Meeting Procedures 35
An exercise to study Meeting Procedures by James Lochrie
Which of the following are important for an election?
Which of the following are functions of the Teller Committee?
Who appoints the Teller Committee?
- The chair
- The chair appoints the chair of the committee who then appoints the members
- The secretary appoints the committee with the advice of the chair
- The assembly appoints the committee by election
Which of the following is included in the Tellers Committee Report?
- The number of votes cast
- The number of votes needed for election
- The total for each candidate
- The results of the election
During the counting of a vote, what is the function of the chair of the Tellers Committee?
- To monitor the counting to make sure it is done correctly.
- Counting one section of the vote.
- Directly counting the entire vote.
- The chair has no function.
If an individual vote is controversial, who decides how to handle it?
- The assembly
- The chair of the Tellers Committee
- The chair of the meeting
- The Tellers Committee by a vote within the committee
Which of the following is proper behavior by the Tellers Committee?
How many times is the Tellers Report read to the assembly?
- Twice
- Once
- Three times
- None
Who appoints scutineers?
What is the job of the scrutineers?
During an election, who issues instructions to the assembly on how to vote?
If more than one person is to be elected and not enough receive a majority vote, what happens?
What happens if two candidates tie for election for the last position allowed?
What happens if two candidates tie for the last two positions that have different terms?
In an election where more than one candidate can be voted for, voters ______.
- can vote for as many as they like up until the number to be elected
- can only vote for one candidate
- must vote for the maximum number allowed
- can vote for one candidate as many times as there are positions
What is bullet voting?
- Voting for only one candidate when more can be selected.
- Voting for the maximum number of candidates allowed.
- Voting for one candidate the number of times as there are spaces to be filled.
- There is no such thing.
To disallow a voter casting ballots for less than the number of positions, the rule _____.
- must be in the documents of authority
- can be passed by the assembly
- is the rule unless otherwise provided for
- can be ordered by the chair
Preferential voting is preferred when _____.
Under preferential voting, ______.
Under preferential voting, a candidate must receive _____ to win.
- a majority vote
- a majority of the entire membership
- a plurality
- two-thirds vote