Recently the question was raised by several club members about the possibility of "Proxy Voting", that is, some one voting for someone else who is not physically at a meeting.
In chapter 13, Section 45 , page 408-409 lines 35-40; 1-2 we read in the Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised 10th Edition
" ABSENTEE VOTING. It is a fundamental principal of parliamentary law that the right to vote is limited to the members of an organization who are actually present at the time the vote is taken in a legal meeting, although it should be noted that a member need not be present when the question is put. Exceptions to this rule must be expressly stated in the by-laws."
We have no such exception in our by-laws so Proxy Voting as defined above is invalid.
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