2015年12月19日 · It depends on how big the majority and the minority are. There are rules in RONR which are designed to protect the minority's right to be heard, but there are also rules which protect the majority's right to get things done. The tools which can prevent the exchange of views by the minority require a 2/3 vote.

2011年9月5日 · There is a board who is split on everything: 4 vs. 3; the majority (4) want to make any question asked of administration, be agreed to by majority board consensus (not up for action, simply a majority agreement) for the question to be researched an answered. We believe this is being done to stifle the 3 minority board members.

2024年11月5日 · Majority vs two-thirds vote. By Wild Dunes November 5, 2024 at 09:11 PM in General Discussion. Share ...

2010年10月13日 · What requires a majority vote vs a 2/3 vote? Example: 7 members out of 9 present at a meeting (quorum present). The vote was 4 to 3 - Majority rule. The day following the meeting, it was brought up that the vote required 2/3 of the total members to pass, i.e., 5 to 2 to pass. Which is right?

2010年10月8日 · Majority vs Unanimous. By kuhnuk October 8, 2010 at 02:39 PM in General Discussion. Start new topic; ...

2020年7月16日 · The word majority means “more than half”; and when the term majority vote is used without qualification—as in the case of the basic requirement—it means more than half of the votes cast by persons entitled to vote, excluding blanks or abstentions, at a regular or properly called meeting."

2018年1月12日 · 2. If only a majority vote was required to elect the 11 committee members, I don't think that there would necessarily be a problem. However, since your rule requires the vote of a majority of the members present, abstentions will make it more difficult.

2017年1月12日 · When a "majority vote" is called for it is the majority of votes cast. Abstentions dont impact the results. When a "majority vote present" is called for it is the majority of attendees regardless of the number of votes cast. So here abstentions arent counted, but affect the vote by possibly preventing the majority being met. What is correct?

2011年7月22日 · majority vs. two-thirds. By Guest Kpeck July 22, 2011 at 02:12 AM in General Discussion. Start new topic;

2022年4月14日 · "Majority vote" and "majority of the votes cast" mean exactly the same thing in RONR. An abstention is not a vote, and it therefore is not a "vote cast." "As stated in 1:6, the basic requirement for approval of an action or choice by a deliberative assembly, except where a rule provides otherwise, is a majority vote.