By my read of the bylaws, there are no actual rules for the election at all, except for whatever is in Robert's Rules of Order or is promulgated via the Board of Directors. Robert's Rule I believe defaults to voice voting, but there is nothing preventing a change if adopted by rule or majority motion or general consent.. A ballot as I recall, assumes a write in on the ballot.

Has the board actually declared a voting procedure?



On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Kirill Lokshin <kirill.lokshin@wikidc.org> wrote:
We have no explicit provision either allowing or prohibiting write-in candidates.  In the absence of anything specific, we'd go with the normal rules of order, which _do_ allow nominations to be made at the meeting itself.

Kirill

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On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 2:01 PM, aude <aude.wiki@gmail.com> wrote:
Can we have write-in candidates?

Cheers,
Katie

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On Sep 25, 2011, at 1:53 PM, Kirill Lokshin <kirill.lokshin@wikidc.org> wrote:

2011/9/25 Bruce R. Gilson <brg1942@gmail.com>
2011/9/25 tznkai <tznkai@gmail.com>
Is it me, or are we short on candidates?
 
What do the by-laws say when (as now) there are fewer candidates than positions? I count six candidates for a seven-member board.

Our bylaws don't make any special provisions for such a scenario.  Assuming that, as a result of the election, one seat remains vacant -- and, at the moment, I don't see any way to avoid this -- the Board can subsequently appoint someone to fill the vacant seat under a provision of the DC Code (§ 29-406.10).

Kirill

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