Elections

[Sandip47]

I recently attended a chamber of commerce annual meeting part of which was to elect directors for 3 vacancies. 1 nomination from the nominating committee was presented, and two nominations were made from the floor. Ballots were handed out, members voted, and when they were tallied, we were told that two were elected and the third had more "no" votes than "yes" votes. My two questions are, (1) if there are 3 nominated for 3 seats, would they not all be elected? (2) can there be "no" votes?

[jstackpo]

1) Yes, unless ballots are required for the election in your bylaws. Write-in are possible.

2) No.

But... it is too late now to raise a point of order about how the election was managed - p. 244.

You have an "incomplete election" -- not all the offices were filled -- so finish it next meeting.

And next time insist that the numbers be read as part of the tellers report.

[E A Lemoine]

Write-ins are possible, but "no" votes do not count against a nominee. The teller's committee should have reported including the vote totals, as the breach of the rules would have been easier to detect. (Looks like at least two breaches.)

Conduct the election for the remaining vacancy at the next regular meeting.

[Guest Chair 1]

A general election was held to elect 3 board members.Of 161 eligible voters 172 ballots were cast.Tellers randomly removed surplus ballots.Tellers failed to advise officers of same.The vote was accepted and adopted.Subsequently,the error was discovered,and the election ruled invalid.According to Robert's Rules,what would be an appropriate resolution?

[Gary Novosielski]

A general election was held to elect 3 board members.Of 161 eligible voters 172 ballots were cast.Tellers randomly removed surplus ballots.Tellers failed to advise officers of same.The vote was accepted and adopted.Subsequently,the error was discovered,and the election ruled invalid.According to Robert's Rules,what would be an appropriate resolution?

It would be best to ask a new question in a new topic.

In any case, you are going to have to complete the election. (With different tellers, I hope.)