Read more about abstentions in our blog post, “If you abstain from a vote, what happens? How NOT to call the vote However, on local government bodies, it is customary to call for abstentions (if they are allowed) and to record them. This is fine for private nonprofit boards. Robert says that the chair should not call for abstentions, and that abstentions are not counted (p. Note that Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th edition, says that “to abstain” is to do nothing. Robert’s Rules says not to call for abstentions As an example, if ten board members are present, and five vote in favor with three against and two abstaining, the motion has a majority in favor (“The ayes have it”), but it fails nevertheless, because five is not a majority of ten. The reason for this three-part approach is that sometimes a motion can have a majority in favor, but still fail.įor instance, in Washington State the law for nonprofit boards requires that a MAJORITY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT vote in favor for a motion to pass ( see RCW 24.03.110).
The announcement of the result has three parts:
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