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I’m staggered that voting by post is not allowed in NSW because we can vote at GM in QLD just by completing the agenda, (or voting paper if different) signing it and sending it to SM (Sec).
Voting by casting a written vote
A voter may submit a written vote by completing the voting papers and giving them to the secretary before the start of the general meeting. A written vote:
- can be given by hand, by post or by facsimile
- may be withdrawn by the voter at any time before the result of the motion is declared
- cannot be withdrawn by a proxy.
This is such a universal thing I assumed it would apply throughout Oz.
In fact if we don’t have a quorum at a QLD AGM,(or GM) I was told we would continue the meeting as though a quorum was their, the SM would record all the votes and schedule a new meeting for 7 days time when any owner present at the first meeting would not be required as the SM had a valid record of their voting intentions.
You cannot do this in NSW, so you have to reschedule the meeting and however many present at the second meeting they are considered a quorum. This seems a very risky method to me and wide open to abuse.