Voting is a feature of the Premium and Ultimate Plans. If your board subscribes to the Essentials Plan, you cannot vote.
Can the vote be opened early before the meeting starts?
Yes, you can set your meeting to Draft Minutes to open up the vote for Board Members before the meeting begins. However, you can use our Flying Minutes feature if you need to decide between regular board meetings.
Can I change my vote once I have voted?
No, so please vote carefully.
Can I comment on why I chose to vote this way?
Yes, you can if the vote is open.
What happens if I cannot cast my vote?
If you cannot cast your vote, you can request that the Administrator or Chair assist you with your vote. Once they've entered your vote, you will receive an email confirmation of your vote.
If you have provided it, they can also leave a comment on your behalf on why you chose to vote this way for the motion.
I have Board Members who are not voting on a motion for various reasons. How can I address this?
By default, unless someone expressly votes against a matter, they are deemed to have supported the vote. If this contradicts your constitution, you can change the settings so their vote is not counted.
Can I close the vote early, even if not everyone has voted?
Yes, although not good practice, a vote can be closed early -please check your constitution.
Depending upon your organisation's settings for Handling Non-Voters, Board Members may or may not be listed as having supported the motion.
Under See Details, you will see the names of those who did not vote -if you have the Handling of Non-Votes tagged as Do not count their votes.
Your options are to tick Approved or Not Approved and proceed as usual or cancel and add voters from your Board Member list.
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