27 Voting

27 (1) At an annual or special general meeting, voting cards must be issued to eligible voters.

• (2) At an annual or special general meeting a vote is decided on a show of voting cards, unless an eligible voter requests a precise count.
• (3) If a precise count is requested, the chair must decide whether it will be by show of voting cards or by roll call, secret ballot or some other method.
• (4) The outcome of each vote, including the number of votes for and against the resolution if a precise count is requested, must be announced by the chair and recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
• (5) If there is a tie vote at an annual or special general meeting, the president, or, if the president is absent or unable or unwilling to vote, the vice president, may break the tie by casting a second, deciding vote.
• (6) If there are only 2 strata lots in the strata plan, subsection (5) does not apply.
• (7) Despite anything in this section, an election of council or any other vote must be held by secret ballot, if the secret ballot is requested by an eligible voter.

1998-43-Sch. 27, effective July 1, 2000 (B.C. Reg. 43/2000).