voting rules

Question: My wife and I are co-owners. Do we really have to submit proxy forms for the other when only one of us attends a meeting? My wife and I are co-owners. My reading of the act is that if one of us is not at the meeting then the other speaks and votes for…

Question: Can Owners Corporation members use their unit entitlements when calling a poll vote to form a strata committee? In short, yes. Generally, a motion put to a meeting, or an election of officers of the owners corporation or members of the strata committee, is to be decided according to a majority of votes of…

Question: Can a proxy vote be cast in AGM elections for Owners Corporation committee members? If Yes: Each incumbent committee member who be able to hold up to 5pc of owners as proxies, which in a seven-member committee, would be up to 35pc, giving them a very good chance at self-renewal if proxies are cast…

Question: How many owners in a complex of 12 units are required to vote against a motion at an extraordinary general meeting. It depends whether you are asking about an unanimous, special or ordinary resolution. No one can vote against an unanimous resolution for it to pass. With a special resolution no more than 25%…

Question: Is this general meeting valid? What about the quorum? We have just had an EGM stated as (DATE) with pre-meeting voting closing (24 HRS PRIOR). The notice of the meeting was misleading. On one side of the header, it says: The meeting will be held on (DATE) via electronic vote commencing at (TIME) Next…