Voting procedure for election of members.

@oldandtired said:
NSW. At the AGM the owners will determine how many committee members that they want then all names nominated will be placed on a board and the owners at the meeting will vote not more than the determined amount and can vote in less than the determined amount.  When all the votes are counted the persons with the least votes do not become committee members.  

Hmmm.  Interesting but not strictly legal.  This is what the relevant section of the Strata Regulations says:

(1)  This clause applies to the election of a strata committee for a strata scheme comprising more than 2 lots.

(2)  If a ballot for membership of the strata committee of an owners corporation is required, the person presiding at the meeting of the owners corporation must:
(a)  announce to the meeting the name of each candidate, and
(b)  provide each person present and entitled to vote at the meeting with a blank ballot paper for each vote the person is entitled to cast.

(3)  For a vote to be valid, a ballot paper must be signed by the voter and completed by the voter’s writing on it:
(a)  the names of the candidates (without repeating a name) for whom the voter desires to vote, the number of names written being no more than the number determined by the owners corporation as the number of members of the strata committee, and
(b)  the capacity in which the voter is exercising a right to vote, whether:

(i)  as owner, first mortgagee or covenant chargee of a lot (identifying the lot), or
(ii)  as a company nominee, or
(iii)  by proxy, and

(c)  if the vote is being cast by proxy—the name and capacity of the person who gave the proxy.

(4)  The completed ballot paper must be returned to the chairperson.

(5)  Until all places for membership of the strata committee have been filled, the chairperson is to declare elected successively each candidate who has a greater number of votes than all other candidates who have not been elected.

(6)  If only one place remains to be filled but there are 2 or more eligible candidates with an equal number of votes, the candidate to fill the place is to be decided by a show of hands of those present and entitled to vote.

You’ll find all references to voting procedures here in Schedule 1 of the Act and here in the Regulations. I believe the owners corp can vote to choose someone as a “returning officer” but otherwise the job falls to the chair and secretary and/or the strata manager.

Sorry, but to be contrary;

Refer to Strata Regulations – Election to Strata Committee 9 (2) & 9 (3)  

States nominations before numbers

Otherwise if numbers are determined before nominations it restricts who gets on the SC.

This ploy is used by Strata Managers to control the number of members

 I don’t believe so – it’s a ballot.