at 05:17 PM If RONR is the society's parliamentary authority, the answer is simple. If two nominees received a majority vote, they won their seats, and voting is repeated for the remaining seat. None of the remaining nominees are removed (that is, no "runoff&quo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David J Posted April 15, 2010 at 05:28 PM Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 at 05:28 PM let me see if I understand your reply with the following example: Suppose the voting results were: dir a 120 dir b 110 dir c 75 dir d 75 dir e 50 dir f 30 dir g 25 dir h 20 clearly dir A and dir B are elec" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary c Tesser Posted April 15, 2010 at 09:45 PM Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 at 09:45 PM Pretty much, and anyone else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob Elsman Posted April 15, 2010 at 09:50 PM Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 at 09:50 PM As I understand it, 505 votes were cast. None of the nominees received a majority vote, so another round of balloting will be required for all three seats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob Elsman Posted April 15, 2010 at 09:54 PM Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 at 09:54 PM I may have misunderstood, you, sir. How many ballots were cast? Each voter can vote for as many as three candidates, but how many ballots were cast?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kim Goldsworthy Posted April 15, 2010 at 10:00 PM Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 at 10:00 PM David, You may have a bad example. In your example, if there were 240 ballots cast, then NO ONE was elected. Out of 240 ballots cast, each candidate needs 121 votes. Pluralities do NOT elect. -kg " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob Elsman Posted April 15, 2010 at 10:02 PM Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 at 10:02 PM Well, no reply. If you come back, sir, please get hold of a copy of RONR, 10th ed., and take a look at p. 427, ll. 6-19, which lays out in detail what you need to know. I think this will be easier than trying to thrash it out here with all the numbers and" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David J Posted April 16, 2010 at 07:48 PM Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 at 07:48 PM agreed, bad example without enough clarity. To clarify, the by laws state that "the candidates with the most votes will be the new directors". So, using the same example, how would you break the tie for the 3rd seat? " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle Posted April 16, 2010 at 08:26 PM Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 at 08:26 PM Vote again. And again. And . . . " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jackie Mitchell Posted April 29, 2010 at 12:05 PM Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 at 12:05 PM what do you do if our bylaws are silent on how to handle ties during the election of annual directors? For example, out of 2 nominees or president and (the nominees are current and past president), what if the votes for ends in a tie? how do you handle th" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trina Posted April 29, 2010 at 12:09 PM Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 at 12:09 PM > how do you handle the tie breaker? < No tie breaker per se. Just more rounds of voting until somebody gets the majority. Perhaps some members will give up and go home. Perhaps a compromise candidate will be nominated. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle Posted April 29, 2010 at 12:11 PM Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 at 12:11 PM >>what if the votes for ends in a tie?<< A tie vote creates an "incomplete election". You vote again (and again) until someone is elected. All candidates remain on the ballot so there is no "tie-breaker" or "r" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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