Comments on: Casting Votes – when and how to use them http://masterofmeetings.com/index2/casting-votes-when-and-how-to-use-them A blog about everything to do with meetings, minutes, and governance Fri, 04 May 2012 00:11:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lee http://masterofmeetings.com/index2/casting-votes-when-and-how-to-use-them/comment-page-1#comment-211 Lee Sun, 12 Jun 2011 08:00:18 +0000 http://masterofmeetings.com/?p=245#comment-211 What happens when the 'status quo' is ambiguous? In this example half of a committee thinks a comittee member is not eligable (to attend) while half think they are. This was in the case of a ambiguous resignation statement that was later rescinded by that member. What happens when the ‘status quo’ is ambiguous? In this example half of a committee thinks a comittee member is not eligable (to attend) while half think they are.

This was in the case of a ambiguous resignation statement that was later rescinded by that member.

]]> By: Bob Kirchner http://masterofmeetings.com/index2/casting-votes-when-and-how-to-use-them/comment-page-1#comment-175 Bob Kirchner Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:56:27 +0000 http://masterofmeetings.com/?p=245#comment-175 My understanding of casting votes is that they were purely a mechanism to break a deadlock and whether or not a chairman had vast his or her deliberative vote was irrelevant. Certainly the custom is for a casting vote to be cast "to retain the status quo" but, although I do not disagree with stated reasons as to "why" my understanding was that the custom related to the fact that in common law, casting votes do not exist and that if a vote is tied then a motion is automatically deemed to be lost. The concept of a casting vote, then, is to assist "mere mortal" entities to actually come to a decision, even to allow for a change if, in the probably one out of 10 cases where a change may be warranted, that can be done. My understanding of casting votes is that they were purely a mechanism to break a deadlock and whether or not a chairman had vast his or her deliberative vote was irrelevant.

Certainly the custom is for a casting vote to be cast “to retain the status quo” but, although I do not disagree with stated reasons as to “why” my understanding was that the custom related to the fact that in common law, casting votes do not exist and that if a vote is tied then a motion is automatically deemed to be lost.

The concept of a casting vote, then, is to assist “mere mortal” entities to actually come to a decision, even to allow for a change if, in the probably one out of 10 cases where a change may be warranted, that can be done.

]]> By: Deliberative votes | Master Of Meetings http://masterofmeetings.com/index2/casting-votes-when-and-how-to-use-them/comment-page-1#comment-152 Deliberative votes | Master Of Meetings Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:15:43 +0000 http://masterofmeetings.com/?p=245#comment-152 [...] Also see the post on casting votes [...] [...] Also see the post on casting votes [...]

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