LAUREL SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT

 

Voting Method                                                                                                                                                                                     Policy #9325.4

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Official actions may be taken only at a regular monthly or specially called meeting at which a quorum is present. All motions shall require for adoption a majority vote of those present and voting (minimally, a majority of the quorum), except as provided by statute.

A vote can be conducted by voice, show of hands or roll call, provided that the vote of each member is recorded, except where a recorded roll call majority is required by statute. Proxy voting is prohibited. Any member may request that the board be polled.

Abstentions

A member may abstain from voting. An abstention shall be so recorded and shall not be counted as either an affirmative or a negative vote. Abstentions are to be so recorded, regardless of whether a person speaks for or against a motion prior to stating his/her wish to abstain. The silence of a member on any vote shall be recorded as an abstention.

First Reading:  March 2008

Adopted:

Revised:

 

Legal References:         N.J.S.A. 18A:1-1 et seq. Generally, for votes required by law

Aurentz v. Little Egg harbor Twp. Planning Board, 171 NJ Super. (Law Div. 1979)

King v. Asbury Park Bd. of Ed., 1939-49 S.L.D. 20

Matawan Teachers' Assn. v. Bd. of Ed., 223 NJ Super. 504 (App. Div. 1988)