I know that the Act (in NSW) is silent on the subject, but I’ve already setup an on-line vote as a trial for our upcoming AGM using some US-based Software that has all the bells-and-whistles, including pre-allocated IDs (names from the Strata Roll), system generated passwords, and even weighted voting (poll voting to us).
There’s no fee for up to 10 individual voters, and that’s almost enough for me to cover the Owners in our Plan who currently take no interest in anything, including General Meetings.
I’m inclined to the view that provided a quorum is achieved then on-line votes, where at least Owners have the ability to concurrently read and vote on each Motion, is a better option than a Proxy “in the form prescribed” and a far better option than a Proxy of the “farmed” variety.
One of the Motions will be used to determine if our Owners favour on-line voting, and I wonder if those votes could in future be used at Meetings that have had to be re-convened, and where Proxies don’t count, or whether I’ll finish up in the CTTT Gaol for doing things this way?