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On March 14, the Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council will take a third vote in attempt to elect a new president.
During its January meeting, two votes were taken, each ending in a tie between Beth Bender and Gary Hayes.
The by-laws, which are being amended, had no provision for breaking a tie vote. Officers for the Council are elected from those proposed by a nominating committee.
In past elections, the committee typically has recommended a single candidate for each position, president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer.
The vice president has often moved into the position of president. Hayes, the vice president, and Bender both were nominated and decided to run for election and both names were submitted.
The first vote on January 24 resulted in a 6 – 6 tie. Three council members, Gary Hayes, Ruth Johnson, and Aaron Johnson, were absent from the meeting.
As a candidate, Beth Bender was prevented by the by-laws from voting.
In a second vote, two newlyappointed at-large members, Greg Freeman and Dexter Bordes, were also allowed to vote.
The result was a 7 – 7 tie. Since a by-laws committee had been appointed to address election procedures, a third tie-breaker was scheduled for the next regular meeting on March 14. (The January 24 meeting served as a combined January/February meeting in lieu of the regular meetings held on the second Monday of each month.) The by laws committee has now recommended that the rules be amended to address the issue of tie votes: (I) The presiding officer will not vote on any issue except in the case of a tie vote. (2) Candidates for office will now be permitted to vote.
The March 14 meeting will be presided over by newly elected vice president Aaron Johnson. Other officers elected at the January meeting are Ruth Johnson, secretary, and Joe Miller, treasurer.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, March 1994.
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