This is an interesting topic. Two issues come to mind...
I realize Z-Chi might do things differently now, but
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Originally Posted by ZChi4Life
Each chapter gets one vote for each position. If there is only one person running for that position, we use Robert's Rules... RR says that if one person is running for a position, they get it by default.
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Robert's Rules allows an organization to make changes to the rules to suit its needs. I can't imagine that it would be a bad idea to vote against a candidate that wasn't ready for office, because, let's face it, not everyone that runs is really best for a position.
Also,
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Originally Posted by MsDGP007
We hold national elections online. In the private area of our website, the ballot is made available where it tags the user name and IP address so you can only vote once. Yet the results are sent to our national e-mail box anonymously...which is pretty cool.
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Not to suggest that members aren't honest (
) but what if they use different computers to vote more than once? And, what happens if a campus computer lab has the same IP address. That would mean anyone using that lab could only vote once.
I'm afraid there are issues in any way elections are handled. But, we do what's best for our organizations.