I am aware that the president may vote to break a tie vote on a motion.
On a tie vote the motion is lost, and the chair, if a member of the assembly, may vote to make it a tie unless the vote is by ballot. The chair cannot, however, vote ...
A: According to Robert's Rules of Order, the president always votes in a ballot vote. Therefore, he cannot break a tie vote because he cannot vote twice.
Because a tie vote isn't a majority, if your motion requires a majority vote, the motion is
Chair Voting in Smaller Boards. In general parliamentary procedure as well as Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (11th Edition), small ...
This fact must always be kept in mind when reading any of the answers given. 1. Is it true that the president can vote only to break a tie?
Under Robert's Rules of Order, it takes a majority of votes cast (more than half) to pass a motion. Abstentions are not counted. In this situation ...
1. Is it true that the president can vote only to break a tie? a) No, it is not true. If the president is a ...
The question is how do we settle a tie? There is no mention of this in our by-laws and what I have read in Roberts Rules of Order seems to only ...
This type of preferential ballot is preferable to an election by plurality.