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@supersleuth said:
HiI have a question in relation to this. We are having our EGM tomorrow night, largely to determine our new by laws under the Act. I have a proxy for one other owner. Firstly, am I able to use her proxy to vote on the by laws and also we both have a reasonable amount of unit entitlements. Would this have some bearing in relation to the vote?
I am not 100% sure for non-ACT legislation, but generally, I think, unit entitlements only count if someone demands a ‘poll vote’. That is, by default voting is one lot = one vote and only if someone demands a poll vote must votes be weighted by unit entitlements.
If you are thinking to demand a poll vote then it would be a nice courtesy, though not required, to let the managing agent or chair know about it in advance. In a large OC it can slow and complicate the voting and it helps to have a spreadsheet set up in advance.