3 way election

[Guest Chris H]

Keep on voting until someone is elected. If there continues to be a deadlock nominations could be reopened so someone can be nominated who a majority of the members voting would approve of."

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

And keep all three candidates on the ballot, not just the top two. In other words, there is no "run-off"."

[Guest Susan Sanders]

Our procedure for voting is by written ballots handed out two weeks before our election meeting. It's done this way to accommodate absentees (it's a large organization), but has evolved to the point that almost everyone votes early and attendance at the a"

[Guest Chris H]

Do your bylaws specifically permit absentee voting? If not you can't use it (RONR pp. 408-409). If absentee voting is provided for then it will be up to you all to work out the details. However, RONR doesn't recommend mixing absentee and present votes "

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

>>Should we just revote with those who attend?<<

Well, that's all RONR would permit to vote in the first place. But you appear to have rules permitting absentee voting (or at least opening the polls outside of a meeting) so you're on "

[Guest Susan Sanders]

Our Bylaws do permit absentee voting but state only that in the case of more than one candidate running, that a simple majority wins. But with three, and if the number one vote getter is still under 50%, that's not a majority as I understand it. Am I corr"

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

>>Am I correct?<<

Yep."

[Guest Kim Goldsworthy]

Susan Sanders,

>>Our Bylaws . . . state only that in the case of more than one candidate running, that a simple majority wins.<<

kg: This may be a problem.

There is no such thing as a "simple majority" in RONR T"

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

>>There is no such thing as a "simple majority" in RONR Tent Edition 2000.<<

I don't think anyone is claiming that "simple majority" means anything other than "majority". It's a widely used term to stress"

[Guest Kim Goldsworthy]

HWM,

You don't know?

You've never asked?

• Plurality

People who don't know what a simple majority is will confuse it with plurality.

-kg

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[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

>>People who don't know what a simple majority is will confuse it with plurality.<<

I suppose SOME people might (some people are capable of almost anything) but in her original post Ms. Sanders clearly indicates that she knows it mean"