Votes and Voting

Majority Vote
- is variable and may mean any of the following, depending upon the rules of the
organization or the will of the assembly

1. Majority of legal votes is intended to mean at least one-half plus one of the legal
vote cast.
2. Majority of the total votes cast. This type of majority is based on the total vote
cast regardless of their invalidity or irregularity.
3. Majority of members present. This type of majority is computed on the basis of
the number of members actually present in a meeting regardless of the abstention
of some members or their failure to vote.
4. Majority of All members. A majority of the entire membership is computed on the
basis of the number of members, both present and absent.

Percentage Vote
- means the proportion of a certain whole, for example, two-thirds of the legal votes
cast or three- fourths of the members present.

Plurality Vote
- means a vote larger by at least one over the total vote of any other candidate or
proposition.

Tie Vote
- occurs when two or more or proposition each receive the same number of the
highest vote thus creating a deadlock.

Unanimous
- results when a candidate or a proposition obtains the total number of the legal or
valid votes cast.

METHODSOF VOTING

1. By Voice (voice vote or viva voice)

2. By show of hands (raising of the right hand)
3. By Rising
4. By roll call (voting by yeas and nays )
5. By general consent (unanimity of opinion)
6. By ballot (voting is secrecy)