N.D. Cent. Code § 10-15-16
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10-15-16. Voting
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10-15-16. Voting
Except as permitted in this section, no person other than a member may vote at any
member meeting.
1. A person who has not fully paid for membership may not vote except as expressly
permitted in the bylaws. If the cooperative permits two or more persons to hold one
membership, the bylaws may provide how such member vote is to be cast.
2. At any member meeting of a cooperative composed of individual members and
member associations, each such individual member or association member shall be
entitled to only one vote. In the case of a cooperative composed only of member
associations, such member associations shall have only one vote, except that the
articles may permit either or both:
a. A member association to cast additional votes not exceeding a number equal to
its membership.
b. A cooperative whose member-patrons include other associations to base voting
in whole or in part on a patronage basis.
3. A member owning membership stock gains no additional vote thereby.
4. Voting by proxy shall not be allowed in any cooperative, except the bylaws may
provide for representation of members by delegates apportioned territorially. A
delegate shall cast the votes to which members represented by the delegate are
entitled.
5. An absent member may submit a signed vote if the absent member has been
previously notified in writing of the exact motion or resolution upon which the vote is
taken. The bylaws may limit use of signed votes.
6. In the absence of written notice that some person has been designated to represent a
member who is other than a natural person, such member may be represented by any
of its principal officers. Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, an individual may
represent more than one such member, and may also vote as an individual if the
individual is a member.
7. The bylaws may set forth provisions, not inconsistent with this chapter, relating to the
methods and procedures for voting.
8. Whenever the articles require the vote of a greater proportion of the members than
required by this chapter, the articles control.
Except as permitted in this section, no person other than a member may vote at any
member meeting.
1. A person who has not fully paid for membership may not vote except as expressly
permitted in the bylaws. If the cooperative permits two or more persons to hold one
membership, the bylaws may provide how such member vote is to be cast.
2. At any member meeting of a cooperative composed of individual members and
member associations, each such individual member or association member shall be
entitled to only one vote. In the case of a cooperative composed only of member
associations, such member associations shall have only one vote, except that the
articles may permit either or both:
a. A member association to cast additional votes not exceeding a number equal to
its membership.
b. A cooperative whose member-patrons include other associations to base voting
in whole or in part on a patronage basis.
3. A member owning membership stock gains no additional vote thereby.
4. Voting by proxy shall not be allowed in any cooperative, except the bylaws may
provide for representation of members by delegates apportioned territorially. A
delegate shall cast the votes to which members represented by the delegate are
entitled.
5. An absent member may submit a signed vote if the absent member has been
previously notified in writing of the exact motion or resolution upon which the vote is
taken. The bylaws may limit use of signed votes.
6. In the absence of written notice that some person has been designated to represent a
member who is other than a natural person, such member may be represented by any
of its principal officers. Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, an individual may
represent more than one such member, and may also vote as an individual if the
individual is a member.
7. The bylaws may set forth provisions, not inconsistent with this chapter, relating to the
methods and procedures for voting.
8. Whenever the articles require the vote of a greater proportion of the members than
required by this chapter, the articles control.
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