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I too would worry about disenfranchising people. In recent times our proxy forms have had all the motions numbered and people can direct their proxy to vote yes, no, or abstain on each particular motion. Alternatively they can tick the 'vote as he/she sees fit' box. At least once I have held held up my hand twice for a yes and once for a no (or something like that) since I held proxies for owners with differing views on at least one motion. I know others have done the same in our OC. The abstain option becomes important for special resolutions where the crucial number is how many negatives relative to the total vote. People neither for nor against, present or explicitly abstaining, contribute to the total “present and entitled to vote, in person or by proxy” (the phrasing in the ACT).