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@BONNIE L said:
In my experience, only the lot owner is entitled to vote.
The proxy can vote unless the lot owner votes in person, thereby negating the proxy. This can be done on an item by item basis.
The situation described above, where the lot owner attends but her proxy does the voting is frankly bizarre. Presumably the owner thinks she needs to give her sister a proxy to allow her to speak.
There is nothing wrong with people taking proxies along to speak on their behalf, if they are nervous about speaking in public, or to advise them on points of strata law (for instance).
But taking along a non-owner to add their voice to the owner’s and dominate meetings is pretty poor form – and I think it could be fixed by having the Owners Corp adopt standing orders like those I suggested above.