By Patric Hedlund, TME

A total of 693 eligible ballots were counted for the Pine Mountain Club Property Owners Association annual election on Saturday, June 19.

Quorum Not Met

That 24.04% of the 2,883 eligible “members in good standing” failed to meet the 25% quorum required by PMCPOA’s governing documents. Voter participation was less than for last year’s pandemic quarantine election.

The fallback position in the PMCPOA governing documents is to allow the annual meeting to “reconvene” with a reduced quorum, so the four open directors’ seats for 2021-2022 could be filled. That was done, and the meeting continued with a 15% quorum threshold. That was adequate for certifying directors, but (although counted) bylaw votes could not be…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Sheila Kelly (l) and her assistant from Inspectors of Election, Inc. sort through the abnormally large number of write-in votes for the 2021-2022 PMCPOA election on June 19. The printed ballot itself offered no candidates except those already serving on the board.

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