I.I. from New York writes: Dear Mister Condo, With a recall of condo board members, when we vote to remove them, is it by the number of condos or by the number of owners of each condo to get the recall thru? (example 70 condos and 39 owners) Mister Condo replies: I.I., I am sorry…
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Modifying Condo Election Rules
M.P. from Massachusetts writes: Dear Mister Condo, Some years we have 3 terms ending (thus three openings on the board) and only 2 homeowners running (i.e. only their 2 names are on the annual ballot). What usually happens is a “gadfly” homeowner writes themselves in on the write-in section of their own ballot, and gets…
COVID Restrictions Leads to Questionable Condo Election
B.M. from Oakland County, Michigan writes: Dear Mister Condo, Our association elects new board members every September for 2-year terms. Because of COVID restrictions all meetings were on zoom. When it came to elections there was no proxy or voting by the HOA. Those members that ran unopposed were automatically selected as board members. All the…
HOA Election Proxy Confusion
L.W. from DuPage County, Illinois writes: Dear Mister Condo, I am on our HOA board and we are in the middle of an election. Our management company decided, for the first time ever, to scan in all proxy ballots and send to the entire board a week prior to the election. This seems unethical, as…